The Band You Came to See Will Be Out Here Shortly, But First…
…the opening act, who had a hard time on stage because the audiences gave them such a hard time. Royal Rejection To promote its album Tattoo You in 1981, the Rolling Stones set out on one of biggest tours in rock history to that point, playing som...
Uncle John’s Favorite Beatle is Ringo Starr
Here are some fab facts about the most underrated, overlooked, and mocked Beatle, Ringo Starr. “Ringo Starr” is not his real name. The “Starr” is short for “Starkey” and “Ringo” comes from his habit of wearing rings. Somebody called ...
Ask a Question, Get an Answer: (Fifth) Beatlemania!
March 14 was “International Ask a Question Day,” and over on our Facebook page, we invited our readers to, well, ask a question and be entered in a giveaway. The response was overwhelming—hundreds of you BRI stalwarts posed a trivia conundrum....
One-Hit-Wonders Who Became Composers
Say you’re a musician and you work and toil for years and finally score a big hit song…but then you can’t ever manage another one. How to pay the bills? Write musical scores for film and television. Jay Ferguson Jay Ferguson is a double one-hi...
Going Solo…And Going Nowhere Fast
How can you be a rock superstar and a one-hit-wonder at the same time? When you leave your successful group for a solo career…and it doesn’t work out. Nick Lachey There was a slew of “boy bands” in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. The one te...
