The Beatles photograph by Astrid Kirchherr Before Ringo, before the fame, before Love Me Do and any talk about wanting to hold hands. Before they were fab, the Beatles were bad. Leather clad, pompadoured, badASS. This 1960 photo taken by Astrid Kirchherr, who subsequently fell …
Prince cloud The last time I saw his purple badass was on the Piano & A Microphone Tour. It was amazing. Prince interpreting classics and rarities with just a piano and no backing band. Sadly, it was made all the more special with his passing. But still, …
Fans of The Clash will recognise the London Calling colors used in the featured print. But before you scream rip off know that the piece is part a Clash limited edition series based on sketches by Ray Lowry. Ray Lowry was the designer behind the …
Forty-years ago this week Bruce Springsteen pulled the 1970s equivalent of breaking the Internet. In 1975, Time and Newsweek were two leading sources of where people found stuff out. In the hype surrounding Born To Run, Springsteen landed on the cover of both magazines on …
First US visit ’64 by Ringo Starr So you’re 23 in a band on their first visit to America. For you the US is a mystical place. Hell it’s the birthplace of the music that makes your band relevant. Your band, BTW, is causing quit …
Sotheby’s Rock & Pop Auction On September 29, 2015, Sotheby’s is putting years of rock and roll memorabilia up for grabs with its Rock & Pop Auction. The item receiving most of the hype is the Beatles’ original contract with manager Brian Epstein. Along side …
Anarchy In The UK Gig Poster More legendary for what it wasn’t than what it was, this 1976 Anarchy In The UK tour poster is on auction at lelands.com There are a lot of things that make this punk artifact interesting. The bill alone is …
The Jam: About the Young Idea Exhibit One would think that with just three members it would be easier to keep a band together. Oh sure there’s Rush, but they are Canadian, they probably spend more time apologizing to each than anything else. Two of …
The Rolling Stones Exhibitionsim Charlie Watts is a man of very few words, but his candor makes each syllable gold. Take this quote describing Exhibitionism, the band’s first major memorabilia exhibition. Charlie: We’ve got an awful lot of stuff…and it was offered to us. We …
Travel to Hong Kong with Blur Comic Book When Damon Albarn’s Gorillaz dropped onto the world in 1998 music loving comic geeks peed themselves with joy. Admit it, your drawers got a little wet when your eyeballs caught sight of the world’s first virtual band. …
Les Paul creating Sound on Sound recordings Les Paul would have been 100 years old on Tuesday, June 9. Part of the B-day bash is a revamped lespaul.com where you can take a deep dive into the man. While his solid-body electric overshadows almost everything else, …
Yesterday we pimped Rock ‘n’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip at the Skirball. Today we’re taking a look at the main draw at the LA cultural center. The Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution Exhibition is as much a look at the …
Signed Custom SG Special Who Hits 50 For years, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend have championed the Teenage Cancer Trust in the UK. The idea is to give teenagers special wards where they can hang with people their age as they go through treatment and …
The Mick Jones Rock ‘n’ Roll Public Library In discussing his Rock ‘n’ Roll Public Library Mick Jones points out, ‘I’m interested in everything.’ Not surprising when you look at the work of The Clash. Their first self-titled album is a punk rock blueprint. But it …
No band have profited off of yesterday quite like the Beatles. (Mandatory Beatles pun, moving on.) The explosion of creativity that was the band lasted for a mere 8 years from 1962 to 1970. Since then the packaging and repackaging of every mop top move …