Since the band was formed in 1973, AC/DC really never changed their sound and never tried to do things that were much different from the basic things that composed their songwriting style. That's really not common in Rock and Roll music but it was certainly crucial to make them one of the biggests bands of all time but to also have a lot of criticism of people who said they are recording the same album for more than five decades. Well, whether you like or not they are one of the best selling bands in history with an estimated amount of more than 200 million records sold worldwide. The guitarist Angus Young really doesn't mind people saying the group made the same album many times, since in an interview with Classic Rock magazine in 1992, the musician was asked about people saying that they made the same record over 10 times. He then replied, saying: "That’s a dirty lie! We’ve made the same record over and over 11 times! (Laughs) But why AC/DC never changed their sound according to Angus Young Well, for Angus and his late brother Malcolm Young, it was simple, if you do something really good keep doing it! There is really no reason to go and experiment with things you might not be good at. So that's what Angus explained to VH1 in 2014. "You know, that’s probably hitting right in the head. We never take anything for granted. We always do what we do best, which is we still play rock music. That’s what we’re best at and maybe that’s part of it." "That we’ve never changed when other trends come. We just stuck to what we did best. Maybe that’s why people plug into us and go 'They never change.' We’re reliable. A bit like old shoes. (laughter) They just feel good on your feet," Angus Young said. The band's backbone was always Angus and Malcolm and although the older brother had to leave the band after being diagnosed with Dementia, their nephew Stevie Young replaced him. He kept playing the same way as his uncle. So although you have only one part of the backbone of the band, who is Angus, the group continues to sound the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7-bIFDMSFAThe post Why AC/DC never changed their sound according to Angus Young appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Born in Pasadena, California back in 1962, Steve Albini became one of the most important Alternative Rock audio engineers in history. He worked as an audio engineer on famous albums like The Pixies' "Surfer Rosa" (1988), Nirvana's "In Utero" (1993) and also on "Walking Into Clarksdale", an album released by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in 1997. Albini suffered a heart attack and passed away last May 7 at the age of 61 and Page paid tribute to the musician. Jimmy Page pays tribute to audio engineer Steve Albini Jimmy Page said in a post on his official Instagram: "I was very sad to hear of Steve Albini’s passing this week. Robert and I worked with him in 1997 on our album 'Walking into Clarksdale' — a record I’m still really proud of." "I had a strong connection with Steve, we all did on that album, and he came with such pedigree and experience as one of the world’s leading mixers and audio engineers. He loved working with analogue tape, in fact his own band was called Shellac. He was so passionate and knowledgable, really dedicated to the cause during our recording sessions at RAK and EMI Number Two Studio at Abbey Road." "Steve had worked with Nirvana on their third album and also with the likes of Pixies and Bush. He had an impressive CV and leaves a real legacy. RIP, Steve," Jimmy Page said. Albini worked with countless less known Alternative Rock bands but also famous artists like Bush, Cheap Trick and Urge Overkill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD5HQexvCfsThe post Jimmy Page pays tribute to audio engineer Steve Albini appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

"Begin the day with a friendly voice, a companion, unobtrusive, plays that song that's so elusive, and the magic music makes your morning mood". If you are a big Rush fan you probably heard this phrase a thousand times because it is the intro of their hit "The Spirit of Radio", featured on their 1980 album "Permanent Waves". Although the track is a tribute to every radio station in the world, it was actually inspired by a Canadian station called CFNY, which was formed in 1960 and still exists, now called "102.1 The Edge" and plays Alternative Rock. In an interview with Prog magazine in 2013, Geddy Lee talked about that station and said: "CFNY reminded us of when FM radio first started in America and Canada," Geddy says. "You'd have your favorite DJ and he had no playlist - he would just play music." "So he was turning you on to new music all the time. It was part of why we became musicians - it was that important. And this was a stark contrast to what was happening in 1980. (Which was) the beginning of consultants programming 50 radio stations across the country. That was kind of depressing to think of. So the song was a lament for a better time," Geddy Lee said. In 1980, "The Spirit of Radio" was also released as a single. It peaked at number 51 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. On the United Kingdom singles chart the track peaked at number 13. How the riff of the Rush song "The Spirit of The Radio" was written In a radio interview back in 2018, made available by Raised On Radio (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage), the Rush bassist, keyboardist and vocalist Geddy Lee recalled how the riff of the track was written and what was their idea for the song. “The concept of the song itself was about the freedom of radio. But we created this synthesizer kind of pattern that was supposed to represent, you