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Rock Flashback: The Rutles

Rock Flashback: The Rutles

Rock Flashback: David…

Rock Flashback: David Lee Roth Goes Solo, 1985

Top 30 Concept Albums…

Top 30 Concept Albums Of All Time, Part Three

Here's the face that looked out upon millions of record buyers from the cover of "Frampton Comes Alive!"Here's the face that looked out upon millions of record buyers from the cover of "Frampton Comes Alive!"

By | December 30, 2011
By 1976, many of the major artists of the 1960s had faded into the background. A new generation of performers, many of whom had toiled anonymously in the 1960s, topped the charts. After the jump, we'll remember some of the top rock albums of 1976. … Read more »

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By | December 27, 2011
In the summer of 1970, film director Monte Hellman saw a Los Angeles billboard with James Taylor's face on it, and he believed he'd found a star. After the jump, read about Taylor's road movie, Two-Lane Blacktop. Roll film ... Read more »

The Raiders ask that you hold your applause until the song is finished. Thank you. (YouTube)The Raiders ask that you hold your applause until the song is finished. Thank you. (YouTube)

By | December 21, 2011
How often does it happen, that awkward moment at the elementary school band concert when you think the song is over (and you clap) but, alas, it continues on (and on and on, sometimes forever). … Read more »

Beach Boys Tour - MelbourneXXX of The Beach Boys performs on stage in concert at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne on November 2, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia. Their landmark album "Surfin Safari" hit the charts 45 years ago, and it is 33 years since they last toured as a band, albeit this time without the frontman Brian Wilson.

By | December 19, 2011
Founding members Brian Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine announced Friday they're getting back together to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Tell Me More Read more »

Wilson Phillips (L to R: Wendy Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson) performs in 2011. (Getty Images/Kevin Winter)Wilson Phillips (L to R: Wendy Wilson, Chynna Phillips, Carnie Wilson) performs in 2011. (Getty Images/Kevin Winter)

By | December 18, 2011
Each week, Billboard magazine's "Bubbling Under" chart features singles that rank below its famous Hot 100 chart. Each weekend, we spotlight one of them. … Read more »

Our image search for "lurex" brought up this photo of model Nicole Trunfio at a movie premiere earlier this year, and we forgot why we were searching. And we hate ourselves because we had to crop the best part. (Getty Images for Relativity Media/Larry Busacca)Our image search for "lurex" brought up this photo of model Nicole Trunfio at a movie premiere earlier this year, and we forgot why we were searching. And we hate ourselves because we had to crop the best part. (Getty Images for Relativity Media/Larry Busacca)

By | November 13, 2011
Robin Geoffrey Cable was a sound engineer at Trident Studios in London in 1972. He was fascinated by Phil Spector's "wall of sound" records made a decade before, and wondered if he could recreate that sound. He chose a couple of likely songs for his… Read more »

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By | October 28, 2011
As Halloween draws near each year, Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" emerges from its tomb. We've devoted a fair amount of space to it over the years: Michael Verity wrote about it this past summer, and I did too, a couple of years ago. It's the… Read more »

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By | October 7, 2011
We love those exhaustive tour listings we often find on the Internet, whether they're officially sanctioned by the bands themselves or a labor of love by dedicated fans. They provide a look back in rock-n-roll time that nothing else can provide.… Read more »

The Beach Boys SInging About My Friend, "Wendy" (YouTube)The Beach Boys SInging About My Friend, "Wendy" (YouTube)

By | October 3, 2011
Whilst writing the introduction of a pop singer named Goldstoned over at our sister site, MP3.com, and going on about how he is a worthy acolyte of the Beach Boys, I got to thinking about one of my fave Beach Boys tunes, "Wendy," and an old girl… Read more »
By | September 27, 2011
A Beach Boys Story. A Girl in a Bikini. Pure Photo Editing Genius! (Photo by Ana Elisa Fuentes/Getty Images) … Read more »