Posts tagged: Rock and Roll

Three sweaty Japanese women smile as they hold up their hands in horns with their second and fifth fingers

A “Punk” Christmas With Shonen Knife

Here’s Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife playing their song “Sweet Christmas.” It’s one of their two big holiday songs, the other being the more-famous “Space Christmas.” Are you in the …..

Photo of Charlie Watts

How Charlie Watts Did His Thing

The encomiums for Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts were broad and heartfelt after his death last month. Words like limber, subtle, stoic and impeccable were tossed about in obituaries and …..

A smiling gray-haired Charlie Watts sits behind a drum kit, looking genteel as he plays

Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones drummer, is dead at 80

Charlie Watts, rock-steady drummer for the Rolling Stones since 1963, has died at a London hospital. The band’s official Twitter feed shared the news earlier today: pic.twitter.com/wi6333F6QF — The Rolling …..

Twitter page with Tom Petty's death announcement

Yes, Tom Petty is Dead, His Family Confirms

Full statement: pic.twitter.com/FGCVI5yIaa — Tom Petty (@tompetty) October 3, 2017 Tom Petty is dead. His family confirmed the news late Monday night on Twitter. The full announcement read: On behalf …..

Chuck Berry Was Still Alive, Yes, But Now He’s Dead

Chuck Berry, the groundbreaking guitarist who’s on nearly everyone’s Mount Rushmore of rock ‘n roll, died today. If your first thought is, “Chuck Berry was still alive?”, you’re not alone. That was our …..

Rock Stars, Then and Now

They’ve all held up in their own special way — some more special than others, of course.

Amy Winehouse, Talented Train-Wreck Singer, Dead at 27

“It sounds like such a wank thing to say,” Ms. Winehouse once said, “but I need to get some headaches goin’ to write about.”The Big Headache came for Amy Winehouse today.  She was found dead at her home in London this afternoon.