Ongoing History Daily: Matt Bellamy’s musical heritage
Matt Bellamy, the leader of Muse, inherited at least some of his need to make music from his father. George
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Music History
Pink Floyd once again proves they are the kings of the anniversary reissue. Look what they’ve done for The Dark Side of the Moon.
On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released one of the most important albums in the history of rock. The Dark
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Great music history: The broken amp that changed the world
The foundation of rock is the loud, fuzzy, electric guitar. Rock has shown that distortion can be beautiful, something that
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How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000,
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Listen to the history of rock, one riff at a time.
This is Andrea Boma Boccarusso. She’s created a short film on the history of rock from 1965 using just one
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The sad story of drummer Jim Gordon, who killed his mother with a hammer, has finally come to an end
Back in 1970 as Eric Clapton was searching for something to following the dissolution of Cream, he formed Derek and
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A short film on how the iPod was created
Not only did the iPod mark the beginning of Apple’s transformation from an also-ran computer company to a two trillion
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There’s a new U2 documentary that looks back on the Balkan war of the late 90s
It’s called Kiss the Future, a project of American journalist Bill Carter. He dove into what happened in places like
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New Order’s “Blue Monday,” the biggest-selling 12-inch single of all time, was released 40 years ago today
Last month whilst working on the CFNY documentary, me and the crew interviewed Peter Hook at his house outside of
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This doc explains why Ringo Starr’s drumming is so different
Ringo Starr is probably responsible for more people taking up the drums than any other drummer in history. Yet for
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Good Sunday viewing: How Goth became Goth
Goth is one of the biggest musical subcultures on the planet. But how did this sound and look come to
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