Browsing: best classic bands

The book, originally published in 1972, has been greatly expanded and updated to cover Dylan into the ’90s.

The famed entertainer performed it on national television in 1968. Our look back at the song’s history. (Its composer, Paul Simon, hates it.)

From Ringo Starr and Levon Helm to Don Henley and Queen’s Roger Taylor, these drummers not only mastered the sticks but belted out the tunes

Of the 1977 album, he says, “there was no way the band was going to survive this. It [ultimately] served as a bonding experience”

The series has received critical acclaim and has grown in popularity since it debuted in October 2000

Some of the winners will make you shake your head. You won’t believe who beat out Boston

The singer-songwriter reminisced about playing at the 1969 festival and his return 50 years later where he saw a fellow performer

Classics from the Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers and, of course, The Kinks, are on the list. See what else…

The Detroit band’s influence expanded after it broke up, kick-starting the nascent punk scene.

“And the winner is…” often leads to a lot of head shaking. We’ve identified some that were well-deserved and others that didn’t make sense