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Vol V, Issue 8 – For shame (01 Aug 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 8 – For shame (01 Aug 2020)

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Name of song– For shame

Band – Kix

Writer– Donnie Purnell

Release year– 1983

Album – Cool Kids

For shame

 

When one talks about the glam rock era of the eighties, many bands come ringing our mind. Unfortunately, “Kix” is not one of them! Actually, they deserve much more than what they have got. A full on hard rock band with amazingly powerful rock numbers which really rocked, “Kix” definitely is worth more than just another rock band of the eighties. Although their power ballad “Don’t close your eyes” is the most well known record, they definitely have numerous wonderful numbers to their credit. Songs like “Tears down the walls”, “The itch”, “Cold shower”, “Midnight dynamite”, “The kid”, “Heartache” and others have made them unforgettable hard rock band of the eighties. Despite various line up changes, they are still around with occasional performances. Overall, their contribution to eighties rock definitely cannot be undermined.

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Vol V, Issue 7 – Military madness (01 Jul 2020)

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Vol V, Issue 7 – Military madness (01 Jul 2020)

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Name of song– Military madness

Singer – Graham Nash

Writer– Graham Nash

Release year– 1971

Album –Songs for Beginners

Peak chart positions

# 20 – Australian Charts

# 57 – Canadian Charts

#66- US Cash Box

# 73 – US Billboard Pop Singles

 Military madness

 “Graham Nash” is a British American folk-rock singer and songwriter, mostly famous for his contribution in “The Hollies” and the supergroup “Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young” (CSNY). He is famous not only for his contribution in these bands, but also for his solo career. Besides being inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for both the groups, he is also well known for photography, philanthropy as well as anti-war activism.

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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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