Music Archive
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Turn Up the Volume!
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe crowd is verging on riotious, you’re pumped and the heat from the on-stage pyrotechnics almost give you third degree burns. You prepare yourself for an invasion of the senses... -
Supergroups of the 70s
Posted on January 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe ‘Supergroups’ of the 70’s – just who were the best, what legacy’s did they leave their fans – and what did their music mean to you? Try to encapsulate... -
80s New Wave
Posted on January 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsI’m the first to admit that I wasn’t exactly the New Wave kinda guy back in the 80s, but I’ll also be the first to admit that bands like Depeche... -
The Vinyl Revival
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsIf you are to believe the figures, vinyl records are being sold in greater numbers than CDs at the present time – putting the so-called defunct technology at the cutting... -
Useless Music Trivia Which Will Impress!
Posted on September 1, 2011 | 1 CommentSimple things (as they say) amuse simple minds . . . and so I’m not ashamed to admit that completely useless trivia has been filling the cavenous recesses of my... -
Songs To Test Your Speakers By
Posted on August 23, 2011 | No CommentsFor some of us, this weekend presents a chance to kick back and leave a few of our worries at the door, then either chill or max the volume out... -
Is the Rock Instrumental Dead?
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsCould it be true that the rock instrumental is almost extinct! From its halcyon days in the 60s, 70s and early 80s – it faded to obscurity – almost .... -
The Greatest Songs of the Disco Era
Posted on July 20, 2011 | No CommentsThe halycon days of disco were undoubtedly those years between 1976 and 1980 – when dance floors were littered with would-be Travolta’s and dancing diva’s. It was when record company’s... -
The Doobie Brothers
Posted on July 12, 2011 | No CommentsClick Here to Check Out The Doobies The Doobie Brothers, the Pop-rock band whose members were actually not brothers. Probably best known for “Listen To The Music” (1972), “Black Water”... -
The ‘West Coast’ Sound
Posted on July 5, 2011 | No CommentsWhile I might be 12,000 kilometres away – I’ve always been drawn to the west coast of the US – if not because of the similarity between the laid back... -
Casey Kasem & The 4th of July
Posted on July 4, 2011 | No Comments“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.” This was Casey Kasem’s weekly signoff as host of American Top 40. As a teenager growing up in... -
The Greatest Movie Soundtracks of All Time
Posted on August 13, 2010 | No CommentsI couldn’t believe my ears over the weekend when a friend expressed to me that in their opinion Over the Rainbow by Harry Nilsson from the You’ve Got Mail soundtrack... -
How Bizarre – How Bizarre
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsWhen it comes to the bizarre – the 70s seemed to have a stranglehold on performing artists crying out for some kind – in fact any kind of help. Take... -
ELO and Jeff Lynne – Personifying Pop Music
Posted on June 21, 2010 | No CommentsWhat do you get when you combine cellos, violins, woodwinds, horns and classical overtones to a stirring rock agenda? Modern Opera? Well kinda. ELO – or for the puritans –... -
KISS – more than just lip service to Rock
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsRegarded as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all-time KISS holds honors as one of America’s top gold record champions, recording 36 albums over 32 years... -
Favourite Music Video Clips
Posted on August 25, 2009 | No CommentsWith the proliferation of music video clips – my mind can’t help but hark back to the very first screening of MTV when I was a teen and of course... -
Design Your Ultimate Rock Band!
Posted on August 17, 2009 | 1 CommentWhen conversation turns to music – there’s no holding back – we all have our favourites. But given the chance – who would you include in your ultimate rock band?... -
Meatloaf – and one Hell of an album
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments‘The sirens are screaming and the fires are howling Way down in the valley tonight . . . ‘ Could it be that the unmistakable melodic prose of Jim Steinman... -
American Graffiti
Posted on July 9, 2009 | No Comments“Rock ‘n roll’s been going downhill ever since Buddy Holly died.” Hardly the definitive piece of historic movie dialogue but . . . salient in it’s context none-the-less. . .... -
Don’t Play It Again Sam . . . please
Posted on July 1, 2009 | No CommentsYa know – there are annoying songs, truly awful songs and then there are just plain – ‘you’re messin’ with my mind’ songs – that we just can’t stomach. Trouble...
