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Fresh on the heels of last night’s 2024 Grammy Awards, I’m happy to report that classic rock was not overlooked. In fact, 3 of the biggest names in classic rock won Grammys, not to mention the legends that performed at the ceremony.Before I delve too deep into these big winners, I’d like to share a very big congratulations to Taylor Swift who broke the record of winning Album of the Year for the 4th time. The pop star surpassed some true icons who have only won this award 3 times, incl …

Remember The Man Who Fell to Earth?  It was a 1976 movie, based on a 1963 novel, by Walter Tevis, about an alien, pretending to be human, who crashes on Earth, in search of water to bring back home to his family, where his species are suffering a drought. More importantly, it was the first acting role, for David Bowie, who stars as the alien. CBS All Access has confirmed a TV series, based on the novel/film, is already in production and will focus on the next chapt …

Mick Ronson, David Bowie’s lead guitarist and arranger on his most enduring 1970’s classic albums, passed away in 1993. Three years before Bowie’s death, Suzi Ronson (Mick’s wife) asked Bowie to record his memories of Spiders From Mars. Those audio recordings are the basis of the new documentary Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, which can be seen on Hulu.The film, narrated by Bowie, reveals the history of their work together and how Ronson entered the rock scene. The meat of the film is Ronso …

After David Bowie’s death grieved the world, Howard Stern decided that the deceased rock star should be properly remembered and honored. Stern asked Garbage, Billy Corgan, Car Seat Headrest, Greta Van Fleet, and 25 other artists to record David Bowie songs on his The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie Special. The tribute is premiering February 9th, 2018 on SiriusXM’s Howard 101 channel.When Stern first got into rock and roll, he dove into the unique style of Bowie: “He was always evolving, he …

Ironic as it may be, that the day after 4/20, is the birthday for 2 musical pioneers in the genre of Alternative Rock. Now granted, the term Alternative Rock didn't really exist, as a term, until the late 1980s-early 1990s, with the onset of bands like Jane's Addiction and the Seattle Grunge style groups. However, the term has come to symbolize the entire make up of all the different sub-genres of Punk, Grunge, New Wave, Gothic, etc. So, with that, while each of the musicians who are celebrat …