Hard Rock – Every record tells a story

Listen Here: When Dinosaurs Walked the Earth: Dad Rock in the 1970s

By Every Record Tells A Story on June 16, 2020 • ( 13 )

Every Record Tells A Story presents: A Blog You Can Listen To… You can listen to all the music mentioned in this post via the Mixcloud player above, or if that isn’t working click on this link and the Mixcloud… Read More ›

Could Heavy Rock Be Just A Teeny-Weeny Bit Sexist?

By Every Record Tells A Story on October 16, 2013 • ( 27 )

I’m putting heavy rock on trial! Have your say! Twenty five years on from the peak of heavy rock’s commercial popularity in 1988, this series asks why heavy rockers no longer dominate the charts and seeks to highlight the crimes… Read More ›

The Top Ten Best Song Titles – Blue Öyster Cult Special

By Every Record Tells A Story on December 13, 2012 • ( 35 )

2012 was the 40th anniversary of the release of the first album by Blue Öyster Cult. Blue Öyster Cult: a band who (importantly) pioneered the use of superfluous umlauts above rock bands’ names (see Mötorhead, Mötley Crüe, Queensryche) – hold… Read More ›

UFO – Strangers In The Night

By Every Record Tells A Story on March 24, 2012 • ( 6 )

When UFO played Knebworth in 1985 I was blown away by their hard rock sound. UFO were named after the famed psychedelic club that spawned Pink Floyd and even in 1985 they had been going longer than Sharon Osbourne’s Botox treatments. Their… Read More ›