“Punk rock was the tsunami that threatened to drown us all in 1977.” – Pete Townshend “Kick Out the Jams” by the MC5 “Kick Out the Jams” is the title track of the MC5‘s 1969 debut LP, recorded over Halloween weekend at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom. The song gained immediate notoriety by its introduction. Singer Rob […]
Listening to the Who’s debut 1965 album, My Generation, and the new Roger Daltrey solo album, As Long As I Have You, with a mere 55 years in between, one can hear the stylistic ground that connects both together. There’s a wide range of material on Daltrey’s new solo effort, his first since 1992, which finds the legendary […]
Known for his powerhouse voice as the front man of the legendary English rock band the Who, Roger Daltrey has a special place in music history — and now, a new solo album. Titled As Long As I Have You, Daltrey’s rollicking new LP was released on Friday. It’s his first proper solo album since […]
John Entwistle of The Who was the most remarkable rock bass player in history. He ranked number one on Rolling Stone’s 2011 Top Ten Bassists Of All Time poll and number seven on Bass Player’s The 100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time list but even that doesn’t tell the whole story. In The Who, he […]
People try to put him down, but The Who’s legendary drummer Keith Moon, whose life of excess inspired the nickname “Moon the Loon,” is making a comeback of sorts. Actor/musician/playwright Mick Berry is depicting the perky percussionist in the must-see one-man show Keith Moon: The Real Me at the Hudson Theatre Mainstage in Hollywood and […]
Roger Daltrey of the Who has been working on a new solo album, and it’ll be released on June 1 under the title As Long As I Have You. It’ll be his eighth proper solo studio album and the first since 1992’s Rocks in the Head. His most recent non-The Who release was 2014’s Going […]
“Mony Mony” by Billy Idol “Mony Mony” was a 1968 hit for Tommy James and received renewed attention when Billy Idol recorded a version that reached No. 7 on the Billboard dance chart in 1981. In his autobiography Dancing With Myself, Idol explains the song’s attraction. “That song has always had special significance to me. I […]
This is something I get asked all the time: “Who is your favorite guitar player you’ve ever interviewed?” I both love and hate this question. I love when people ask me this because it gives me a chance to think back on all the astonishing guitarists I’ve met, and what it was like sitting there […]
At long last, the official autobiography from legendary vocalist Roger Daltrey of the Who is in the works. The news was announced on Thursday — Daltrey has inked a book deal with Blink Publishing, and plans to release his memoir next year. Said Daltrey of the decision to join band mate Pete Townshend (who released […]
Review by Grace John and Nick Wachs San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park was once again flooded with hipsters, foodies, and music fans from metalheads, ravers, alt-rock addicts, hip hop habitués, and everyone in between for a festival equal in diversity. This year marked the tenth anniversary of Outside Lands, a festival of art, music, and […]
