From Guthrie's folk-rural roots to the electric turn at Newport: the Jokerman born in Duluth is one, no one, a hundred thousand. more
The most underrated band in the history of British music! more
Stratospheric. Singer-songwriters hooked up to an electric cable. Bastards. more
"Laze Biose, the homeless without shirts!" more
Survivors of the New Wave. Brilliantly pop, cheerful and melancholic... healing. Hats off, Robert can make even just crap records until the end of his days, I will keep buying them. He has earned it. more
"Even if we don't bring new life to music, it's not a problem: someone else will do it better than us. How nice, so we can do all those forbidden things like being banal, being repetitive, being repetitive, stop making records and contemplate without the need to write that we're contemplating. You don't have to consider us, piece of shit." more
A Character (with a capital C) genius (genialoide) with depth (with ups and downs): precious. more
honest craftsmen of melodic rock for the past thirty years, they were a cult band when only a few knew them; today they suck or are the biggest band regardless of the music; they've become too well-known. zooropa is among the most successful albums of the early '90s. more
whoever is satisfied with collecting seashells does not have my clanking noise in their blood, I have a powder keg in my belly! more
The revolutionary of the Italian pop songbook. more
Who wouldn't want to be their dog? more
Phantasmagoric more
How much I loved you, (so many) years ago. more
If he has made it to 60, I should reach 150. more
The godfather of punk more
There are moments when I think they were greater than Deep Purple. And Stargazer, Man on the Silver Mountain, Catch the Rainbow, Starstruck, Kill the King, and all the others from the first three albums are there to confirm it for me. more
One fair! more
The glam vampire Peter Murphy and companions among post-punk, cabaret & Bela Lugosi ("..undead, undead, undead.."): they institutionalized Gothic. more
Archetype of the rock triad (sex drugs and rock n roll) more
Blackmore at the peak of his abilities, Cozy Powell fine-tuning the double bass metal, an unbelievable Dio (literally) on vocals: with such ingredients, masterpieces of rock music were bound to emerge. Essential, at least until Dio left to join the Sabbath... more