Dave Ling
News and Listings Editor at Classic Rock
Rock music loving, cider swigging, Crystal Palace season ticket holding nutcase, still on a teenage rampage
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loudersound.com | Dave Ling
In 2021, Ricky Phillips – then bassist with Styx – told Prog of his appreciation for late Yes counterpart Chris Squire, and how things went when they finally met and later toured together. “I was maybe 19 the first time I heard Yes, and as a bass player my ears gravitated towards the incredible, twangy tone of Chris Squire. To this day, his sense of timing on a song like Roundabout represents unparalleled perfection to me.
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inkl.com | Dave Ling
Ricky Phillips and Chris Squire. In 2021, Ricky Phillips – then bassist with Styx – told Prog of his appreciation for late Yes counterpart Chris Squire, and how things went when they finally met and later toured together. “I was maybe 19 the first time I heard Yes, and as a bass player my ears gravitated towards the incredible, twangy tone of Chris Squire. To this day, his sense of timing on a song like Roundabout represents unparalleled perfection to me.
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loudersound.com | Dave Ling
AOR, or ‘Album/Adult Orientated Rock’ to use its disputed full titles, is also known as melodic or soft rock, even hair metal, and has developed several spin-off strands. Arguably the greatest AOR group of them all were (and still are) Journey, who said goodbye to their jazz-rock roots to seduce the North American airwaves with a peerless combination of lighter-waving ballads and raunch during the 1970s.
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flipboard.com | Dave Ling
“It’s always a guy... It’s like, we’re playing with wireless. Are you an idiot?”: Haim hit back at keyboard warriors who accuse them of not playing their instruments live on stage, and the rock establishment’s refusal to accept themAs they prepare to release I Quit, their fourth studio album, Haim have been reflecting on what they perceive to be a lack of respect from the rock …
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1 month ago |
loudersound.com | Dave Ling
In 1987, guitarist Dave ‘Snake’ Sabo, bassist Rachel Bolan and drummer Rob Affuso waited anxiously in the kitchen of the New Jersey house owned by the Sabo family. Guitarist Scotti Hill had been sent to the airport to meet an important arrival. Also soaking up the atmosphere of expectation was Sabo’s mum, affectionately known to all as Mrs Snake. There was an acute awareness that the guy whose arrival they so nervously anticipated had to be the one.
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Ended the day with a charming Zoom call to Bonnie Raitt. With her camera switched off, I assumed we were doing 'audio-only'. At the end, Bonnie remarked how nice it was to see my smiling face. I was mortified… I had been trimming my split ends. Thank God I didn’t pick my nose!
Among the biggest thrills of my career was meeting and interviewing Steve Hillage on several occasions. Here's one from back in 2007, and yes, his man cave really *was* like Doc Brown's workshop in Back To The Future. https://t.co/JeOagAVHvA
It's unfathomable to consider that Bon Scott died *forty-five* years ago today. 📷 I was too young to have met the great man, sadly, though I was privileged to see him sing onstage - just once. Maybe the best three quid I ever spent (with The Pirates as support). https://t.co/K5HRUldFet