Ten was the debut album from Seattle rockers Pearl Jam released in August 27, 1991. The album was not an instant success -– it took about a year for it to gain momentum. While the band was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon – maybe it was just because they were from Seattle -– […]

When this album was released on August 30, 1994, it kick started the Britpop movement of the 90’s and established the Gallagher brothers (Noel and Liam) as major new stars. Definitely Maybe went straight to number one on the UK Album charts when it was released, and was the fastest-selling debut album of all time […]

Though her sultry vocals had been winning her awards since high school, there was no way of knowing how big a success her debut album, Feels Like Home, would wind up becoming. Honing her mix of country, soul, jazz and pop over years in the NYC lounge circuit, she’d appeared with enough established artists in […]

“It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” Rust Never Sleeps was released 1979 by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. The album was recorded live, with overdubs added later. It is half acoustic and half electric, and the audience track was removed, although the audience is still clearly audible at certain points, most noticeably […]

Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock and DJ Mix Master Mike came up through the early 80s New York hardcore scene as The Young Aborigines and The Young And The Useless, but by 1985 were raucous hip-hoppers the Beastie Boys. Represented by Def Jam’s Russell Simmons, the Boys opened for Madonna on the Virgin tour. In contrast […]

Cameron Crowe’s 1992 film Singles was less successful overall than both its predecessor, Say Anything, and successor, Jerry Maguire. However, what’s notable about it, addition to Matt Dillon in a bad wig as the lead singer of movie band Citizen Dick, is the soundtrack that captured much of the ascendant grunge scene. The production of […]

Baltimore Pianist Mike Stoller first met New Yorker Jerry Leiber at a record store in LA, where their mutual appreciation for r&b quickly inspired them to write music together. Within a year, their songs were being recorded as singles (the first was “Real Ugly Woman” for Jimmy Witherspoon), and by 1953 they created their own […]

The Kinks, a British Invasion Band, first gained prominence in 1964 with the hit single “You Really Got Me”, written by Ray Davies (it was their 3rd single). The band’s name came from their “kinky” dress sense of leather capes and boots worn on stage.Their original line-up consisted of Ray Davies on lead vocals/rhythm guitar/keyboards, […]

Joni Mitchell released Court and Spark in 1974 to great success. The album produced such classic songs as “Free Man in Paris,” “Car On a Hill,” and most notably, “Help Me,” which to this day remains her best selling single, reaching into the Top Ten on the charts. The album was also notable because of […]

“Remember what the Dormouse said. Feed your head. Feed your head.”<br>”White Rabbit” was released as a single and peaked at #8 on the charts. It is considered one of the most psychedelic soundtracks of all time - a psychedelic rock song from Jefferson Airplane’s 1967 album “Surrealistic Pillow.” In 2004 the song was ranked by […]