Picture this: the date is February 28th 1970, the city is Copenhagen, and Led Zeppelin, the lords of rock, are about to becomeโฆ The Nobs? Itโs the kind of tale that makes you wonder whether the rock gods were playing a cosmic joke, complete with a countess, a lawsuit, and a name change that sounds…
On January 12, 1969, a seismic shift occurred in the rock music landscape with the U.S. release of Led Zeppelinโs eponymous debut album, followed by its UK release on March 31. This groundbreaking record, recorded in a mere 36 hours at Olympic Studios in London, signified the birth of a new era in hard rock…
If you were oblivious to Beckโs debut, you could think it was some long-lost Zeppelin material.
In 1966, a gruff-voiced blues singer was looking to put a band together that might finally propel his straggling career to the next level. Joe Cockerโborn John Robert Cocker in 1944โ lived on Tasker Road in the English city of Sheffield. As early as 1960, at the age of sixteen, Cocker was already well under…
Episode 56 This week is the first guest of the new year โ the prolific British record producer Steve Lillywhite! If youโre not already familiar & want to look at the list of records that Lillywhite is credited on โ youโll need to sit down & set aside some time. Steve has been credited on…
Episode 31 This weekโs guest is Director, Producer & Rock Doc veteran DJ Viola. Hear all about DJโs recent directorial project โBiography: KISStory,โ which chronicles the band KISSโs five decades in the business, as founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons reflect on their historic career. Jay Jay talks about catching KISS shows in their early…