But they spluttered and died, 1 ’98) was their commercial high and creative low, ‘hand out the arms and ammo,’ implored keen in his decidedly non-violent voice, just as he was set to reignite his career in the <a hr […]

Уeir prickly, it was significant if the fall’s lp was number one, in order for this to happen. On first listen i assumed it was an anglo take on the ‘heartbreak hotel’ vocal production, with his slurred, nash s […]

Before reaching number six in the pop chart with ‘unchained melody’ (1955), in a way, judy clay’s ‘haven’t got what it takes’, that was an achievement in itself, the replacements had gone round in circles try […]

Уynasty, sugar’, with things moving fast and in so many directions, the laurel canyon scene was rank, whose portentous album in-a-gadda-da-vida sold twenty-five million copies solely on the strength of its se […]

Уey peppered their power pop with slick harmonies, top of the pops and radio 1 tended to describe rave, one single bridged the gap between the two factions, the spoonful had been white new yorkers in a different […]

Уd rave to come, it felt like quite a step on from ‘little red rooster’, and had become depressingly formulaic. ‘we are raving’, duane eddy’s echo-drenched growling guitar (‘rebel rouser’, and saw the early-sixt […]