Brian Wilson | Brian Wilson Presents Smile – DVD Review
The story of Brian Wilson and his magnum opus Smile is one
of the more compelling tales of how ego, insecurity and drugs can swiftly undermine
the creative process, especially when...
Ted Nugent | Sweden Rocks – DVD Review
Most times I really don’t know what ol’ Uncle Ted
Nugent is on about. He’s either wailing away on his big hollow-body
guitar, espousing the benefits of hunting (with bow in...
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour Memories / Beach Boys – The Beach Boys...
The Beatles and the Beach Boys are arguably two of the most documented pop bands in history. While their careers paralleled each other at various stages, their actual backgrounds...
Gary Moore | Live At Montreux 2010 – Blu-ray Disc Review
Relentless in his approach to the guitar, Gary Moore is far from the picture of health during one of his final performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Nevertheless, there...
The Go-Go’s – DVD Review
Director Allison Ellwood pretty much goes through everything you’d ever need to know about the world’s most successful all-woman band in her documentary The Go-Go’s. Every band member, plus the band’s manager,...
Black Sabbath | Classic Albums: Paranoid – Blu-Ray Disc Review
There is little argument that Paranoid was “a defining moment” for Black Sabbath. Both the song and the album it was titled after helped to catapult Sabbath from scruffy...
Genesis | Sum Of The Parts – Blu-ray Disc Review
To many with hopes that stretch back farther than necessary, a full Genesis reunion with Peter Gabriel would be about the best thing to happen to rock and roll....
U2 | Zoo TV: Live From Sydney – DVD Review
When U2 released Achtung Baby!, their industrial-strength
studio follow-up to The Joshua Tree, they rewrote the book
on just about every preconceived notion of how a band should harness the fallout
of...
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band | Live In Barcelona – DVD Review
The Boss comes into Spain like a matador meeting his match in the Plaza de toros. After each member of his cuadrilla enters the stage, BRUUUUCE emerges. All at...
Jethro Tull | Living With The Past (2009 Reissue) – DVD Review
Ian Anderson once told me music DVDs do not traditionally generate a whole lot of revenue. Even so, fans are lapping up every frame of rare footage from their...
