by Kevin Morton | Jan 17, 2018
The Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana after the death of Kurt Cobain (Wikipedia). The 2005 recording is the band’s...
by Kevin Morton | Feb 8, 2015
This song was meant to imitate reggae and its “dub” derivative emerging from Jamaica in the early 1970s, and traced to Led Zeppelin’s rehearsals in 1972, when drummer John Bonham started with a beat similar to 1950s doo -wop, and then twisted it,...
by Kevin Morton | Jan 15, 2013
Known for its opening guitar riff, the song was AC/DC’s tribute to their former singer Bon Scott. His replacement Brian Johnson recalled that when the band asked him to write a lyric for this song, “they said, ‘it can’t be morbid – it has...
by Kevin Morton | Jun 30, 2011
Singer Brian Johnson said that this song is for him the highlight of the band’s catalog because: “It was the first song I wrote with the guys, and it has a special groovy beat that won’t let you go. It has such a special place in my heart, and I...
by Kevin Morton | Jun 29, 2011
