The best of the Stooges’ music is absolutely essential listening for anyone with even a casual interest in alternative rock. The songs crackle with a primitive energy that reveals a…
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There’s a strange phenomena in music fandom that occurs when an artist you’ve liked for some time suddenly becomes known to a wider public. Mixed feelings abound in such cases….
This odd California collective of multi-instrumentalists was known for eccentric compositions and exotic instrumentation, with a strong dose of psychedelic folk-rock weirdness and artsy experimentation. They were bound to be…
No vision of the ‘60s would seem complete without Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth,” and the band was the launching point for both Stephen Stills and Neil Young, two…
First Eric Clapton, then Jeff Beck, then Jimmy Page—The Yardbirds are a band known first and foremost for the string of great guitarists who began their careers with the band….
The myth of CCR and John Fogerty as all-American, back-woods, swamp-roots-rock Southern boys is secure in rock history. In fact, they were from the San Francisco area, but I suppose...
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Quite simply, Otis Redding was one of the greatest singers ever, and was a key figure in the development of soul and rhythm and blues. Oddly enough, his most famous...
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The Grateful Dead almost need no introduction. Emerging from San Francisco’s psychedelic scene in the second half on the 1960s, they settled into a more country- and folk-based style on...
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Their songs have inspired both the first alternative rock magazine and record guide and a prominent band in the indie-rock scene, and they were the house band on the British...
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I’m a bit of a dabbler in avant-garde classical and early electronic music, without ever committing to them enough to be any sort of expert. Late-‘90s I was checking out...
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