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Wallace Baine on February 18, 2020
At the same time that other, fussier British rock bands were playing around with classical allusions and 12-minute song suites in the early 1970s, Foghat was keeping it simple with brawny, unpretentious, boogie-based guitar-rock that scored hits with the beer-swilling masses. From “Drivin’ Wheel” to “Fool For the City” and onto the…
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Metro Staff on October 9, 2019
Hard to believe it’s been 50 years since the Carpenters released their first album on A&M, and harder still to believe that Karen Carpenter was initially reluctant to come out from behind the drum kit to focus on her vocal talents. Her innate sense of rhythm combined with her honey-smoked alto lent…
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Bill Kopp on March 13, 2019
Depending on who you ask, Blue Öyster Cult is either best-known their 1976 smash hit “Don’t Fear the Reaper” or for a 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch poking fun at the prominence of one of the track’s most prominent rhythmic elements.
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
Of all the bands that carved out a niche in the bouncy bubble that was the late-’90s swing revival, few garnered more mainstream love than the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. The Eugene, Oregon, band scored big with their 1997 single, “Zoot Suit Riot.” But to their dedicated fans, the Daddies are far more…
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Julia Canavese on October 17, 2018
Michael Jackson tribute artist Michael Firestone is coming to Campbell. Donning the iconic sequined glove, Firestone will tackle some of the King of Pop’s biggest hits, like “Billie Jean,” “Man in the Mirror” and the October-appropriate “Thriller.” Sure, there can only ever be one Michael Jackson, but tribute shows are as much…
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André Jaquez on October 27, 2017
Rumbling onto American stages during the mid-1960s, the Rolling Stones were the dangerous alternative to the bubbly Mersey Beat sound of their contemporaries The Beatles. Anyone who knows anything about The British Invasion knows that. The only question is, whose side are you on? Join in the enduring rock & roll debate…
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