In 1984, This Is Spinal Tap was released, a fictional and admirably accurate spoof of heavy metal stereotypes and the music business. In the “mockumentary,” the band was mistakenly booked at an [...]
In the pantheon of sports anthems drawn from rock songs, Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” (nicknamed “The Hey Song”) joined the strains of Steam’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye” and [...]
Before the Beatles emerged as pop’s dominant power, Denver was a bastion of slick, commercial folk-pop—the soul and inspiration for groups like the New Christy Minstrels.
In 2011, classical violin virtuoso Eugene Fodor died at age 60. Fodor was born in Denver and made his solo debut with the Denver Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten. Dubbed “the Mick Jagger of [...]
In 2003, a fire at the Station nightclub in Rhode Island claimed the lives of 99 victims; guitarist Ty Longley, a member of the evening’s headlining band Great White, was also lost in the [...]
