In addition to the utter genius of their songwriting and performance, The Beatles were often celebrated for their innovative use of new musical technologies and production techniques within their work. From employing […]
For someone who has been as omnipresent in the pop world as Paul McCartney, there are bound to be a handful of songs he doesn’t like performing. It might be a […]
What did The Beatles do? Before you look into the band’s legacy, the way that they had influenced fashion and music, and attitudes towards how people can make records, before the magnitude […]
Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson almost collaborated on a track for “Thriller” but Mercury “blew it” at the last second. Here’s how: For as much as classic rock fans might […]
The Beatles began to grow tired of their fame. Their friend shared the part of fame that they found incredibly frustrating. In the 1960s, The Beatles’ level of fame eclipsed […]
Kurt Cobain’s daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, is a classic rock fan, but she isn’t a big fan of Nirvana. Despite this, one of Nirvana’s songs, “Dumb,” makes her cry. During […]
Like many artists, Freddie Mercury grew up listening to Elvis Presley. He believed that copying Elvis’ songs made him a better writer and he held a great deal of admiration […]
The annals of classic rock history abound with incredible performances and tales about Queen’s flamboyant frontman, Freddie Mercury. But none is as powerful as the story of the singer’s final […]
In a 2012 interview with Spin, Yankovic said he wrote a satire of Michael Jackson‘s “Black or White” titled “Snack All Night.” Jackson did not permit Yankovic to release “Snack […]
Freddie Mercury was born in Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar on Sept. 5, 1946. His family were Parsees, or followers of Zoroastrianism, with ancestors coming from Persia. At age 8, Mercury […]