By Steve Newton Remember how you'd set the needle down on the opening track of a new rock album and the first tune would just blow you the funk away? Me too. "(Ain't Nothin' But a) House Party" (Bloodshot, J. Geils Band, 1973) "All the Way From Memphis" (Mott, Mott the Hoople, 1973) "Already Gone" … Continue reading The 70 greatest opening tracks of the ’70s
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Pandora’s Box conjures vivid memories of Aerosmith in the seventies
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON DEC .12, 1991 By Steve Newton This scribbler’s teenage memories are filled with happy thoughts of Aerosmith, the best thing from Boston since Bobby Orr. There’s the time me and some pals hijacked somebody’s dad’s car and travelled down to Seattle’s Kingdome to join 60,000 other maniacs for a show on the … Continue reading Pandora’s Box conjures vivid memories of Aerosmith in the seventies
Neal Schon’s fierce guitar dulled by Journey’s corporate-rock vibe
Journey has long been criticized for being one of the prime purveyors of "corporate rock", along with Foreigner, Boston, and Styx.
Ear of Newt’s Top 30 Rock Albums of 1976
The spirit of '76 will never falter because that's the year Thin Lizzy put out two LPs instead of just one.