Drummer Ginger Baker is best known for his work with the blues rock powerhouses Cream and Blind Faith. But before he became a superstar with those legendary bands, he pounded the skins for Alexis Korn...
10.18.2026 Yahoo.com
The Doors’ Robby Krieger and John Densmore team with the band’s longtime engineer and mixer Bruce Botnick for Unbound And Dangerous , a new double live album that revisits their 1970 Roadhouse Blues t...
10.15.2026 Musicconnection.com
One of the most coveted electric guitars ever made has established a new auction benchmark at Heritage Auctions. An exceptionally preserved 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Sunburst sold for $781, 250 in...
10.19.2026 Themusicuniverse.com
Ever since Anthony Phillips left Genesis in 1970, he’s been viewed by some as an also-ran in prog history – but that view is wrong. After facing illness, heartbreak and stage fright, all of which cont...
10.17.2026 Loudersound.com
From The Smashing Pumpkins to Meat Loaf, some of these names make you wonder why so many legendary bands are named after food. They say a band name can make or break a career. While there’s no science to prove this, choosing a band name is an important step in building an identity, from branding and logos to other marketing assets. Some artists take naming extremely seriously, giving deep thought to the cultural, personal or symbolic meaning behind an identity that will last a lifetime. For othe...
10.15.2026 Happymag.tv
Eric Clapton’s entire story can really be summed up on every record that he’s ever released. Sure, there are tons of documentaries and books that have pored over his life story and gone into great det...
10.17.2026 Faroutmagazine.co.ukIn the 1970s, rock stars defined themselves as much by the cars on their drive as by the riffs in their songbook or the clothes in their wardrobe. As royalty checks from sprawling concept albums reach...
10.16.2026 Classical-music.com
This interview appeared in Guitar Player’s August 1976 issue. Eric Clapton is now 31 years old. For more than a decade he has been *the* rock guitarist. Doubtless there are “better known” guitarists s...
10.14.2026 Guitarplayer.com
Groundbreaking, innovative, and earth-shattering rock bands seemed to be in abundance back in the 1960s, but even considering the entirety of the vast rock landscape of that decade, Cream – if you’ll ...
10.14.2026 Faroutmagazine.co.uk