#music-history

#music-history

It was ground zero. Mallinder and his Cabaret Voltaire co-founder Chris Watson are sitting together again in Sheffield, looking back on that lift-off moment ahead of a handful of shows to commemorate the milestone.

The singer who teamed up with Shaggy for the hit 'It Wasn't Me' is now embroiled in a contentious family court battle over his deceased father's estate.

I worked my whole life in this shop. My father put his whole life into this shop, it's internationally well-respected and in almost five and a half years the shop is no more.

"Well, I love Mustaine to this day. I think he's one of the greatest guitar players out there - still. So when I caught - I don't even remember how I heard that he wanted me to play second guitar to him. But I was flattered because even back then I thought he was awesome."

The narrative and aesthetic style of My Chemical Romance, infused with theatricality and emotional intensity, resonated deeply with teenagers seeking expression through music.

Kelefa Sanneh emphasizes Kraftwerk's foundational influence on a range of genres, asserting their role in shaping hip-hop and E.D.M., marking them as a critical point in music history.

"Every regular music concert attendee has that one gig where music was approached through the lens of another dimension. It might have been..."

SOOK Vinyl & Vintage is a Philadelphia record shop dedicated to preserving African American culture through a rich collection of records and antiques.

Wilson recounts, 'We were at some party, some release party... The guys were in their satin jackets and doing their cocaine... People were really heavy schmoozing ... this guy says, 'Hey, so Ann, how's your lover?' And Ann goes, 'Micheal, he's right over there. Why?' And he goes, 'No, I mean your sister-lover!'... She was really pissed off about it.'

It's fascinating to see original sketches of logos, particularly when simple line drawings turn out to be almost identical to the finished logos.

The lead single wasn't one of them. Def Leppard were, above all else, worried about the metal cred they forfeited the moment they showed up on MTV looking like themselves, i.e., a Van Halen that more closely resembled Duran Duran.

As a member of the original rhythm section at Fame Recording Studios, he helped put the northern Alabama hamlet of Muscle Shoals on the musical map.