UPDATED: We now have a new video link from YouTube, as the old one was taken down. Enjoy! So, who hasn’t heard that there’s an eerie coincident between the 1939 classic film “The Wizard of Oz” and Pink Floyd’s classic album “Dark Side of the Moon?” That if you start the album at just the right place all sorts of movie scenes and musical cues line up? And yet, like…
“Love Song”was a power ballad written by Frank Hannon and Jeff Keith of the Tesla, originally released on their 1989 album The Great Radio Controversy. It would eventually go on to reach #10 on the U.S. charts, becoming the group’s biggest hit to date, as well as becoming a gold record. Tesla is an American heavy metal band formed in Sacramento, California in late 1981 by bassist Brian Wheat and…
We’ve been doing some digging into some old AC/DC videos and came across this one that claims to be the last recorded VIDEO of AC/DC’s original front man, Bon Scott, who died suddenly 12 days after this video on Britain’s popular “Top of the Pops” television show on February 7, 1980 after a night of heavy drinking. According to reports, Scott was known for having a drink or two, so…
Great band, great year and a great song! All that, and they got to not only perform it LIVE on the 22nd Annual Grammy Awards on February 27, 1980, but they also knocked it out of the park AND went on to win the Grammy for “Song of the Year!” Not bad! “What a Fool Believes” was written by Michael McDonald and none other than Kenny Loggins, but the best-known…
Wish we knew more about this clip, other than it features The Eagles back in 1977 performing their third #1 single, “New Kid in Town”, and it was the first single off their monster album, Hotel California. It was written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey and J.D. Souther and went on to become a number-one hit in the US and won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two…
If you haven’t see Lez Zeppelin perform before, our guess is you’re either really gonna like them or hate them … there doesn’t seem to be much middle ground when it comes to an all female band covering some of rocks most testosterone-fueled songs. The band was formed in 2004 in New York City and currently features Steph Paynes, Leesa Squyres, Megan Thomas and Marlain Angelides. In April 2007, after touring in the…
Who remembers how cool Arsenio Hall’s show was back in the 80’s? He breathed some fresh air into the stale late-night talk show format and introduced America to a lot of acts and artists that might not otherwise have made it on television at that time. Case in point is this 1989 appearance by the late 80s, early 90s glam metal/progressive metal band Winger, which consisted of Reb Beach, Rod…
What a great live performer! Here’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from 1985, LIVE at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, on August 6th 1985 as part of their Southern Accents Tour. “Breakdown” was the first single from the band’s self-titled debut album which was released on November 9, 1976 by Shelter Records. “Breakdown” was released in January of 1977 and went on to became a Top 40 hit in the…
How I wish I’d gotten to see Zepplin back in those days! Here’s an unforgettable LIVE 1973 performance of “Rock and Roll” off their Led Zeppelin IV album which was released in 1971. This video is from Led Zeppelin’s 1973 North American Tour which was the ninth concert tour–and some would say the most popular–of North America by the English rock band. The tour was divided into two legs, with…
A couple of weeks ago we found some rare footage of KISS doing one of their first live performances at a place called The Popcorn Club in Queens back in January 1973! In that video, they played “Firehouse” and “Let Me Know.” We also found some other footage from that same gig, this time with the band performing “Strutter.” According to the band, they received $50 a night for three…