‘Tubular Bells’: Prog rock’s most famous ‘symphony’ played by Mike Oldfield & prog supergroup, 1973
Mike Oldfield’s 1973 recording of Tubular Bells is the most famous prog rock “symphony” of them all—and a bit of a “love it or hate…
Music Archives: 04/2016
‘Danger: Diabolik!’ Ennio Morricone Spy-Fi classic covered by Mike Patton
Mario Bava‘s campy 1968 action flick Danger: Diabolik–which stars John Phillip Law and Marisa Mell as a couple of stylish, leather-clad jewel thieves–exists in the…
Watch Pink Floyd make an early appearance on American television, 1967
By 1967 Pink Floyd was a significant presence on the UK rock scene. In the autumn of that year the group made its first trip…
Street art homages to Frank Zappa, Lemmy, David Bowie, Bon Scott, Ian Curtis & more
A massive mural of Frank Zappa under a bridge in London by artists James Mayle and Leigh Drummond. I recently came across images of some…
‘Undead, undead, undead’: The evil, alien weirdness of Bauhaus live at University of London, 1980
Please believe me when I tell you that I am in no way pining for the era of the VHS videotape–I lived through it, folks…