Bands

Few bands have achieved bigger success or had a more intricate journey than Fleetwood Mac. The British band has reinvented itself repeatedly and evolved from a groundbreaking blues band into the biggest-selling rock band in the world. This Fleetwood Mac band history will guide you through the glamorous Peter Green period to the worldwide success […]

Groundbreaking is one of the hardest things to do in the music world. Because music has been around since people existed, it’s pretty much impossible to come up with something that truly hasn’t been done before. What artists try to do is take something that’s been done and add a spin that’s personal to it,

Formed amid the British Blues Revolution, The Yardbirds are among the bands that started it all. Almost single-handedly, in only half a decade, they set the bar for what British blues should sound like and set the foundation of rock. The individual members, especially the guitarists, rose to such heights that you might consider The

When I first picked up a bass guitar and started taking lessons, one of the first songs that I wanted to learn on the instrument was “Ramblin’ Man” by the Allman Brothers Band. Bassist Berry Oakley’s line in that song is a bouncy, melodic groove that taught me a lot about building bass lines that

The biggest band that emerged from the British new wave scene is, without a doubt ‘The Police.’ The power trio led by Sting immediately topped the charts with a never-before-heard blend of rock, jazz, reggae, and world music. As a child, I would listen to their songs on the radio for hours, and growing up,

The 1960s were a fascinating time in the music industry. The shift from the happy and safe rock and roll of the 50s was turning into something more dangerous and exciting. Several of the most iconic bands in the history of music would form during this time, such as The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and

I first heard AC/DC in 1978 on the television program The Midnight Special. I was 13, and they spoke my youthful and testosterone-charged language. With a wee guitarist in a schoolboy uniform and a frontman who sang with a perpetual leer, AC/DC was a bubblegum band for audiences who had just discovered their uncles’ nudie

If you’ve been a fan of the rock or pop music scene in the past four decades, there is a good chance you’ve heard about U2. They are one of the longest-running bands out there. Not only have they managed to become a sensation in the music world for over 40 years, but they have

It wasn’t until the second decade of my life that I seriously listened to R.E.M. and began reading about the band’s history. Of course, I heard the hits growing up – that was pretty inescapable as a child of the 90s. It was basically guaranteed that if you listened to the radio long enough on

Aerosmith is one of the most iconic rock bands of all time and has been a mainstay in the music scene for over 50 years. It’s easy to say that one band sounds like another, but one thing I’ve never heard said is “this band sounds like Aerosmith.” and there is good reason for that.