Hip–hop. Rap. To many, the sound conjures up images of street thugs, crime and illicit drugs.
But what, exactly, is this phenomenon all about? It’s the new “bonga-bonga” music that sends parents into a frenzy, thinking that their kids are going to be “infected” by it and turn into juvenile delinquents.
Ummm … pardon me, but … […]
They were just four moptop lads from Liverpool, making some rock-n-roll with their guitars, drums and a lot of hair-shaking, huh?
Maybe there’s more to The Beatles than we thought! Recently, studies have been done that show the Fab Four’s early rockers are excellent remedies for non-clinical depression.
Here’s what they found:
Whenever someone is feeling down […]
Flashbacks. They’re really an amazing thing. We all have them every once-in-a-blue-moon, and old rockers like yours truly gets a carload of the rascals when a trigger word is mentioned (and I’m not horsing around).
When I talked about Roger, Pete, Keith and John in the last blog, I (get it? Trigger? horse? […]
When you talk about classic rock, you’ve gotta be talking about Pete, Roger, Keith and John; collectively, The Who. No band, with the possible exception of the Beatles, has made such a continuous impact on the rock scene as a whole.
From their beginnings in West London in 1960, they brought a rebellion to rock that […]
You know, with the news broadcasting showing some serious and idiotic hate crimes beginning replicating among our high schools, I’m reminded of Britain’s Teddy Boys. These guys contributed some of the styles that made the British Invasion acts popular in the US.
But the reason I brought up the hate crime issue is that, in 1958, […]
It was a time when young people could “tune in, turn on and drop out.” Vietnam, race relations and individual rights were the big hangups — in short, the Establishment. We wanted a life of our own … to do what we wanted, when we wanted — and to be respected for those […]
British rock superstar and Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is giving 3.6 million pounds out of his own pocket (that equals … are you ready? …almost $7,300,000 in US greenbacks!) to create homes for low-income and homeless in England!
According to BBC News, he was inspired by New York’s Common Ground project, where Ben and Jerry’s and […]
Okay … I’ll admit it: I’m a Smorty pants.
Wait a minute, people: Re-read that first line. You see, there are so many of us bloggers — Rockaholics and others (are there any others??) — who advertise certain products they believe in, and they don’t mind making a few extra bucks in the process! Yes, the Relic’s […]
THE SOUL HAS ARISEN!
When the Beatles and other Brit groups hit America’s shores, it seemed that almost every type of music was pushed aside a bit to make way for this new European sound. But one style refused to back off; in fact, soul music began to grow in popularity — showing up on more airwave playlists and request lines than […]
The year was 1963. President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Rock-n-Roll needed someone to seriously scratch a saddened and lackluster itch. With that in mind, The Rock Relic™ presents …
The Rock Revolution Pt. 9
THE INVASION BEGINS!!
By mid-1963, while Rock America was teetering on the brink of superblahdom, the new British groups were picking […]
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