The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road
Middle of the Road des Pretenders (1983, Learning to Crawl) : Hynde après les pertes, rocker à l’harmonica, Chris Thomas.
Hole – Courtney Love’s band that punched through grunge
Hole formed in Los Angeles in 1989 around Courtney Love and Eric Erlandson: Pretty on the Inside first, then Live Through This and Celebrity Skin as US alternative went mainstream.
Mano Negra – Patchanka that crossed borders by force
Mano Negra formed in Paris in 1987 around Manu Chao. Patchanka (1988) put French, Spanish, and brass in the same songs.
Sham 69 – If The Kids Are United
If the Kids Are United, single Polydor 1978 de Sham 69, transforme un cri de terrasse Hersham en refrain slogan punk.
Interview afterlife de Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain sur la célébrité, les algorithmes et ce que les gens font encore de son nom.
Blur – Song 2
Song 2 de Blur (1997) : consigne de Coxon pour faire peur au label, woo-hoo, morceau fort de deux minutes, percée américaine.
Coldplay – Clocks
Clocks de Coldplay (2002) : triolets piano tardifs sur A Rush of Blood, Martin, Buckland, Champion, Berryman.
Californication – Frusciante de retour, la Californie sur la langue
Le 8 juin 1999, Warner Bros. sort Californication, septième album des Red Hot Chili Peppers et le premier avec le retour de John Frusciante après le départ de Dave Navarro.
Nirvana – Come as You Are
Come as You Are, sur Nevermind de Nirvana (1991), est le single au riff de pédale chorus qui invite et prévient en même temps.
Pretenders – Akron grit in a London new-wave coat
Chrissie Hynde left Ohio for London in the seventies, wrote songs with a hard stare and a melodic ear, and built the Pretenders around guitarist James Honeyman-Scott, bassist Pete Farndon, and drummer Martin Chambers.