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The cliché about David Bowie is that he was a musical chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there’s no denying that Bowie demonstrated a remarkable skill for perceiving musical movements at his peak in the ’70s. Read More …

Few rock artists have been more influential without achieving superstardom than Lou Reed. While he flirted with mainstream success between 1970 (when he left the Velvet Underground) and 2013 (when he succumbed to liver disease), he most often played to a large cult following that only Read More …

Although Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe was undeniably the focal point of the group’s live shows, guitarist Andy McCoy was their musical heart and soul, as he penned or co-penned just about every original song that appeared on a Hanoi Rocks album from 1981 through 1984 (their “classic” period). Born Antti Read More …

“I may not believe in myself, but I believe in what I’m doing.“ “I always believed in the music we did and that’s why it was uncompromising.“ “Let me explain something about guitar playing. Everyone’s got their own character, and that’s the thing that’s amazed Read More …

“You can’t wait around for destiny to give you what you think you deserve, you have to earn it, even if you think you’ve paid your dues.” “Being a rockstar is the intersection of who you are and who you want to be.”  “I’ve always Read More …

Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers – L.A.M.F. Aerosmith – Done with Mirrors AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Guns N’Roses – Appetite for Destruction The Quireboys – A Bit of What You Fancy Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols Kiss – Kiss The Rolling Stones – Exile Read More …

As with all arts, literature evolves: a cyclical evolution with strictly determined returns and which become more complicated of various modifications brought by the step of time and the confusion of circles. It would be superfluous to point out that every new progressive stage of Read More …

The magic of a word—Dada—which has brought journalists to the gates of a world unforeseen, is of no importance to us. To put out a manifesto you must want: ABCto fulminate against 1, 2, 3to fly into a rage and sharpen your wings to conquer Read More …

So strong is the belief in life, in what is most fragile in life – real life, I mean – that in the end this belief is lost. Man, that inveterate dreamer, daily more discontent with his destiny, has trouble assessing the objects he has been led Read More …

“I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same. Infact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same”. “I’ve got the blues in my heart, and the devil in my fingers.” “I just go where the guitar Read More …