The HiFiLoDown

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are undeniably one of the most popular bands of the past 30 years – and they are still going strong with a new album released April 2022 (Unlimited Love) and a new tour. In the beginning, however, they were hardly a success. It wasn’t until their fourth album – Mother’s […]

For most people listening to rock music, the bass as an instrument and the bass player as a band member are invisible. Test yourself and name the bass player for your favorite rock songs of all time. Odds are, you can only name a few – unless you’re an obsessive fan. Take that same test

Heavy Metal bands (for this list meaning heavy metal, glam metal, hair metal and hard rock) and Billboard Top 40 Hits are two things that rarely go together. In fact, it’s considered non-Heavy Metal to have a hit. Despite that truth, many heavy bands have entered the Billboard Top 40 through the years. In fact,

No member of Judas Priest’s original lineup ever played on a record by the band. Judas Priest featured five different drummers on their first six studio albums – John Hinch (Rocka Rolla), Alan Moore (Sad Wings of Destiny), Simon Phillips (Sin After Sin), Les Binks (Stained Class, Killing Machine/Hell Bent for Leather) and Dave Holland

The Band RUSH Bryan Adams Triumph Tragically Hip Max Webster Helix Kick Axe Loverboy April Wine Guess Who Blue Rodeo Barenaked Ladies Steppenwolf Arcade Fire

Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell Trouble No More- Muddy Waters Don’t Want You No More – Spencer Elmore Hoochie Coochie Man – Willie Dixon Dimples – John Lee Hooker Stormy Monday – T-Bone Walker Can’t Lose What You Never Had – Muddy Waters Come On In My Kitchen – Robert Johnson

Lynyrd Skynyrd Outlaws Grinderswitch Marshal Tucker Band Black Oak Arkansas Molly Hatchet .38 Special Wet Willie LeRoux Little Feat Allman Brothers Band Atlanta Rythm Section Blackfoot Rossington Collins Band

It makes perfect sense that brothers would form bands and make great music. Some of the best bands of the past several decades have included brothers such as the Bee Gees and Beach Boys. However, for as many success stories as there are for bands with brothers, there are several that could not work out

Southern Rock as a genre became a real thing in the early to mid 70’s with bands such as Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd and extended into the 80’s with the success of .38 Special. Most bands grouped under the Southern Rock label really had only one thing in common – they were from

Bob Geldof of Boomtown Rats and Midge Ure of Ultravox joined forces in 1984 to assemble the most impressive collection of British musicians and artists in history to record “Do They Know it’s Christmas” to raise awareness and money for famine in Ethiopia. The single, released for Christmas season 1984, became the best selling single