Top 10 Greatest Rock Bands

There are probably as many different opinions about the greatest rock bands as there are people who listen to rock music. Much of it is bound to be subjectiv...

Foo Fighters

When Nirvana came to an abrupt halt in 1994 with the suicide of front man and guitarist Kurt Cobain, drummer Dave Grohl had a number of options. He was offer...

The 90s and Grunge Rock

Although grunge came of age at the beginning of the 1990s, the rock subculture actually had its roots in the mid 1980s in Seattle, as an underground rock mus...

The Impact of The Internet on The Music Business

The Internet has had a huge impact on the music business, in ways that no one could have predicted even five years ago. More worrying, at least for record la...

What is Emo Music?

Emo is one of those terms that’s become so widespread in recent years that it seems to have lost a lot of its meaning. You hear of “emo kids” and it’...

Nirvana, UK and American Band

Buddhists spend lifetimes trying to achieve it, and revere it as the state of bliss. But Nirvana is probably better known to the population in general as the...

Space Rock

Space, was it really the final frontier? In the late 1960s and early 1970s it certainly seemed that way, both physically and in music. Man landed on the moon...

Female Pop Stars

The 1950s was definitely the period of the male pop star, the rocker who appealed to girls. But the 1960s brought a change, with the rise of the females. It...

The Impact of The Spice Girls on the 90s

More than anyone else, the Spice Girls took British music to a global level in the 1990s, far more than any of the boy bands to emerge during the period. Kno...

The New Folk Revival

Probably no one expected folk music to rise from the ashes. After all there had been a revival in the 1950s and for a short while it had been the hip thing....