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When Big Country played in the Soviet Union (Moscow Palace of Sports, 30 Sep – 4 Oct 1988)

30 March 2021 SB 0

On 9 September 1988, Big Country released their fourth album Peace In Our Time on an unsuspecting world. The album is still debated amongst fans. […]

BIG COUNTRY – «The Crossing» release date

25 March 2021 SB 0

When was Big Country’s debut album The Crossing released? For a long time, most online references (from Wikipedia to more credible and dedicated Big Country […]

When Orson Welles recorded with Manowar

9 March 2021 SB 0

Several legendary actors have provided narration for rock and metal bands. Sir Christopher Lee had a particularly close collaboration with Italian symphonic metal band Rhapsody […]

When Neil Young lurked in the bushes outside a CSN recording session

8 March 2021 SB 0

The constellation of musicians referred to as CSNY (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) has an intriguing and complicated history. CSN have mostly been active together without […]

When David Crosby got pranked by his CSNY bandmates

4 March 2021 SB 0

The constellation of musicians referred to as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young has an intriguing and complicated history. In 1988 they released the American Dream […]

When Ace Frehley of KISS got electrocuted on stage

13 December 2020 SB 0

In the 1970s, KISS emerged with one of the biggest and most spectacular rock’n’roll shows on the planet. It included extravagant stage designs, a larger-than-life […]

When U2 got trapped inside a giant lemon

11 December 2020 SB 0

The Spinal Tap mockumentary is legendary for all the right reasons. It is one of the funniest movies ever made. The music is way better […]

When Buffalo Springfield was formed thanks to a traffic jam

10 December 2020 SB 0

In 1966, Neil Young drove his battered 1953 Pontiac hearse from Toronto, Canada to Los Angeles. He wanted to form a band with Stephen Stills, […]

When Rick Wakeman pushed Salvador Dali off the stage

8 December 2020 SB 0

Before finding superstardom with progressive rock giants Yes, Rick Wakeman joined the folk-prog band Strawbs in 1970. It was an interesting time for Wakeman, who […]

When Deep Purple and It’s A Beautiful Day swapped song ideas

5 December 2020 SB 0

Deep Purple In Rock is one of the all-time classic albums of its genre. Released in 1970, it firmly put Deep Purple on the map […]

When a banjo-playing Vince Gill opened for KISS

5 November 2020 SB 0

It was 4 March 1976. KISS were due to play a show at the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City. The show was sold […]

Snowblind: Ozzy Osbourne vs David Lee Roth

12 October 2020 SB 0

Back in November 1978, Van Halen was the opening band on Black Sabbath’s North American tour. By most accounts, David Lee Roth’s band put on […]

Pink Beatles (or: how close was Paul McCartney to joining Pink Floyd in the 1970s?)

3 September 2020 SB 0

First of all, let’s answer the question posed in the headline: not very close at all. The paths of Paul McCartney and Dave Gilmour have […]

Keith Moon: «THAT was noise. THIS is the ‘oo!»

24 August 2020 SB 0

Keith Moon was known for two things: his innovative and spectacular free-form drumming for The Who, the like of which the world has rarely seen […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE ALBUM: «Stormbringer» by Deep Purple (a.k.a. When funk drove Ritchie Blackmore out of the band)

29 June 2020 SB 0

Saying that Deep Purple has gone through many line-up changes is like saying that there are many stores in a mall. The various line-ups are […]

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