Legends Of The 1970s - Slade

29 April 2010

Originally starting in 1966 and parting in 1991, the rock band Slade was one of the best bands in the world, and they were the UK’s number-one rock band during the 1970s. During a time in rock and roll where the band was competing with gargantuan bands like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, Slade still managed to leave their mark on the genre.

Slade was started by Don Powell and Dave Hill after they left their group in the early sixties, the ‘N Betweens. Jim Lea would apply for the bass player gig and land it through a stellar audition, and Noddy Holder eventually became the band’s first lead vocalist after Don and Dave had met him earlier while Noddy was still with the Mavericks.

Originally starting in 1966 and parting in 1991, the rock band Slade was one of the best bands in the world, and they were the UK’s number-one rock band during the 1970s. During a time in rock and roll where the band was competing with gargantuan bands like the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, Slade still managed to leave their mark on the genre.

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Legends of the 1970s - Tom Petty

23 April 2010

One of the most successful bands of the 1970s and most influential of the 1980s, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are a platinum-selling rock band whose success is only bested by Tom Petty and his solo career. With a canon of classic hits, Petty remains one of rock’s greatest living legends and still dabbles in music after decades in the industry.

Petty was born Thomas Earl Petty on October 20, 1950 in Gainesville, Florida. Like many boys born in the 50s, Tom found his first real musical influence in Elvis Presley. And after seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, Petty was positive that he wanted to form a rock band and perform music.

In the 1970s, Tom wasted no time seeing his dream to fruition. He hooked up with a few other young musicians from the area and formed the Sundowners. Later, they switched their name to Mudcrutch and developed a local following. After no commercial success, Petty left to go solo, but would come back quickly to form Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

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Story of Legendary Rock and Roll Band The Rolling Stones

12 April 2010

Legendary rock and roll band The Rolling Stones got their start in 1962 and they’re still performing on the road and releasing new music today after nearly five decades in the business. Most books written about the group cannot rightly sum up their entire career; it’s just been too storied and too drawn out to correctly quantify the magic behind the men.

The band’s front man Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards were childhood friends growing up in England. After moving away from one another, the men reunited by chance in 1960 while respectively on their way to college. They shared eerily similar taste in music and formed a small band named Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys.

After meeting and befriending other band mates Ian Stewart, Charlie Watts, Tony Chapman and Brian Jones, the guys christened their band and came up with the name by chance. Jones was in charge of the christening, and in a panic, he took a name from a Muddy Waters track titled Rollin’ Stone.

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Rod Stewart Biography

08 April 2010

Legendary singer Rod Stewart was born January 10, 1945 in London, England. Through a number of different bands and various solo projects, Rod has always managed to captivate most of his listeners with his incredibly unique voice and larger than life personality. After four decades in the music industry, Stewart is still going strong today.

Like many gravel-voiced, sultry singers, every breath of Rod’s life comes through in his vocals. Rod was born Roderick David Stewart to a working class family in Highgate, North London. In his younger years, Stewart was an impressive athlete. He was almost a professional football player and still wears his love for the sport on his sleeve.

Before music became Rod’s career, he worked at a variety of odd jobs. While still a teenager, Stewart even had a stretch working as a grave digger. However, it was becoming more and more apparent that singing and performing was what he wanted to do, and prompted by other popular music of the day, Rod set out to follow his dream.

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Bio of David Bowie - a True Rock Enigma

30 March 2010

Almost impossible to describe with any one adjective, rock enigma David Bowie has been a world famous singer and actor for nearly five decades. Born January 8, 1947 in London as David Robert Hayward Jones, Bowie is perhaps the most famous glam rock entertainer of all time, sharing the title with - and earning it because of - his alter ego Ziggy Stardust.

David grew up in Brixton, a poor part of London, and claims to have decided on his career at a very early age. Bowie would turn to music for an escape, but unlike many who share a similar story, David’s musical tastes were perhaps more eclectic than any other music star in history.

By the time Bowie was a teenager, he was already on the music scene and trying out different bands. He fronted such bands at the King Bees, Mannish Boys, the Konrads and the Lower Third. David was also acting in small stage roles and working in advertising, and this reflected in his varying musical tastes.

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