Louder5 hours ago“The conservatism of what’s called progressive rock these days appals me”: The life and times of Steve Hillage, the maverick guitarist who helped shape the sound of progloudersound.com - Dave LingAs guitarist with Khan and Gong, Steve Hillage was a pivotal figure in the 70s prog scene – but by the late 80s, he had pivoted into ambient electronic …
Louder12 hours ago“If you don’t like Bringing It All Back Home, you don’t like music. You should hand your ears back.” Bob Dylan’s game-changing album is 60 today and still astonishingloudersound.com - Scott RowleyWhen I was a student I had a very posh and opinionated English tutor. Once we were doing Jane Austen’s Persuasion and he said, out of the blue: “If …
Louder13 hours ago“I agreed to join the band when I was drunk. I’ve not much recollection of what went on!”: The chaotic story of Black Sabbath’s Born Again and the tour that inspired Spinal Taploudersound.com - Malcolm DomeReleased in 1983, Born Again is the most controversial album of Black Sabbath’s illustrious career, largely thanks to the controversial presence of …
Louder13 hours ago“He came up three times gasping for help. The others thought he was goofing around. He wasn’t”: How doomed Beach Boy Dennis Wilson made his solo masterpiece Pacific Ocean Blueloudersound.com - Max BellDennis Wilson made his name as a member of the Beach Boys. But in 1977, he broke away to record a lone solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue. In 2008, …
Louder13 hours ago“That song was a sad, minor key drone…”: the 2000 single that is one of Pearl Jam’s oddest releases everloudersound.com - Niall DohertyPearl Jam had well and truly set out their stall by the start of the 21st century. From 1994’s Vitalogy onwards, they were a band prizing career …
Louder14 hours ago“There was chicken-wire around the stage. Al Jourgensen was climbing around like a caged beast. I knew this was a guy for me”: Billy Gibbons’ wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters and Ministryloudersound.com - Jerry EwingDuring a career that dates back to 1969, ZZ Top have toured with some of the rock’n’roll’s finest, and were inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of …
