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The only thing harder than starting a hot streak is maintaining one. Rock history is filled with artists who failed to improve upon or even match the promise of a particularly successful album. Of course, rock’s true legends have proven themselves to be capable of repeatedly surpassing themselves, sharpening and refining their skills while conquering exciting new creative territory. We asked seven UCR writers to pick the best four-album streaks in rock history, and here’s what they chose: The Who: Tommy (1969), Who’s Next (1971), Quadrophenia (1973), The Who by Numbers (1975) It’s almost shock...
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2024 induction class, which means rock fans all over the world are spending the day debating the most surprising inclusions and omissions. This year’s class of performing artist inductees includes Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Cher, the Dave Matthews Band, Mary J. Blige, A Tribe Called Quest and Kool & the Gang. Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Big Mama Thorton were chosen as recipients of the Musical Influence Award, while Jimmy Buffett, MC5, Dionne Warwick and Norman Whitfield were selected for the Musical Excellence Award. We asked ...
Ultimate Classic Rock
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its list of 2024 nominees, sparking all the usual debates about who’s worthy, who’s not, who’s been overlooked and whether the institution has lost the plot completely. This year’s slate features several first-time nominees who have been eligible for decades, including Ozzy Osbourne, Foreigner, Peter Frampton and Cher. They make Lenny Kravitz, Jane’s Addiction, Dave Matthews Band, Sinead O’Connor and Oasis look like newcomers by comparison. Additionally, the Hall continues to open its gates to pop, hip-hop and R&B artists, as demonstrated by the nomin...
Ultimate Classic Rock
In honor of Groundhog Day, and inspired by the movie of the same name, we asked our writers which day in rock history they’d like to live over and over again. In the classic 1993 comedy Bill Murray plays Phil Conners, a cynical big-city weatherman who is forced to repeat the same 24-hour period — on a dreaded assignment covering Groundhog Day in small town — until he learns how to find true happiness. Luckily, our classic-rock version of this exercise eliminates the existential hell Conners endured, and focuses squarely on the fun part. So which day would our writers want to enjoy on a constan...
Ultimate Classic Rock
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