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Vol V, Issue 6 – Mainstreet (01 June 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 6 – Mainstreet (01 Jun 2020)
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Name of song- Mainstreet
Band –Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
Writer- Bob Seger
Release year- 1977
Album – Night Moves
Peak chart positions
# 1 – Canadian RPM Singles
# 19 – US Cash Box Top 100
# 24 – US Billboard Hot 100

Mainstreet

“Bob Seger” is an American rock singer and songwriter who was the prototype heart land rocker of the seventies. In his six decades plus career, he has sold more than 75 million records worldwide, establishing him as one of the world’s best-selling artists of all times. With numerous hit numbers like “Like a rock”, “Against the wind”, “Still the same”, “Night moves”, “Turn the page”, “Roll me away”, “Katmandu” etc to name a few, it is undoubtedly true that his contribution to the rock music has been phenomenal. Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 and 2012 respectively, he retired from the music scene in 2018.

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Vol V, Issue 5 – Ripple (01 May 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 5 – Ripple (01 May 2020)

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Name of song– Ripple

Band– Grateful Dead

Writers– Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter

Release year– 1970

Album – American Beauty

                                                Ripple

 “Grateful Dead”, considered the pioneering Godfathers of jam band world, is undoubtedly more than a rock band. An eccentric band with fusion of rock, folk, country, jazz, gospel, blues, psychedelia, blue grass, they were a group known for their amazing music, amazing fanbase “Deadheads” and amazing live jams with amazing improvisations. Rightly quoted, they touched on grounds which most bands didn’t know even existed. With more than 35 million record sales to their credit, they were ranked 57th by The Rolling Stone magazine’s “Greatest Artists of All Time.”

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Vol V, Issue 4 – Silver machine (01 Apr 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 4 – Silver machine (01 Apr 2020)

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Name of song– Silver machine

Band –Hawkwind

Writers– Robert Calvert & Sylvia MacManus

Release year– 1972 (Single)

Album – Choose Your Masques (1982)

Peak chart positions

# 3 – UK Singles chart

                                                Silver machine

 

“Hawkwind”, a legendary name in the field of rock music, may be not so common name to many rock fans. However, one of the pioneers of the space rock, although could not gain the highs of their likes like Pink Floyd, “Hawkwind” represents the prototype of a seventies rock. Formed by a visionary guitar player Dave Brock in London in 1969, with the intention of mixing simple three chord rock with experimental electronic music, the band perhaps may have been ahead of their times. With their exquisite light shows, and explicit stage extravaganza by their female member Stacia Blake, the band definitely shaped space rock, while defining hard, progressive as well as psychedelic rock during the seventies. The band had an ever changing line up of numerous members, with Brock being the only original member at present. It would be surprising to know that they had numerous important players playing for them, including Lemmy Kilmister, Ginger Baker, Robert Calvert etc, to name a few. Most well known for their amazing numbers like “Silver machine”, “Urban guerilla”, “Needle gun”, “Shot down in the night”, “Hawkwind” definitely deserves a praise from the rock fans all over the world.

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Vol V, Issue 3 – Pictures of Lily (01 Mar 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 3 –Pictures of Lily (01 Mar 2020)

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Name of song– Pictures of Lily

Band –The Who

Writer– Pete Townshend

Release year– 1967 (Single)

Album – Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (1971)

                                        

                                                 Pictures of Lily

“The Who”, one of the most influential rock acts of the twentieth century, were undoubtedly famous for diverse reasons- Loudest band, mods enthusiasm, great music and poetry, and of course, the prototype late sixties and seventies rock band. With sales more than 100 million records worldwide, they are definitely a source for inspiration all the rock bands of the past and the future. Originally formed from the ashes of earlier group “The Detours”, “The Who” had Pete Townshend on guitars, Roger Daltrey on vocals, John Entwistle (Bass) and Keith Moon (Drums). The powerful quartet was famous for their music, their crazy stage acts and fabulous improvisations on stage.

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Vol V, Issue 2 – 2-4-6-8 Motorway (01 Feb 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 2 – 2-4-6-8 Motorway (01 Feb 2020)

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Name of song– 2-4-6-8 Motorway

Band –Tom Robinson Band

Writer– Tom Robinson

Release year– 1977

Peak chart positions

#1 – Swedish Chart

# 5 – UK Singles Chart

# 12 – Australian Singles Chart

                                      2-4-6-8 Motorway

“Tom Robinson Band” may be a relatively unknown rock band for many rock fans, but they were one of the most important definitive English punk rock bands of the late seventies. Formed by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson in 1976, along with Danny Kustow (Guitars), Brian “Dolphin” Taylor (Drums) and Mark Ambler (Keyboards), they had relatively fewer number of albums and a short career span, but their significance and influence in the seventies punk rock and new wave can’t be undermined.

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