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Posted in Artists on Oct 25th, 2007
Cover Story for October 5, 2007 - Frank Zappa’s “We’re Only In It For The Money”, cover photo by Jerry Schatzberg by Mike Goldstein - RockPoP Gallery
Sticking with out “psychedelic” theme another week, this week’s Cover Story is on one of the best from the era - Frank Zappa and The Mothers of […]
Posted in Artists on Sep 5th, 2007
1962 was a revolutionary year for the music industry. Five people came together to take the music industry absolutely by storm - a storm which has not lowered in intensity to this day.
The combination of Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards with Ian Stewart on the piano, Charlie Watts on the drums and Bill Wayman formed […]
Posted in Artists on May 31st, 2007
By Tom Janison
The Canadian band Nickelback has surpassed all expectations and experienced huge commercial success after the release of their album, How you Remind Me. This turned out to be a smash hit in Canada, United States and other parts of the world as well.
Nickelback was formed in the year 1995 at Hanna, Alberta. […]
Posted in Artists, Music News, Rock On With Hoges on Mar 31st, 2007
Australian music legend, Billy Thorpe, died of a massive heart attack on February 28. He was just 60 and entering a new phase of a successful career which spanned 5 decades.
With his blues/rock band The Aztecs, not to be confused with his earlier surf music band of the same name, Billy brought new meaning to […]
Posted in Artists, Music News, Rock On With Hoges on Jan 18th, 2007
AUSSIE Rock Vocalist Extraordinaire Jimmy Barnes is to undergo open-heart surgery to fix a condition that has been with him since birth.
The former Cold Chisel frontman, renowned screamer and vodka consumer will undergo surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve on February 22.
Barnes is said to otherwise be in good health and remains in good […]
Posted in Artists, Music News, Rock On With Hoges on Nov 26th, 2006
Frank Zappa’s last project has been released 13 years after his death. Trance-Fusion is a collection of unreleased live guitar solos from 1977 to 1988 and apart from a little Dweezilling on a couple of tracks, they feature Zappa and his band mates.
The music is instantly recognisable, although most of Zappa’s solo workouts, each of […]
Posted in Artists, Music News, Rock On With Hoges on Oct 15th, 2006
After what seemed a lengthy support set from Peter Yorn, the Dixie Chicks followed after a break of about 30 minutes, unlike the first Brisbane concert where the break was closer to 90 minutes! Their Accidents & Accusations Tour presented a 2 hour concert the highlight of which was “Not Ready To Make Nice”, their […]
Posted in Artists, Rock On With Hoges on Aug 10th, 2006
It’s not often that I’ll watch a music DVD let alone buy one, but I made an exception for The Eagles’ Farewell 1 Tour from Melbourne’s Tennis Centre. I can’t say that I’m a great fan of The Eagles, but Joe Walsh is something else.
He’s a fantastic guitarist, a good singer and can write a […]
Posted in Artists, Rock On With Hoges on Jul 12th, 2006
LONDON (AAP) — Syd Barrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, has died, the band said Tuesday. He was 60.
A spokeswoman for the band said Barrett died several days ago, but she did not disclose the cause of death. Barrett had suffered from diabetes for years.
The surviving members […]
Posted in Artists, Rock On With Hoges on Jun 5th, 2006
FORMER Australian Crawl lead guitarist Simon Binks has been awarded $330,000 by a Sydney court after suffering brain damage in a car accident.
Binks was almost three times over the drink-driving limit when he hit a power pole in his Mercedes-Benz in July 1995.
He sued North Sydney Council in the NSW Supreme Court for negligence, claiming […]
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