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Most music fans today are aware there’s a long-running argument about whether the writers of the songs we love are fairly compensated for the profits made out of them. The internet brought the argument into the light, but it wasn’t really new. Since the era of recorded music began – and actually, long before that, when people bought sheet music rather than albums – the disagreement has raged on. It’s often assumed that those who reach certain heady heights will be more immune from being ripped off, if only because they can command bigger percentages and hire better lawyers. But consider the ca...
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In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be movies: and there were movies. And then God said, Hey, y’know, we could make a lot more money with these things if we made sequels. And there were sequels. And then those sequels started crossing over with other sequels. Then things really got cooking. Today, the movie world has become a veritable cinematic universe where individual film series cross over with one another ...
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Retirement doesn’t seem to suit most rock stars. With very few exceptions, if your favorite artist announces a farewell tour you can probably expect to see them back on the road in a few years. Some acts don’t even make it to the end of their retirement tours before changing their minds. In 2011 both Judas Priest and the Scorpions announced farewell tours only to announce mid-tour that they had changed their minds. “[It was] kind of stupid to announce it,” Scorpions guitarist Mathias Jabs admitted in 2017. “It’s getting a bit ridiculous when you say it and don’t do it, so we won’t do it again....
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Here are the heaviest songs by 10 of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s! If there’s one thing rock and metal fans love to discuss, it’s the major and minor differences that separate the two genres. Despite there being clear aspects that pertain to one style but not the other, there can also be a lot of overlap and debate regarding if a song, record, or entire artist fits neatly into one camp or the other. Such distinctions are especially dicey for 1970s rock acts, as many of them began in the late 1960s and helped pioneer metal. While much of their work is firmly planted on the hospitable [cl...
Loudwire
Happy anniversary to Iron Maiden‘s The Number of the Beast. “Woe to you, oh earth and sea / For the Devil sends the beast with wrath / Because he knows the time is short / Let him who hath understanding / Reckon the number of the beast / For it is a human number / Its number is six hundred and sixty six.” These words have been etched into the annals of heavy metal history, signaling the onset of one of the genre’s most venerable songs: Iron Maiden‘s “The Number of the Beast.” The album, taking its name from the potent track, was released on March 22, 1982, thrusting Maiden onto bigger stages a...
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Happy anniversary to Anthrax‘s Among the Living! After Anthrax finished touring for their second album – their first with vocalist Joey Belladonna – the band was on fire. They had just experienced their first taste of mainstream exposure and had even played eight shows as the opening band on a bill with Black Sabbath on their ill-fated “Seventh Star” tour. While they were on the road, Anthrax wrote several new songs, including “I Am the Law” and “Indians” and they couldn’t wait to get into the studio to record them for what is now widely regarded as one of the best thrash metal albums of all t...
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For fans from their radio-ready zenith, there simply can be no Journey without Steve Perry. Yet the truth of the matter is, Journey was started without him – and the band has continued in the same way since his departure in 1998. In fact, Perry has been gone for far longer than he ever was actually in Journey, a stint that began with 1978’s Infinity. More than a half dozen others have fronted Journey songs along the way. Of course, the decade that followed Perry’s arrival would see the group reign supreme on the charts, making his association with Journey complete. They’d never had a gold reco...
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In this day and age of nearly every concert performed being available, in part or entirety, on social media or streaming services, it bears reminding that it was not the case 50 years ago. In fact, live recordings — in the form of the actual, physical live album — were special events indeed. And back in 1974 there were quite a few of those. Concert souvenirs were a well-established and expected part of an act’s catalog (and contract) by the ’70s. The ’74 batch was a bit ahead of career-making titles such as Kiss‘ Alive!, Cheap Trick‘s At Budokan and, of course, Frampton Comes Alive, but there ...
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Here are the 10 best guitar and keyboard duos in progressive rock! Progressive rock is known for its extremely sophisticated and nuanced – but delightfully cohesive – instrumentation. Therefore, each member needs to be a top-tier musician in their own right while also fitting into the band’s overarching chemistry. Those expectations are particularly true for the group’s guitarist(s) and keyboardist(s). That’s not to say that the rhythm section doesn’t demand a lot of skill and synergy, too; however, it’s often the guitarists and keyboardists who get the spotlight in terms of flashy riffs, solo...
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Sometimes inspiration strikes fast and hard and a song seems to materialize in its entirety in one sitting. That kind of ingenuity is made doubly impressive when the song ends up becoming a huge hit. Some examples: Elton John and Bernie Taupin pieced together “Your Song” in about a half an hour, R.E.M.‘s Michael Stipe not only wrote “Losing My Religion” quickly but he even recorded the vocal in one take, Jeff Lynne used three chords to get started on “Evil Woman” and later called it “the quickest thing I’d ever done.” But this is definitely not always the case. Often, a songwriter will toil ov...
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