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  • 6 days ago | yahoo.com | Bill Kopp

    Johny Barbata would have celebrated his 80th birthday this April. The famed drummer retired from recording in 1987, but continued working as a musician. He passed away in May 2024. Over the course of his professional career, Barbata played on more than 60 albums – many without credit – but his documented body of work speaks for itself; Barbata played drums on many well-regarded sessions, both as a band member (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship) and as a session musician.

  • 1 week ago | goodtimes.sc | Bill Kopp

    Buzzcocks came roaring out of the UK punk scene of the late 1970s. But the influential Manchester group launched in 1976 stood apart from contemporaries like Sex Pistols and The Clash. Guitarists Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle combined the hard-charging aesthetic of punk with an inerrant pop sensibility and an experimental bent. The band’s provocatively named 1977 debut single, “Orgasm Addict,” was predictably banned by the BBC, but charted nonetheless.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bill Kopp

    Pink FloydPink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXIISony Music (LP)By Bill KoppA legendary Pink Floyd live performance finally gets a standalone release, with a striking new mix by Steven Wilson. Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII, released May 2. Debuting in theaters in 1972, Pink Floyd at Pompeii represented a radical departure from typical concert films.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Bill Kopp

    Neil Young is a towering figure in popular music. From his work as a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his formidable solo career and beyond, Toronto, Ontario-born Young has been an important and influential part of the music scene for more than a half century. Even today at age 79, he remains a vital artist. Among his myriad achievements is his sometimes overlooked skill as a songwriter.

  • 1 week ago | goldminemag.com | Bill Kopp

    Neil Young is a towering figure in popular music. From his work as a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his formidable solo career and beyond, Toronto, Ontario-born Young has been an important and influential part of the music scene for more than a half century. Even today at age 79, he remains a vital artist. Among his myriad achievements is his sometimes overlooked skill as a songwriter.

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Bill Kopp @the_musoscribe
13 Nov 24

T**p is a fascist. Musk too. No more Twitter for me. @musoscribe.bsky.social

Bill Kopp
Bill Kopp @the_musoscribe
2 Oct 22

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of this important release, here's a look back at "Nuggets," a conversation with its creator, Lenny Kaye. https://t.co/SOLelDCNKT https://t.co/QrAeZVyg4f

Bill Kopp
Bill Kopp @the_musoscribe
2 Aug 22

So...an American Band (Donovan's Brain) has made a krautrock-styled soundtrack for a Vietnamese film. Got that? Here's my review of "Chiêm Bao Thấy Bậu" https://t.co/OmqmLddH0a https://t.co/ejA69GRhgL