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Month: July 2022

When Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins road-tripped across America to visit Pantera’s strip club

29 July 2022 SB 0

In 1998, the music festival Ozzfest was arranged in England at the Milton Keynes. The band Korn had been booked to play, but circumstances forced […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «My Old Friend» by Carl Perkins

27 July 2022 SB 0

It was 1981. Paul McCartney was trying to cope with John Lennon’s recent death the only way he knew how: by making another album. Tug […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Ohio» by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

20 July 2022 SB 0

When David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young joined forces in 1970, they became one of the most successful acts in music. They […]

D’VIRGILIO, MORSE & JENNINGS – «Troika» (2022)

11 July 2022 SB 0

This unexpected project consists of friends old and new. Neal Morse and Nick D’Virgilio are founding members of the 1990s progressive rock outfit Spock’s Beard, […]

ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM – «Two Piece Puzzle» (2022)

9 July 2022 SB 0

Rosalie Cunningham is back with her second album as a solo artist. Some may remember her as the frontwoman, songwriter and musical leader in Purson. […]

BATTLE BEAST – «Circus of Doom» (2022)

8 July 2022 SB 0

Battle Beast is a Finnish power metal band established in Helsinki in 2008. Their big breakthrough came by participating in the international Wacken Metal Battle […]

SCORPIONS – «Rock Believer» (2022)

7 July 2022 SB 0

The very first Scorpions album was released in 1972. It is only apt that 50 years later, they mark the occasion by releasing an anniversary […]

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