The Eagle’s In The Air …

There’s a major happening over here in RockTown:
The ELECTRIC EAGLE’S flyin’ again!
Recently — and after a lotta consideration and (now) at least fifteen emails from readers goin’ wayyyy back into pre-Relic history, I’ve decided to bring the bald bird back into being.
I’ve always been an Eagle, been awhile since I have flown …” (*from [...]

Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney and Michelle Obama?

Man, talk about yer ego trip:
Jack Bruce, bassist for the legendary Sixties band, Cream, came down hard and heavy on Led Zeppelin — especially Jimmy Page — recently.
Here’s what he had to say (little ones, cover yer eyes. It’s not real pleasant):
“F::k off, Zeppelin, you’re crap. You’ve always been crap and you’ll never be [...]

YOUR Top Choice (and another quiz)

Well, the votes are in, and, apparently, Rolling Stone™ magazine’s got it wrong! I mean, about the Top Solo Rockers of All Time.
In fact, it kinda threw me for a minute, ’cause, right at the top of the list (with 75 out of 90 votes), John Lennon gets props as the #1 singer! Even [...]

Sir Paul and The Ogre

Hmph … seems that Macca’s Carnival Of Light has brought out a Circus of Ignorance amongst us …
Y’see, ever since Sir Paul McCartney spoke of his intentions to release the 14-minute, very avant-garde piece that he and his fellow Beatles did for an electronics show, many fans of the “Fab Four” have felt, as one [...]

“Mythical” BEATLES Song To Be Released?

IT’S TRUE!! SIR PAUL SAID SO!
Macca has confirmed that a Beatles track (14 minutes long and recorded in January of 1967) many have said was only a myth does exist – and now he’s ready to release it to the public!
Called Carnival of Light, it wasn’t released at the time because the other Beatles thought [...]

New Look — Fresh Start — and MORE!!

Goin’ big with the blog now …
But, first, an explanation: Yer Uncle Relic’s been off his feed for a few clicks, so I haven’t updated ‘er like I should. But, now that whatever-it-was is almost done with me, it’s safe to climb back in the saddle without th’ ol’ horse buckin’ me off.
‘Sides, [...]

Lloyd Thaxton’s TIGER BEAT: 1966!

RelicNote: In its day, Lloyd Thaxton’s Tiger Beat Magazine was considered by many to be “the bible of teen rock” (note two things here, yardbirds: I said Thaxton’s TB mag; those published later weren’t the “real deal”, were they? And, exorcists, put yer stones down! I did use the small “b”!).
Awhile back, Uncle [...]

My ROCK Therapy

Man, sometimes it just doesn’t pay to get outta bed in the mornin’ …
After a hard day’s night of workin’ on blogs, researchin’, doin’ business and music reviews, I finally cut the RockMachine off at around 6 in the AM (yeah! SIX!!) to catch at least a few zzzz’s before they packed up to hit [...]

ROCK NEWS UPDATE

NOTE:  Yeah, I know the last post wuz almost a copy of the one before it.  My apologies, yardbirds … I wuz in a rush! 
Now … on with the show:
LOOK! … he DID it!
Against the recommendation of agents and friends, Paul McCartney performed his tremendous set in front of fifty thousand anxious fans in Tel Aviv, [...]

The Beatles — Most Influential Rock Songs

Whenever someone thinks about The Fab Four, they’re either likely to conjure up images of four moptops behind guitars and a drumkit, Twisting and Shouting their music into the hearts of screaming young fans.
Others, though, come up with one or two basic images: John Lennon and Paul McCartney. And, more likely than not, [...]