Every Record Tells A Story
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Is This The Hard Rock Cafe’s Greatest Treasure?
The Hard Rock Cafe in London’s Piccadilly contains some most amazing treasures. As the silver-cross-wearing and black-nail-varnish sporting readers amongst you may know, Black Sabbath got back together in 2012 to perform a few shows. Regrettably, original Sabbath drummer Bill Ward did not participate due to a dispute over that root of all evil, Sharon…
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Why Cowbell Should Be Your New Favourite Band: Exclusive Interview
Isn’t it great when you hear a new song that reminds you what rock n roll is all about? It happened to me the other day when I heard the two minutes and forty six seconds of garage rock bliss that is Tallulah by the improbably named band Cowbell. Regular readers will know it is not…
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Rock Stars And Their Old Jobs…(Pt 2)
I set a quiz a few days ago asking you to match up rock stars with the old jobs they used to do before they were famous. Some were easier than others, but I enjoyed the comment hoping that Lemmy might have been a hotel bellhop. It might have made his movie even better… So…
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Ratt v Crüe: Who’s best?
I like Motley Crue. I like Ratt. But which is best? There’s only one way to find out….. Actually, it’s a pretty easy question isn’t it? (no – it’s not “neither”). Not only have Motley Crue sold millions, they have had at least two books in the best-seller lists and have had far more cultural…
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Tom McRae joins Sweet Billy Pilgrim at Their Alexandra Residency
Tom McRae joined Sweet Billy Pilgrim‘s residency at The Alexandra last night. Fresh from supporting The Futureheads at The Shepherd’s Bush Empire and a session on John Kennedy’s Xposure XFM show (both on Wednesday) Sweet Billy Pilgrim (and Tom McRae) played to a crowded Alexandra. That’s two Mercury Prize nominated acts. For free. In a North…
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Ten Things You Didn’t Know About The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour
In a previous post I gave Five Reasons Why We Should Watch The Magical Mystery Tour. I missed out “idle curiosity”, “I don’t have anything better to do’ and “what’s the worst that could happen?” of course. So to while away the time between now and the release of the DVD, here are Every Record’s…
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Richard Hawley, Plan B at Barclaycard Mercury Prize Launch
I was at the launch of The 2012 Barclaycard Mercury Prize tonight, at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden. Lauren Laverne announced the twelve nominees, nine of whom were at the ceremony itself. There’s nothing like an award show to create a bit of discussion or controversy even. “He shouldn’t be on the list; so-and-so…
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How $5.98 Made Metallica Millions
Metallica may have been the band to change the mainstream’s minds about the so-called thrash metal movement, but they did it in the UK not through (3rd album) the magnificent Master of Puppets, but by the follow up. And no, I don’t mean …And Justice For All. Master of Puppets made the top fifty in…
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Every Record Tells A Story Scores 100
Well – it’s my 100th post…. Blowers: “And with that quick single off the pads, that’s a century of posts from England’s Every Record Tells A Story. 100 up – and he’s looking delighted as he acknowledges the applause from this sell out Oval crowd” Aggers: “Yes Blowers, and what better way to celebrate than…
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What Is The Greatest Music Documentary of All Time?
What is the greatest music documentary ever made? The best ever film about music? The finest rock doc / rockumentary / biopic / live in-concert video / DVD or whatever else you want to call it? Yesterday’s announcement that (Don’t Look Back Director) DA Pennebaker will receive a lifetime achievement Oscar, plus the forthcoming release…
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Five Reasons To Watch The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour is finally seeing the light of day, having been hidden away for many years in shame like Harry Potter under The Dursley‘s under-stairs cupboard. Cynics might suggest there’s a very good reason for that: i.e. it isn’t very good. I haven’t yet seen it, so will keep an open mind…
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Muswell Hill Billy: Sweet Billy Pilgrim Live!
Good news! Sweet Billy Pilgrim are playing a six week residency at The Alexandra, Muswell Hill every Thursday night between now and 4th October. Even better news! Entry is free! Fresh from their headline performances with a six piece band at Bush Hall – and festival performances at Latitude and Oslo – Sweet Billy Pilgrim…
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Remember The First Time You Heard…Metallica?
After three incredible albums in the ’80’s Metallica were still only rock music’s most popular cult band. Alongside Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth they had spearheaded a movement (thrash metal) that, like the Olympics’ Beach Volleyball, had yet to convince the mainstream that it should be taken seriously. Yes – that’s it. Metallica were the beach…
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Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10: How Blogging Has Landed Me A Part On A BBC Music Documentary
The Diamond Jubilee of 2012: Celebrating an ageing, old fashioned but much loved institution that for the most part unites Britain in dewy-eyed nostalgia, even though we know the idea of it itself is somewhat outdated and is hardly in keeping with Modern Britain. No, not the Queen or the Royal Family, I’m talking about…
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Hysteria – A Look Back on the 25th Anniversary of Def Leppard’s Second Best Album…
It seems incredible that Def Leppard’s Hysteria album is twenty-five years old. I might have yoghurt in my fridge that is older than that. I bought it on the day of release. It was the first album (lead singer Joe Elliott told us at the time) that was made for CD rather than vinyl, clocking…
Every record tells a story 