LED ZEPPELIN - The perfect rock show
"Being one of the guys was the best moment of my life," Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham, who passed away in 1980, still raves about being one of the guys at the O2 Arena Gig 2007 in London. The challenge to Jason and the "other guys" Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones was immense, because the New Yardbirds, renamed Led Zeppelin fifty years ago, have made a name for themselves in the twelve years of their existence as the most complete and biggest rock band of all time. Their reputation is not only based on their immortal studio classics. As a live band Led Zeppelin reinvented themselves and their songs every concert evening.
BRÖSELMASCHINE - Run, boy, run!
When the hippie icon Joan Baez travelled to Germany for Easter marches in 1968, Peter Bursch walked by her side. There can be no more fitting picture for the formation of the crumbling machine that Bursch and four friends created a few months later - political and artistic upheaval was in the air. And a crumbling machine in the middle of it. Half a century, several reshuffles and time-outs later the band is currently very agile. This can be heard on the current album "Indian Camel".
JOE BONAMASSA - The Blues as salvation from the Blues
His thirteenth studio album "Redemption" is not an easy one for Joe Bonamassa. The blues rock star has experienced many a difficult phase in recent years, so that he has used the blues in all its shades more than ever as a valve. His "Never Ending Tour" recently gave him a working rhythm that the 41-year-old New Yorker needs to breathe like the air. At the same time he thinks about how long he wants to stay on stage.
CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX - Songs against Fear
Brexit? Money worries? Depression? Justin Greaves, mastermind of Crippled Black Phoenix, has scared away the demons that plagued him and made room for what he can control and influence. First of all, this includes "Great Escape", the latest release of the British art and progrock formation.
THE VINTAGE CARAVAN - At the entrance to the Rockolymp
The Icelandic power trio The Vintage Caravan again took three years for a new album. Some critics are annoyed by "Gateways" that the impetuosity of the first albums is partly gone, others praise the new serenity and attest the band that their psychedelic heavy rock now sounds more modern than ever. Bassist Alexander Örn Númason is convinced that the band is ready for something bigger.
THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN - 50 Years in the Service of Hell
2018 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the release of the album "The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown". The "Fire" contained on it alone sold a million times as a single. The eccentric frontman's band couldn't follow this success, which is why The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown were quickly hailed as a one-hit wonder. The influence that Brown's appearance, voice and rock theatre had on prog, shock rock and heavy metal is often overlooked.
GENESIS - For Absent Friends
On the back of Genesis' first live album was this little picture of a bold looking man. Below the lines: "This album is dedicated to Richard Macphail who left April, 1973" Hardly any fan knew who it was at that time. Many believed that this man had died. Far from it, Richard Macphail, close friend and tour manager of the early Genesis, is among us. At 68 he has now written down his memories in "My book of Genesis". "Even so people know I'm still alive."
PAUL MCCARTNEY - Inpatient stay
Paul McCartney brought a lot with him from his long life journey. With full pockets, he gets on the train at Egypt Station and looks back with relish. A Beatle who has long been more than a former member of a legend knows how to enjoy life to the full. This quality can be heard on the seventeenth solo album of the famous Englishman.
YES FEATURING ARW - The Career After the Career
A first studio product of them is yet to come. But as a live act, the Yes formation around Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman has been convincing all along since 2016. The recording "Live At The Apollo" now documents for the first time the stage qualities of the Yes fission product. It raises the question of the true guardians of the rich heritage of progressive rock pioneers.
XTC - The Wizards of Swindon
The British quartet XTC around the songwriter team Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding is still a legend twenty years after their last album - at least among initiates. The group's sound is unique: melodiousness meets experimental sounds, sixties nostalgia meets new wave aesthetics. And each of their records offers its own unique approach to their sound universe. But XTC also stand for an unorthodox band history, determined by strange voltes.
Heart front woman ANN WILSON pays homage to deceased rock and pop greats on "Immortal
A cover album by Ann Wilson (68), completely without Led Zeppelin songs. This is surprising at first glance, and that is why it is worth asking for. We also want to know why she recorded a cover album again. After all, 2007 saw the release of "Hope & Glory" - the "Immigrant Song", of course - a complete work with cover versions. And we need to shed some light on the rumor jungle around Heart.
MARC RIBOT revives the art of the protest song
The US guitarist Marc Ribot loves provocation. On his new albums "YRU Still Here" with his band Ceramic Dog and "Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018" with an illustrious crowd of guests he directed his anger against political grievances in the USA. Marc Ribot is an edgy guy. At the end of the eighties he played in the jazz bands The Lounge Lizards and Jazz Passengers and lent his woodcutter guitar playing to Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. His clash of punk and jazz resembled crashes without survivors.
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