Jimmy Page is a contentious performer, one of the most influential people to take up the electric guitar. Some have criticized him for being careless and unreliable, despite his exceptional technical and lyrical abilities. This is explained by his peculiar approach and the fact that he rarely performed his well-known solos exactly as they are … Read more
Recently, what appears to be the first-ever video of Freddie Mercury appeared online. The post’s owner claims that one of Mercury’s pals at Isleworth Polytechnic in 1964 took the video during his first semester there. Mercury came to London, England, with his family during the Zanzibar Revolution. In the footage, he is seen to cover … Read more
Of the rock guitarists, the late Jeff Beck was one of the greatest. During the 1960s, he had a great effect on a lot of people. He formed a trio of outstanding guitarists with pals Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. The Yardbirds, the pinnacle of that decade’s musical creativity, was the band they encountered on … Read more
Jimmy Page has two greatest interests in life: guitars and dragons, putting aside things like family and little moments of happiness that we sometimes take for granted. It should come as no surprise, therefore, that the guitarist for Led Zeppelin fused the two and made rock history. Page recorded all of the Led Zeppelin albums … Read more
Even though they had a strong bond during The Beatles’ time spent touring the globe, John Lennon wasn’t always persuaded by George Harrison. Paul McCartney asked Harrison, his younger buddy, to see his new band, The Quarrymen, perform at a tiny show at the beginning of 1958. Harrison later gave Lennon an audition, and while … Read more
Two years after Pink Floyd’s founding, in 1967, guitarist and vocalist David Gilmour joined the group. Over the ensuing decades, he became an essential component of the band’s sound and one of the most important guitarists in the world. With an estimated 250 million albums sold globally, the trio is among the best-selling artists of … Read more
For rock music, Black Sabbath set a new standard at the start of the 1970s. Throughout the colorful and turbulent 1960s, rock music managed to carve out ever-tinier niches for itself. Ozzy Osbourne’s quartet from Birmingham advanced the heavy rock sound of Led Zeppelin with correspondingly sinister, demonic overtones, as the genre’s spread continued throughout … Read more
With the publication of their debut album in 1963, The Beatles truly started a musical revolution. Over the years, leading up to their dissolution in 1970, the band established themselves as the most influential and prosperous act in history. Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison formed the Beatles, which went on to … Read more
Jimmy Page, a guitarist, began his career at a young age in 1957 after being born in England in 1944. In the 1960s, he rose to prominence as one of London’s most in-demand session guitarists, recording in the studio alongside a host of amazing performers, including Donovan and The Who. Outside of the studio, he … Read more
In 1973, Paul Stanley, along with Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, and Peter Criss, co-founded the iconic rock band Kiss. Since then, Kiss has risen to become one of the most successful American bands of all time, boasting over 100 million records sold worldwide. Over the years, Stanley has shared his thoughts on various rock and … Read more