Many of us wish to follow in the footsteps of our parents. This is why so many hardware stores change their names from “Steve’s Hardware Store” to “Steve and Sons’ Hardware Store” after about 20 […]
Urban legends aren’t limited to just Hollywood stars. As rock music got bigger, many hard rockers and heavy metallers found themselves implicated by fantastical stories of dubious origin, and once they stuck, they stuck. An urban […]
Country musicians have a lot to say. It may not always be politically correct, and it may not be exactly what everyone wants to hear, but when we hear one of our beloved C&W stars […]
Punk rock — sometimes the lyrics are very realistic, worldly, and thought-provoking. At other times, they’re the work of an idiot with a crayon. Can you tell the difference? Below, we’ve given 15 examples of […]
Todd Wolfson is the most prolific and widely published music photographer you’ve never heard of. A native of Austin, Texas, Wolfson has been in the business for close to 40 years and has captured over […]
Rock music is almost as much a visual medium as a musical one. A lot of fans may have liked Keith Richards’ guitar playing, but he wouldn’t really be Keith Richards without his disheveled signature look, and […]
Money. When you’re a musician and you don’t have any, you’ll do some crazy, out-of-character things to pad your bank account. This includes working with songwriters to get a radio hit, and many rockers who […]
The worst thing you can yell at an artist in any discipline is, “Don’t quit your day job.” The statement tells the recipient that they’re bad singers, guitarists, drummers, what have you, and that the […]
The music of the 1970s is said to be more introspective than that of the preceding decade. In the 1960s, people sang about ending the war in Vietnam and smiling on your brother, but the […]
During a period spanning many decades, rock and roll has established itself as the music of young ne’er-do-wells, people who wanted to live fast and die young. The lyric “Hope I die before I get […]