In music, it’s not uncommon that many bands are intertwined with others. When bands toured in the beginning there are normally two or three others that are on the same local circuit. Like most people who are into the same hobbies, you befriend them. This is one of those stories where not only one of… Continue reading 23: Faces, Small Faces, and Humble Pie
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22: Boybands, Blimps, and The Long Con
It’s a well-known cliché in music that managers of bands often screw them over. It’s been happening to all performers for hundreds of years. Right back to the 1800s. A rare site is when the manager gets their comeuppance. This is one of those instances where the manager does. This week the Beat Marches On… Continue reading 22: Boybands, Blimps, and The Long Con
21: Steroids, Hitmen, and Ex-Wives
I am guessing many of my readership wouldn’t have heard of the band “As I Lay Dying”. To be honest I am not too familiar with the band myself. When I was doing my research for a story this week this just seemed too good to resist. This week the Beat Marches On to 26th… Continue reading 21: Steroids, Hitmen, and Ex-Wives
20: Bad Management, Tragedies, and Deep Cuts
We all know that moment in a romantic comedy. The main characters have a fight and a montage of them looking gloomy and depressed in the window or doing mundane things on their own and generally, it’s raining. A few weeks have passed, and they catch each other across the room. Then the big musical… Continue reading 20: Bad Management, Tragedies, and Deep Cuts
19: Patriots, Everclear, and Crowdsurfing
Falling off the stage is not a new thing. Famously in 2015 Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters fell off the stage and broke his leg. Then came back after receiving some treatment at the hospital to finish the performance. In 1971 shortly after the Montreux fire concert Frank Zappa was pushed off stage by… Continue reading 19: Patriots, Everclear, and Crowdsurfing
18: 4 Real, Vanishing, and The Holy Bible
The British rock scene was revitalised in the 1990s. The likes of the Stone Roses, Oasis, Blur, Pulp and others help bring the genre to the forefront. One band, in particular, were about to explode worldwide until an unfortunate event happened to one of its members. This is the story of how Manic Street Preachers… Continue reading 18: 4 Real, Vanishing, and The Holy Bible
17: Talent, Madness, and Munich
When you think of Fleetwood Mac, you think of turbulent relationships, sweet little lies and rumours. But this is only half the story. Before the meteoric rise in the mid-1970s, they were a blues-rock band. A hugely successful blues-rock band. Led by guitarist Peter Green, they dominated the end of the 1960s, outselling both the… Continue reading 17: Talent, Madness, and Munich
16: A Mad Genius, The Wall Of Sound, And Murder
This article was originally produced in January 2021. Over the weekend a musical production prodigy died. Phil Spector shaped modern music as we know it today. The imprint he left in popular music can only be matched by the people who gave us digital recording or amplifying sound. Unfortunately, his early years had been overshadowed… Continue reading 16: A Mad Genius, The Wall Of Sound, And Murder
15: Kingsmen, The FBI, and Louie
If you listen to music from the early 1960s now it all sounds quite innocent. If you look at the top ten charts on Spotify six of the singles have an explicit tag next to them. This was unheard of over 50 years ago. Or so you would think. Parents are not supposed to like… Continue reading 15: Kingsmen, The FBI, and Louie
14: Berlin, A Trilogy, And An Unlikely Partnership
When David Bowie died, there was something unique that appeared on social media. It wasn’t anything posted on official pages, but it was everyone posting on my timeline. Everyone who posted a David Bowie song was different. Not one was the same. It’s something that’s stuck in my mind ever since. As it has been… Continue reading 14: Berlin, A Trilogy, And An Unlikely Partnership