CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Minor Earth Major Sky» by a-ha
After the Memorial Beach tour wrapped up in 1994, the band went their separate ways for a while. Nobody knew for how long the hiatus […]
CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong» by Elvis Presley
Elvis had great cover art early in his career. The art for 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Go Wrong (aka. Elvis’ Gold Records, Vol. 2), featuring […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Nature Is the Law» by Richard Ashcroft
When The Verve broke up for the second time in 1999, it surprised nobody that their main songwriter, lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist announced […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «I Walk the Line» by Johnny Cash
I Walk the Line was written and recorded by Johnny Cash in 1956. It was his fourth single. After three moderately successful attempts, there was […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Forever Autumn» by Lake of Tears
As I write this, autumn has once again arrived across the Norselands. Nature has exploded in all kinds of colours. The weather is getting wetter […]
Pink Beatles (or: how close was Paul McCartney to joining Pink Floyd in the 1970s?)
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 […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Before They Make Me Run» by The Rolling Stones
On 27 February 1977, Keith Richards was arrested at the Harbour Castle Hilton Hotel in Toronto. They Royal Canadian Mounted Police found such amounts of […]
Keith Moon: «THAT was noise. THIS is the ‘oo!»
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 SONG: «Golden Brown» by The Stranglers
The Stranglers formed in 1974, and they emerged with their debut album Ratticus Norwegicus in 1977 amongst a wave of punk bands. From the beginning […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Love Maker» by Calum Bryce
Love Maker is most likely one of the biggest earworms you’ve never heard. At least if you have an appreciation for melodic British pop from […]
Welcome to the Rocking In the Norselands website!
After existing as a Facebook page for nearly three years, Rocking In the Norselands now also exists as a web page! New posts will be […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «American Valhalla» by Iggy Pop
In 2015, Iggy Pop sent a text message to Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age. He was looking to make a new album […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Pink Beatles In A Purple Zeppelin» by Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his many conceptual progressive metal/rock operas. His main project […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Ride To Hell» by Horslips
Horslips are an Irish rock band with Celtic and folk influences. They were initially active as a touring and recording band from 1970-1980. After decades […]
THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Afterimage» by Rush
When Rush drummer Neil Peart passed on 7 January 2020, the outpouring of love and respect was quite extraordinary. Peart was known as a private […]