know, the corporate world (laughs). Alex (Lifeson) came up with this riff. He is very spontaneous. He just came out with this riff that was fighting against that kind of static metronomic synthesizer pattern.” “The guitar part that Alex came up with, that riff really is supposed to be the ‘Spirit Of Radio’. It’s supposed to be the representational of the airwaves. It’s quite a soulful and a kind of emotive riff and it’s very insistent too. So it spoke well and we hung so much of the rest of the song around that riff,” The Rush frontman said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QtO0Rhp0w&pp=ygUTU1BJUklUIE9GIFRIRVIgQURJTw%3D%3D The post The real station that inspired Rush’s Spirit of The Radio appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott said in an interview with the podcast "Rockonteurs With Gary Kemp And Guy Pratt" that he is tired of people calling them a Heavy Metal band. According to the musician that usually happens with people who are involved with that kind of music and known nothing about Rock and Roll. So they tend to call everything Heavy Metal. Joe Elliott says he is tired of people calling Def Leppard a Heavy Metal band "(Transcribed by Blabbermouth) I have an issue with the term 'heavy metal' because everybody outside of rock always thinks if you're a heavy metal band, it's like bad news… You get this impression that everybody's a moron. "(AC/DC) were a blues rock band. UFO and Thin Lizzy were not heavy metal. Motörhead, even they had a blues influence to them… Queen were never a heavy metal band, but they had a couple of heavy metal songs, thanks to Brian May. And I think we were pretty much the same way. It was rock — absolutely heavy rock, for sure." "You listen to our first EP (from 1979), there's a song called 'Ride Into The Sun', which is a total pop song. But then '(Get Your) Rocks Off' was a, full-on rock song. "If we're heavy metal, then so are The Rolling Stones, 'cause it's two guitars, bass, drums and a singer. It's a silly, silly term, I like 'rock'. When you start pigeonholing, it gets on my tits, to be quite honest. Because can't we just all be just a rock band or a pop band or be both?" Joe Elliott said. Def Leppard was formed in Sheffield, England in 1976 and their only original member is the bassist Rick Savage. The classic formation was being formed over the years, with the singer Joe Elliott joining them in 1977, the late guitarist Steve Clark in 1978, the drummer Rick Allen in 1978 and the guitarist Phil Collen in 1982. Releasing their best-selling albums in the 80s, the band became one of the most influential from that decade. They sold an estimated amount of more than 100 million records worldwide. In 2024 the group is currently touring with names like Journey, Heart and Steve Miller Band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tplakA42fQk&pp=ygUXZGVmIGxlcHBhcmQgaGl0IGFuZCBydW4%3DThe post Joe Elliott is tired of people calling Def Leppard a Heavy Metal band appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The vocalist John Lydon also known as Johnny Rotten was born in Finsbury Park, London, England back in 1956 and started his musical career in 1975, as a founding member of Sex Pistols. The band only released one album in 1977 but it was really enough to change the course of music forever. Although they were not the ones who invented Punk Rock, they really defined that music genre. Because they showed that it could be stronger than it was. It wasn't only the sound, it was the lyrics, the message that their songs had that made them really become as big as bands who released many other famous records. Over the decades Lydon reunited a few times with Pistols but mainly focused on his own successful band called Public Image Ltd, or simply PIL. Besides being known as an amazing frontman, the musician is often recalled for being quite sincere about other artists. But he curiously loves some musicians who you probably wouldn't guess. One of them is the unorthodox pop singer Kate Bush. What is John Lydon's opinion on Kate Bush Lydon already said many times that he actually doesn't like The Beatles, for example, but he absolutely loves Kate Bush. He had the chance not only to praise her but to  meet her at the Q magazine Awards 2001. He surprisingly praised her during his speech, saying: "One person I would like to say hello to is Kate Bush. I love you, your music is fucking brilliant." Afterwards, in an interview with Q magazine, the musician explained why he loved her so much. According to him, he also felt connected to her because people criticized her in the beginning of her career for her singing just like they did with him. "Kate Bush is a true original. It's not nice that she's been imitated Torrid Aimless, sorry Tori Amos. But Kate Bush is a genuine talent. She went through the same shit I did when she started: 'Oh, that's not singing'. Who the fuck wrote the rules about music?" He continued: "Why follow this slavish idiocy? Actually, that was the difference between me and Glen Matlock. He thought music ended when Chuck Berry declared that rock n roll was four to the bar. For me, it's 22 of my mates at the bar," John Lydon said. Bush's success started at the age of 19 when she topped the UK Singles Chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights". With that song, she became the first female sartist to achieve a UK number one hit with a song she wrote all by herself. She curiously got a record deal with EMI after Pink Floyd's David Gilmour helped to produce a demo tape for her. Her debut album "The Kick Inside" was released in 1978 and in the following decade she released  six more successful albums. In the 90s she released only "The Red Shoes" in 1993 and then her