AvatarBarbara BeaucondFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe most infamous groupies in rock and roll historyhotpoptoday.comHot Pop Today Many people look back on the era of Rock and Roll with nostalgia and great memories. In those days, people were carefree and lived and …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWatch David Bowie create Tina Turner in a laboratory in this Pepsi commercialloudersound.com - By Liz ScarlettFollowing the passing of the Queen of Rock'n'Roll Tina Turner last week, tributes from the music world have been flooding in, with several reflecting …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoExplaining every Easter Egg in the Def Leppard song ‘Rocket’faroutmagazine.co.uk - Tim CoffmanWhen Def Leppard began work on Hysteria, there was no longer room for filler. With producer Mutt Lange on board as the unofficial sixth member of the …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo‘One’: the song that saved U2faroutmagazine.co.uk - Tim CoffmanBy the time U2 reached the 1990s, it seemed like they had said all they wanted to say. After becoming one of the most militant forces in rock music …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarThe Cure’s Robert Smith Says He’s “Sickened” About Ticketmaster Fees, Promises Partial RefundsPitchfork - Matthew Ismael RuizThe Cure’s Robert Smith has directly responded to fans’ complaints about the fees collected by Ticketmaster during the Cure’s “Verified Fan” sale for tickets to dates on their upcoming tour. “I am as sickened as you all are by today’s Ticketmaster ‘fees’ debacle,” Smith wrote in capital letters …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarHow Betsey Johnson Won Over A New Generation Of Fashion Fansverified_publisherNylon - Savannah SittonAwaken your inner teenager, Betsey Johnson is making a comeback. Y2K fashion is no longer a trend, but rather a movement. In just the past couple of years, some of the era’s most polarizing and kitschy designers have made staggering comebacks, from Ed Hardy to Von Dutch. And now, arguably the most …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarMadonna responds to backlash over ‘new face’ at Grammys: ‘I have been degraded’Page Six - Alix Breeden“Bow down bitches! 💃🏼🪩🎤💄🎼👠” Madonna took to social media on Tuesday to slam the internet’s strong reaction to her “unrecognizable” face at the …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarThe 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s - SPINSPIN - Al ShipleyThe concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarThe 30 Best Disco Songs That Every Millennial Should KnowSPINThis article was originally published in SPIN in 2013. It’s been nearly 40 years since Carl Douglas kung-fu fought his way to the top of the Billboard …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarThe Four Weirdest Rock Bands From the '70sSPIN - Jason StahlDoug Brod has always wanted to write a book about music. It makes sense. He is a former SPIN editor in chief and has worked at Atlantic Records. But …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondAvatarAvatarHynde Sight: Our 1986 Chrissie Hynde Cover Story - SPINSPIN - Scott CohenThis article originally appeared in the December 1986 issue of SPIN. She’s the Great Pretender. She used her eyes, she used her legs. She used her …
AvatarBarbara BeaucondFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Runaways rejected Joan Jett’s hit song ‘I Love Rock And Roll’faroutmagazine.co.uk - Joe TaysomIf Joan Jett’s career is to be defined by one song, it would be ‘I Love Rock And Roll’. However, Jett originally plotted to release the track with …