“It’s not a given that if you’re talented, you’ll be successful. There are so many people that are much better than me playing drums that never got the break”
Browsing: Interviews
Our discussions with many significant classic rock artists and others.
“Those of us who live in the Bay Area have always had the same goal: We want to turn people on and we want them to have a good time.”—Bill Graham
An interview with a senior label exec covering a range of topics: “I’m not a great singer,” Ziggy’s clothes and the answer to “Is it hard being David Bowie?”
He recorded one of the best-selling albums in history, and he’s proud of it. Do you know what really makes him happy?
Their classic ‘Days of Future Passed’ turned 50 in 2017. Former band members Mike Pinder and Thomas discuss those heady early years
“We believed the song should have that same excitement of when we played live,” he says, on recording the big DC5 hits like “Glad All Over.”
We asked the label exec about his post- Epic Records career, producing some of the biggest albums of the ’80s
“I think it’s the soundtrack of a lot of people’s lives,” the legendary producer and Ode Records founder says of the album that, at one point, was the biggest of all time
The guitarist, singer and songwriter formed the British blues band in London in 1965. “When I started, all the club bands were playing Motown”
They had one song prepared when they entered the studio. By the time they finished the album nine months later, they’d created a masterpiece. Our exclusive talk with Bill Szymczyk