My last article was about the beast that is the guitar solo, the reason I got into rock’n’roll at all. I wrote a lot about how the solo came about and what it means for rock in general. I was just reading the article, as you do as an egomaniac, narcissistic writer, and just had …
Glen’s Rockmaggeddon – Guitar Solos
I’m a sucker for a guitar solo, I love ’em !! Doesn’t matter what, where. How or when! My parents didn’t really listen to music at all, so I had no real musical upbringing. My older sister started to actively listen to music when I was 10 or so, but she heard a lot of …
KISS – KISS (1974)
As they have been for the last 44 years, I do not like this band. I think Gene Simmons is a prat, I think the band became more a marketing exercise than an actual group, and for the most part I hate their hits. BUT let me explain. Having not been born until 1984, KISS …