How Billy Joel’s 1980 album Glass Houses shattered his soft-rock image, delivered his first No.1 single, and still sounds sharper than his critics.
Browsing: classic rock
From Bangladesh and SNACK to The Last Waltz, Farm Aid and Hyde Park, the tangled collaborations of Dylan, Neil Young and Eric Clapton quietly rewired classic rock.
In early 1978, Van Halen jumped from LA clubs to a world tour almost overnight. Here’s how their first Aragon Ballroom set lit the fuse on arena rock.
From a lonely highway sax to double-tracked drums, take a close listen to three Bob Seger intros that grab you by the throat before he sings a word.
Inside the food fight, frantic studio session and secret heartbreak that turned The Wind Cries Mary into Jimi Hendrix’s most quietly devastating song.
How a grim New Orleans folk ballad became The Animals’ career-defining anthem, rewired 60s rock, and still stirs arguments about sin, sex and authenticity.
How a charity gig in Long Beach turned into the infamous ‘Long Night at Wrong Beach’, with Glenn Frey and Don Felder trading threats between harmonies.
How Willie Nelson, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss turned the 2024 Outlaw Music Festival into a cross-generational summit for rock and country fans.
Before the stadium anthems, Scorpions were a nameless teen beat band in 1965 West Germany, plotting to swap tanks for guitars and rewrite their country’s image.
Jimmy Page vs Peter Frampton, compared where it counts: tone, technique, live power and lasting impact on rock guitar.