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19/10/2016

Go Chucky Go! Berry’s 90th Birthday

Happy Birthday to a music icon. Sometimes, that word “icon” gets thrown around way too much. It absolutely applies here 100% – a man who revolutionised Rock and Roll, and one of the main people we can thank for how music in the modern world has been shaped. From iconic tracks such as “Roll Over Beethoven” and the instantly recognisable “Johnny B. Goode”, Berry has provided many hits that not only have been covered plenty of times over the decades, but have been so instrumental in influencing all our favourite... Read More

01/09/2015
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When Debbie Met Music Stardom – Blondie Make Their Mark

So it’s now been 38 years since Blondie signed their first major record label deal with Chrysalis Records, on the 1st September 1977. It all started for the group when Debbie Harry and Chris Stein founded the band in 1974. Considered one of the pioneers of American New Wave and Punk of the mid-late 70’s, they remained a somewhat “underground” group until the release of their third album, Parallel Lines, in 1978. It featured many massive hits for the group, including Call Me, Atomic and the group’s best-selling single, Heart of Glass – one... Read More

17/08/2015

The King That Changed Everything

The King is Dead. Words no one wanted to hear, and certainly wasn’t expecting at just 42 years old. But that was exactly what happened on August 16th, 1977. 38 years have passed since arguably the greatest name in music history sadly left us – Elvis Presley. Elvis is possibly the biggest influence to the evolution of music as we know it today. Not only being part of the Rock & Roll scene but finding success in blues, gospel and pop in general, he covered everything. We live in a... Read More