The Missing Links’ lead singer grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (the same suburb I live in). Credits 3 YOU’RE DRIVING ME INSANE – The Missing Links (Australia)(Baden Hutchins) PERSONNEL/ANDY JAMES: vocals * DOUG FORD: lead guitar *…
Last week, we covered the Ps of year-end top-100 artists. This week we’re up to R. Can you type all the first names? I scored a respectable, but possibly underwhelming, 53 Can you beat my score? Congratulations to EclecticMusicLover,…
Elton John and Bernie Taupin formed a uniquely synergistic songwriting partnership. The pair worked separately, with John able to quickly put Taupin’s lyrics to music. We basically got on from day one, it was just Kismet. It was meant to…
The first song played on BBC Radio 1 provoked a lawsuit from UK Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The Move There was a lot of great British pop/rock music in the 1960s, and Birmingham psychedelic rock band The Move are sometimes…
Last week, we covered the Ls of year-end top-100 artists. This week we’re up to P (assuming we’re spelling the initials of Emerson, Lake & Palmer). Can you type all the first names? I was doing well for most…
Alex Chilton was already a star when he joined forces with the Icewater. Icewater’s members – singer/guitarist Chris Bell, bassist Andy Hummel, and drummer Jody Stephens – had been playing in Memphis garage-rock bands. Despite the city’s heritage of blues…
It’s like we’re back in the 1990s this week, with excellent albums from Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada and English singer-songwriter Beth Orton. Boards of Canada Inferno 2026, 8.5/10Brothers Mike Sandison and Marcus Eoin have been together in Boards…
Thankfully, they changed their name from the Chord U Roys …. Credits PERSONNEL/BRUCE WALKER: vocals * TERRY KENNY: lead guitar, vocals * GEORGE JOHNS: rhythm guitar * ROLAND “TERMITE” BLAQUIRE: bass * KEN HORDICHUCK: drumsProduced by DARRYL BURLINGHAM & CHUCK…
Last week, we covered the Es of year-end top-100 artists. This week we’re up to L. Can you type all the first names? I scored 42 I missed one super obvious one with some poor spelling. But there were…
In Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki writes about how McDonald’s is actually a real estate business. They buy or lease land in prime locations, and lease it to the franchisees. Just like McDonald’s is a restaurant, OK Go is…
