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Rush- Permanent Waves 40th Anniversary- Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
Rush 40th anniversary interview "Permanent Waves" with Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson
Chicago II- Robert Lamm
"Chicago II" climbed to #4 sales in America, #6 in the UK, a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and sales of over a million, igniting a legacy of thirty-six releases in fifty years together. Chicago co-founder Robert Lamm tells the insider tale.
Queen- Sheer Heart Attack- Brian May, Roger Taylor
Queen headlining the Rainbow Theatre for the first time in late March 1974 were so impressive in concert that when they booked the same venue in November later that same year to premiere their third studio album, "Sheer Heart Attack" , the young foursome had to add a second night.
Don Henley- Building the Perfect Beast- Don Henley, Danny Kortchmar
Don Henley interview about making his Building the Perfect Beast
Pink Floyd- The Wall pt1- Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason
Roger Waters admitted to me that in 1980 Pink Floyd had been guaranteed one million dollars per night to perform "The Wall" on a stadium tour. "And I refused to do it outdoors," Waters tells me in this classic rock interview. "But how can you do a show, that's about the alienation you feel about doing stadium shows, in a stadium?"
Bryan Adams- Reckless
Bryan Adams In the Studio for “Reckless”
ZZ Top- Deguello- Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard
Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard In the Studio for “Deguello”
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedoes
Tom Petty archival interview for “Damn the Torpedoes ” In the Studio
Allman Brothers Band- Gregg Allman
"Whipping Post","Dreams", and "Trouble No More" all came from the Allman Brothers Band's debut album in 1969, which is delightfully documented here by the late Gregg Allman In the Studio.
The Police- Reggatta de Blanc- Sting, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers
"Outlandos d'Amour' has a certain grotesque, naïve charm about it," Sting offers in this interview about the second album by The Police, "but 'Reggatta de Blanc' is infinitely a better record." Both the critics and the rock audience agreed, garnering two #1 hits in the UK with "Walking on the Moon" and "Message in a Bottle", plus topping the album sales chart there with "Reggatta de Blanc".