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Fleetwood Mac Rumours: A Retro Review

It’s often said that the best music comes from deep inside, or from a broken heart. Never is that adage more apparent than when listening to Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album, Rumours. The studio sessions were heavily marked by cocaine use, as well as the strife among band members, and the relationship breakups that shaped most …

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Denny Laine: On His Own

When you look up the definition of the phrase “Versatile Enigma,” a picture of Denny Laine will surely be near it. Born Brian Frederick Hines in Tyseley, Birmingham, England, the name change occurred very early on with the formation of his first band, The Diplomats. Laine felt that Brian Frederick Hines and the Diplomats sounded …

Music

Cheap Trick: To Budokan and Back Again

Cheap Trick is one of the hardest working bands in the music business and have been since the early 70s. Formed in 1973 in Rockford, IL, the band’s classic lineup consisted of front man, Robin Zander, guitarist, Rick Nielsen, bassist, Tom Petersson, and drummer, Bun E. Carlos. Although a few members have taken a break …

Film and Documentary

Almost Famous: 20 Years Later

Almost Famous is a Cameron Crowe written and directed movie about rock and roll. But it’s far more than that – it’s a timeless coming-of-age story that appeals to viewers regardless of whether or not they were around during the 70s. It’s about bands, music, and life on the road, during the era of “sex, …

Music

Carole King: Still Making the Earth Move

Carole King is, undeniably, one of the most successful female songwriters of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118+ pop songs that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, she also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter …

Film and Documentary

Fictional Band Movies: Retro Review of Velvet Goldmine and Still Crazy

What do the rock movies Velvet Goldmine and Still Crazy have in common, other than great music? Both are British in nature, both are heavily music oriented, and both are fictional… Or are they? Velvet Goldmine Velvet Goldmine is primarily about androgenous glam rock icon Brian Slade, who sets 1970s London on fire with his …

Film and Documentary

Grease: Retro Movie Review

Grease: Retro Movie Review Grease was the word when this movie came out in 1978, and the word is still alive and well today. Numerous re-releases of the movie, and 70s kids becoming first parents, and now grandparents have ensured that, by indoctrination of the each follow on generation that the movie remains an icon. …

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Commodores: Still Sailin’ On

Funk and soul band, Commodores, were first formed in 1968 at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) from two former student music groups, the Mystics and the Jays. The new six-man band featured Lionel Richie, Thomas McClary, and William King from the Mystics … Richie later described some members of the Mystics as “jazz buffs;” and …

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Van Halen: Can’t Stop Lovin’ You

Van Halen was a rock band formed in Pasadena, California in 1972, and largely credited with “restoring hard rock to the forefront of the music scene.” But while the band is well known for their energetic rock shows, it’s best known for the legendary, masterful guitar work of founder and lead guitarist Eddie Van Halen …

Film and Documentary

Saturday Night Fever: A Retro Review

What do you get when you make a movie about the insane disco craze of the 70s? You get music, dancing, and a whole lot more that could have been left on the cutting room floor. Ironically, it’s the numerous and heavily choreographed musical sequences that have failed to stand the test of time. John …

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1970s Archives - Page 2 of 6 - PopDaze

Fleetwood Mac Rumours: A Retro Review

Denny Laine: On His Own

Cheap Trick: To Budokan and Back Again

Almost Famous: 20 Years Later

Carole King: Still Making the Earth Move

Fictional Band Movies: Retro Review of Velvet Goldmine and Still Crazy

Grease: Retro Movie Review

Commodores: Still Sailin’ On

Van Halen: Can’t Stop Lovin’ You

Saturday Night Fever: A Retro Review

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