Coldplay was awarded Best Rock in the 2020 MTV Entertainment Awards (EMAs). Coldplay was awarded the biggest-selling act of 2008 at the World Music Awards held in Monaco. The band picked up the prize ‘ along with the Rock Act Of The Year award ‘ after their current album Viva La Vida Or Death And…

Artist EMIL is located in the US, Bronx, New York. “EASY” is an original. From the artist: It is a confident upbeat song about how some people just can’t easily be replaced. We should all feel like that because we’re all unique.  

The Allman Brothers Band bass player Berry Oakley was killed today in 1972 when his motorcycle hit a bus. The accident occurred three blocks from the site of a crash that took the life of guitarist Duane Allman a year earlier. Oakley was 24 years old. Image Credit

“She/Beast” is a solo project by artist Katja Nielsen. She is vocalist and bassist in the Swedish punk act Arre! Arre!, who has a fan base worldwide. Their signature brand of riot grrl infused rock ‘n’ roll has won them the biggest awards in their native Sweden. Katja is “setting out on a different path”…

November 9, 1967, they issued the first issue of Rolling Stone Magazine in San Francisco. It featured a photo of John Lennon on the cover, dressed in army fatigues while acting in his recent film, How I Won the War. The first issue had a free roach clip to hold a marijuana joint. They compiled the name…

Lesson Summary We give a breakdown of one of Yngwie’s signature 3-String Arpeggio sequences. But we go beyond just showing you how to play it. I explain the theory behind why he is using the chords he does, and what is happening inside the chord modulation. By understanding the theory behind it you can take the technique…

The Bad Boys from Boston performed their first ever gig tonight in 1970. Aerosmith took to the stage at Nipmuc Regional High School in Mendon, Massachusetts. The band became the best-selling rock band of all time, selling over 150 million albums worldwide. With 25 gold albums, 18 platinum albums, and 12 multi-platinum albums, they hold the record for the…

In 1967, on October 7, one of the most successful pairs in music history signed to DJM Publishing. Reg Dwight (Elton John) and songwriting partner Bernie Taupin were both under age 21. Their parents had to witness their signatures. John and Taupin met through an advertisement for a lyric writer in the New Musical Express….

The Midnight Echo released the official music video for “Carbon Copy” directed and edited by Jeff Hanley. Track two of Dichotomy, “Carbon Copy” is your typical breakup song, with lyrics discussing the feelings and emotions of relationships. Everyone goes through breakups at some point in their lives and the song tackles the idea of how people tend…