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19 Jul 2021 7 minute read 4 comments jozefkrichards
John Lennon is my favorite singer. He belted some of rock and roll's best vocals ever put to record, while simultaneously delivering some of the most touching, powerful, thought-provoking ballads ever written as well. His music influenced and inspire...
18 Jul 2021 7 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
A great innovator and distinctly talented producer of early rock and roll, it is a disappointing fact that Phil Spector became something of a monster in his personal relationships over the years. In spite of that reality, some of the finest musicians...
17 Jul 2021 6 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards
The quiet Beatle loudly debuted his triple LP, All Things Must Pass, as a solo artist in 1970 to great acclaim and went on to create an impressive body of work up to his death in 2001 that rivals any of his band mate's. George was spiritual, sensitiv...
15 Jul 2021 7 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
One of the most exemplary musicians of our time, Paul McCartney was far from done when The Beatles called it quits in 1969 and has went on to build one of the most impressive bodies of work in rock and roll history. I have been fortunate enough to se...
14 Jul 2021 4 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
One of a rare breed to achieve respect as both a musician and a filmmaker, in the horror genre no less, Rob Zombie first achieved success as a member of the heavy metal band, White Zombie, before becoming a successful solo artist and film director as...
13 Jul 2021 7 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
The man behind the music of Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda, Koji Kondo solidified a legacy as one of gaming's most iconic composers right from the start with his theme to Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System, undoubtedly the m...
10 Jul 2021 6 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Their blend of rock and classical music became (what would be known as) progressive rock, the dominant style of many of the 1970s' greatest rock albums. The Moody Blues made a slew of great albums in this style, beginning in the late 1960s with Days...
8 Jul 2021 6 minute read 5 comments jozefkrichards
The soundtracks to over 400 films were composed by Ennio Morricone, among them some of my very favorites of all time, such as The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Movie soundtracks represented some of my first exposures to music as a child, but while man...
8 Jul 2021 7 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards
Sometimes the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts. In this case, literally, as the four virtual band members, 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle, and Russel Hobbs, collectively known as Gorillaz, are the creation of just two people: one musici...
5 Jul 2021 7 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards
Two of the most iconic voices in music during the 1960s, Simon & Garfunkel were grade school pals that came up together performing in New York. Bob Dylan's brand of folk rock came from the heartland, but Simon & Garfunkel were of the city, and perhap...
