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Still Making Noise

  From Vinyl to Streaming: 70s Rock Icons Still Making Noise Today The 1970s were more than just a decade — they were a revolution. Rock was at its loudest, rawest, and most creative. The world saw the rise of arena-filling giants, leather-clad rebels, and visionaries who bent sound into art. And while some decades fade into nostalgia, the icons of the 70s still echo in today’s music, proving that true rock spirit doesn’t retire. Still Rocking the Stage Take Mick Jagger and Keith Richards — two names that seem immortal. The Rolling Stones are still pulling massive crowds in their 80s, tearing through classics with the swagger of men half their age. Their 70s era gave us countless gems, including “Child of the Moon” (originally a B-side from 1968 but fully in stride with their psychedelic-into-rock evolution). That song’s layered textures hinted at how adventurous the Stones could be. Today, they continue releasing fresh material and touring with a fire that defies time. Roger Daltr...
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Clash of the Titans

  Clash of the Titans: Rock’s Heavyweights Go Head-to-Head in the 70’s The 1970s were a battlefield of sound. Thunderous drums, screeching vocals, bone-rattling bass, and guitar riffs that carved themselves into rock history. But while the spotlight always shone on the hits, the B-sides often held the purest essence of each band’s firepower. Today, we pit rock’s heavyweights head-to-head, not through the overplayed classics, but through their hidden gems — the B-sides that reveal their true musical DNA. Moon vs. Bonham – Chaos vs. Thunder Keith Moon (The Who) B-side: “Heaven and Hell” (flip of “Summertime Blues”) Moon didn’t play drums; he detonated them. On “Heaven and Hell,” his fills tumble like avalanches, rolling across John Entwistle’s bass line. It’s unrestrained, anarchic — the very definition of controlled chaos. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) B-side: “Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” (flip of “Immigrant Song”) Bonham was the hammer of the gods, his kick and snare locked into the eart...
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Into The Fire - Rock in the 70’s

  Rock in the ‘70s – Part Two: Into the Fire As disco spun under mirrored balls and punk set stages ablaze, rock music evolved, hardened, and prepared to hand the torch to a new generation. Part one: In case you missed it From Glitter to Grit By the mid-to-late 1970s, rock had a split personality. On one side, there was grand spectacle—stadium tours, concept albums, and arena anthems. On the other, an underground surge of punk, metal, and new wave was building a counterattack against excess. The early ‘70s giants didn’t disappear—they doubled down. But the sound of the streets and garages began to claw its way into the mainstream. Rock was heading into the fire, and everyone had to decide: adapt or burn out. Punk’s Great Detonation If the early ‘70s whispered rebellion, the late decade screamed it. In London, The Sex Pistols lit a cultural fuse. Their lone 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks was a Molotov cocktail against the establishment. While A-sides like God Save the Queen stol...
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Its Heavy....That's Why it's Called Metal

 It’s Heavy… That’s Why It’s Called Metal! Exploring the loud, the proud, and the underrated B-Sides that shook the foundations of rock. Metal. The genre that rattled your bones, upset your parents, and gave the world guitar solos that sound like they were forged in the fiery pits of Mount Doom. But beneath the thunderous riffs and rebellious anthems lies a layer often overlooked — the B-sides, the hidden gems, the tracks that never made it to the mainstream but deserve to shake the walls just the same. Today, we crank it up, flip the record, and dive deep into the heavy B-side world of metal — because it's heavy… that’s why it’s called metal! Metal Was Never Meant to Be Subtle From the moment Black Sabbath dropped that eerie first chord back in '70, metal was destined to ruffle feathers. But while albums like Paranoid, Master of Puppets, and British Steel grabbed headlines, it's often the B-sides that show a band's raw, untamed edges. The songs that never made the radi...
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Up The Irons

  Iron Maiden: Why They Matter — The Metal Behemoth with B-Side Bite When you talk about heavy metal’s titans, you can’t sidestep Iron Maiden. Since their self-titled 1980 debut, they’ve charged through the decades like a galloping Steve Harris bass line — relentless, precise, and unmistakable. They’re not just a band; they’re an institution. The Eddie mascot alone is more recognizable than half the modern rock scene, but Maiden’s influence goes far deeper than stage props and album covers. The Maiden Blueprint for Metal Iron Maiden didn’t invent heavy metal — Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and Deep Purple had already forged the steel. But Maiden refined it into something sharper, faster, and more epic. Their twin (and later triple) guitar harmonies became a hallmark of metal. Their lyrical scope — from history to literature to sci-fi — pushed the genre beyond beer-soaked clichés into full-blown storytelling. Without Maiden, power metal would sound very different, thrash wouldn’t gal...
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