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The 80s were the decade that saw every face of rock rise to fame while others slowly drifted away into the realm of rock dinosaurs. Prog, Punk, and singer-songwriters were no longer the hype of the youth; synths came in strong, guitars followed by becoming heavier, and rock became flashier.  For better or worse, the […]

The era of Glam and Hair Metal was over, and the streets of Rock had no king. What was considered cool in the ’80s immediately shifted to last decade’s trend when Grunge caught everyone by surprise, and alternative Rock and Metal rose like Blues did in the ’60s. Finally, power trios could breathe again, and

The echo of Hendrix’s fuzzed-out guitar and Harmonix of the just slightly, but on purpose sharp Clapton bend left a bigger legacy than a stunned crowd and a few golden records. Besides the music we can still enjoy today, countless musical acts would not have happened without the audacity of blues power trios like Creme

The ’70s, boldly stated, is the decade that put classic in front of rock. All the experimenting done by psychedelic and blues rock bands had matured enough for multiple new waves of music to finally explode. Now, the public was hungry for more; rockers thrived, and arguably, this list of 10 best 70s Rock Trios

The ’50s started the Rock ‘n’ Roll fire with Elvis and Chuck Berry, laying the path for the worldwide Beatles fever that followed. Soon after, the ’60s doubled down on that, solidifying the genre’s essence with its basics: raw vocals, visceral guitars, banging drums, and groovy bass – at their purest form, delivered by the

At the top of Mount Everest of Art Rock, where metal meets with prog in complex musicianship, sonic experimentation, and deep philosophical lyrics, stands only TOOL and perhaps a handful of other bands. A unique band that might not be an easy listen to everyone, but for true fans, part of their ‘army,’ a TOOL

All the great rock bands either revolutionized the genre or took up the pioneer’s torch into territories untouched before. The second part of the 80s was all about the second approach, but no band did it better than Extreme, who not only refined what Van Halen started into the realm of funk metal in the 90s

Fagen and Becker were the charismatic studio magicians of the 20th century, fathers of jazz-rock, and storytellers of the darkness of glamorous life under the trippy name ‘Steely Dan.’ They are one of the few bands that always did what they wanted with their music, backed up by the best session player in history, a