‘How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘N’ Roll’ by Elijah Wald
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‘How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ‘N’ Roll’ by Elijah Wald
Los Angeles Times
In fact it was much more clearly articulated 30 years ago when the sage philosopher David Lee Roth noted: “Rock critics like Elvis Costello because rock critics look like Elvis Costello. ” Besides Roth probably had no quarrel with the Beatles. Unfortunately the title of Wald’s book is a thousand-pound gorilla hovering over every page of this “alternative” history of popular music. The author of books on bluesman Robert Johnson and folkie Dave Van Ronk Wald takes a mostly reasonable if contrarian approach to the nation’s musical past. He highlights the push and pull the market forces and popular trends and not-so-popular technological breakthroughs that forced pop music’s evolution. Because the mythology of the rock era tends to suffocate all that came before it Wald’s backroads journey has real moments of enlightenment. Can you dance to it?Starting with ragtime Wald recounts a nascent industry that was built around sheet music sales at a time when a piano was a common instrument in many homes.
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Liberty for all (who are 21 and older)
Ventura County Reporter
The show’s strength though is the great collection of locals and Rock City regulars. Along with Purtlebaugh’s band Sound the Sky Reporter favorites like The Ashtray Life End Transmission and Delaney Gibson will all be performing. Not to be missed as well is Viceroy’s Battle of the Bands winner Monster Eats the Pilot a guitar-driven alternative rock group hailing from Atascadero. The band’s sound recalls Nirvana and is made up of three Cal Poly students who’ve strangely found a fan base and home away from home at Rock City. Monster Eats the Pilot has been routinely drawing respectable crowds to the multifunctional venue helping to secure its battle-of-the-bands win this past March. It’s no surprise that the great bill is partly due to Purtlebaugh’s reputation for taking care of artists. “Between the Grandmas and End Transmission I’ve probably played at least 15 shows that Cassie has promoted” says Zeke Berkley.
Nine Inch Nails & Jane’s Addiction bring the ’90s alternative to …
Examiner.com
Right away it was obvious that despite both being “alternative rock bands” the bands did not have many fans in common. Throughout Janes’ set there was a small but steady stream of people leaving the venue with noticeable gaps in what had been an almost sold-out show visible by 10pm. While guitarist Dave Navarro and the other musicians in Jane’s Addiction lay down an impressive often bass-based rhythm frontman Perry Farrell was his flamboyant insane self flirting with the audience before after and even during songs. The musicianship in Jane’s was truly impeccable as the group jammed on Ain’t No Right and Navarro proved that he is a far better guitarist than the group’s songs might lead one to believe effortlessly shredding like a thrash metal player while Farrell pranced about stage. Ultimately Farrell’s breathy often wordless singing was too much for this rock fan and I left the show after only 6 songs reaffirmed in my distaste for much ‘alternative rock’ music.
Uncle Rock got start at school
Albany Times Union
Warren’s career has spanned genres. He founded a band with trash-funk singer RuPaul Charles in 1983 before RuPaul became widely known; and played bass guitar in the alternative rock band the Fleshtones from 1986-88. He “strapped on a Stratocaster” and played Buddy Holly in the musical “The Buddy Holly Story” in London’s West End from 1994-95. He and his family moved upstate from Manhattan in 2002. At first he was a stay-at-home dad (which he calls “the happiest time of my life”). Then his son entered preschool and Warren took a job teaching at the school.
Family joins Coldplay on the road
DesMoinesRegister.com
Guitarist Jonny Buckland 31 will be on something of a family vacation. Buckland tours not only with his band mates – front man Chris Martin bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion – but also with his 19-month-old daughter Violet and his fiance Chloe Lee-Evans. “We travel a lot together” Buckland said over the phone last month from his home in London. “We’re just a normal family kind of.
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