most recent ones are "Director's Cut" (2011) and "50 Words For Snow" (2011). Some of her most famous tracks are "Army Dreamers", "Babooshka", "Wuthering Heights'" and "Cloudbusting". But her most famous song is certainly "Running Up That Hill", a track that experienced a huge resurgence a few years ago after being featured in the famous Netflix series Stranger Things. Another famous song featuring Bush is the Peter Gabriel track "Don't Give Up". That track was released on Gabriel's successful 1986 album "So". John Lydon said that her singing fits although it seems absurd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM&pp=ygUUcnVubmluZyB1cCB0aGF0IGhpbGw%3D John Lydon praised her many other times, like when he was interviewed for the documentary "BBC Queens of Pop" in 2009. "(Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage) I remember my mom, God rests her soul. When she first heard Kate Bush she said 'Holly jolly, it sounds like a bag of cats' (laughs). At first it seemed absurd, (she singing) way up there, but no, it fits. She supplies me with all the clues and it’s up to me to put the answer together." "Well, that’s like the Quran of music. Surely that’s what we’re all looking for? No easy answers to anything. It’s not about rolling in the money. It’s about the joy of knowing that what you’ve done really touches people’s hearts,” John Lydon said.The post John Lydon’s opinion on Kate Bush appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Society, pay attention. This is important.My wife, Zoe, is transgender. She came out to us — the kids and me — last summer and then slowly spread her beautiful feminine wings with extended family, friends, and neighbors.A little coming out here, a little coming out there — you know how it is.It's been a slow, often challenging process of telling people something so personal and scary, but pretty much everyone has been amazing.However, she dreaded coming out at the office.She works at a large technology company, managing a team of software developers in a predominantly male office environment. She's known many of her co-workers and employees for 15 or so years. They have called her "he" and "him" and "Mr." for a very long time. How would they handle the change?While we have laws in place in Ontario, Canada, to protect the rights of transgender employees, it does not shield them from awkwardness, quiet judgment, or loss of workplace friendships. Your workplace may not become outright hostile, but it can sometimes become a difficult place to go to every day because people only tolerate you rather than fully accept you.But this transition needed to happen, and so Zoe carefully crafted a coming out email and sent it to everyone she works with.The support was immediately apparent; she received about 75 incredibly kind responses from coworkers, both local and international.She then took one week off, followed by a week where she worked solely from home. It was only last Monday when she finally went back to the office.First day back at work! I asked if I could take a "first day of school" type picture with her lunchbox. She said no. Spoilsport. Despite knowing how nice her colleagues are and having read so many positive responses to her email, she was understandably still nervous.Hell, I was nervous. I made her promise to text me 80 billion times with updates and was more than prepared to go down there with my advocacy pants on if I needed to (I might be a tad overprotective).And that's when her office pals decided to show the rest of us how to do it right.She got in and found that a couple of them had decorated her cubicle to surprise her:Butterflies! Streamers! Rainbows! OMG!And made sure her new name was prominently displayed in a few locations:They got her a beautiful lily with a "Welcome, Zoe!" card:And this tearjerker quote was waiting for her on her desk:To top it all off, a 10 a.m. "meeting" she was scheduled to attend was actually a coming out party to welcome her back to work as her true self — complete with coffee and cupcakes and handshakes and hugs.(I stole one, and it was delicious.)NO, I'M NOT CRYING. YOU'RE CRYING.I did go to my wife's office that day. But instead of having my advocacy pants on, I had my hugging arms ready and some mascara in my purse in case I cried it off while thanking everyone.I wish we lived in a world where it was no big deal to come out.Sadly, that is not the case for many LGBTQ people. We live in a world of bathroom bills and "religious freedom" laws that directly target the members of our community. We live in a world where my family gets threats for daring to speak out for trans rights. We live in a world where we can't travel to certain locations for fear of discrimination — or worse.So when I see good stuff happening — especially when it takes place right on our doorstep — I'm going to share it far and wide. Let's normalize this stuff. Let's make celebrating diversity our everyday thing rather than hating or fearing it.Chill out, haters. Take a load off with us.It's a lot of energy to judge people, you know. It's way more fun to celebrate and support them for who they are.Besides, we have cupcakes.This article originally appeared on 04.08.16.

When a cocky young man started showing off his muscles for the "Flex Cam" at a Philadelphia Soul arena football game, he got more than he bargained for after showing off his physique to a couple of women sitting behind him.When the camera made its way back around, he was instantly upstaged by the superior muscles of one of the ladies he had tried to impress. He had no choice but to sink sadly into his seat while the stronger woman flexed over his head.PHILADELPHIA SOUL FLEX CAM SURPISEThis article originally appeared on 05.30.19