September 11, 2019, American songwriter and artist Daniel Johnston died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Waller, Texas, at 58. Kurt Cobain once described him as ‘the best songwriter on earth’ and famously wore one of Johnston’s t-shirts promoting Johnston’s Hi, How Are You to the 1992 MTV Awards. Other musicians who have covered Johnston’s…

Nirvana’s single ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ released today in 1991. Its success propelled album Nevermind to the top of 1992 charts, marking the point where alternative rock entered the mainstream. We’re so trendy we can’t even escape ourselves. Kurt Cobain The unprecedented transition from underground punk to mainstream supergroup saw Nevermind at No. 1 on…

“Musically, we wanted to make a larger-than-life rock & roll banger. After being compared to some of our favorite artists – Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden, Guns N’ Roses, among others – on our 2018 debut EP, I’ve Got Something To Say…,  we dug deep into our roots and came up with ‘Blow’; a hard-hitting and dark…

Kevin is the guitarist and composer of the instrumental rock band Pyramids on Mars. Hard rock, industrial, and metal infused with lead guitar melodies inspired by violin melodies of Baroque classical composers Bach & Vivaldi. Kevin has always had a passion for and has spent over twenty years researching to understand why they are here….

The King of Soul Otis Redding would have celebrated his 79th birthday today. A plane crash on December 10, 1967, ended Redding’s life. Otis, and all but one of the band members, died. He was just 26 years old. As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday…

The Beatles performed ‘Hey Jude’ on the UK television show ‘Frost On Sunday’ in front of an invited audience, today in 1968. The Beatles filmed the promotional clips on September 4, 1968, for ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Revolution’ at Twickenham Film Studios, debuting on Frost On Sunday in the United Kingdom on 8 September 1968, surrounded by members of…

The world of rock lost one of its greats today, 42 years ago. Keith Moon died of a drug overdose, by a drug to combat alcoholism on September 7, 1978. I told people I was a drummer before I even had a set, I was a mental drummer. Keith Moon The Who’s 1967 concept album, Sell…

Happy Birthday to Roger Waters, born this day in 1943. Waters is a singer, songwriter, bassist, and co-founder of Pink Floyd (formerly called Tea Set). He became the band’s principal lyricist after Syd Barrett’s 1968 departure. Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and released a series of successful solo albums. He has also authored an opera,…

September 5, 1970, Janis Joplin recorded a version of the Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster song ‘Me and Bobby McGee’. Joplin was a lover and a friend of Kristofferson’s from the beginning of her career to her death. The release topped the US singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the…

The Bee Gees dominated the 70s disco scene. Today in 1976 the single ‘You Should Be Dancing’ went to No. 1 on the US charts, launching the brothers into disco martyrdom. The song is the first chart-topper in which Barry Gibb used his now-trademark falsetto. Their soundtrack to “Saturday Night Fever” cemented their place in…