by Sean Passmore | May 29, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Album of the Week, Albums You NEED!, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, Q&A With Rock Stars, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
RxHx Answers Questions For Rock Stars Question 1: CDs, Vinyl or Download? Always reel to reel. Or if that’s not available I buy albums on vinyl and transfer them to reel to reel so I can cut and splice them into something different. My turntable was damaged in a...
by Sean Passmore | May 28, 2025 | Albums You NEED!, Blog, Perfect Albums, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
The worst thing about Paul Simon’s perfect 11 track Brian Eno produced 2006 album Surprise is its unmemorable title. Not one B track here, all range from A+ to A minus. Next year we marks the 20th anniversary of this landmark album, let’s celebrate!
by Sean Passmore | May 27, 2025 | Albums You NEED!, Blog, Perfect Albums, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Most Important Bands Of The 21st Century
12 track debut studio album by Leeds based English indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs, released March 2005 on B-Unique Records. All but two tracks rate from A to A+ Two remaining tracks rate solid B (one of which is not included on all versions of the...
by Sean Passmore | May 25, 2025 | Blog, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Founded in Manhattan’s East Village in 1973 by American impresario Hilly Kristal, New York bar CBGB (its full name of CBGB & OMFUG stands for Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers), was ground zero for the seminal punk rock...
by Sean Passmore | May 23, 2025 | Blog, Perfect Albums, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine
Rock N Roll Fashionistas PERFECT ALBUM Series The Dream of the Blue Turtles is the solo debut album by Sting, lead singer, frontman and bass player for the 70s/80s British pop band, power trio The Police. Recorded between November 1984 and March 1985 in both the...
by Sean Passmore | May 18, 2025 | Academy Of The Rock N Roll AF, Blog, Music U Need 2 No, Rock N Roll Fashionista Magazine, The Vinyl Shoppe
The Cool AF Maestro Who Made Classical Music Pop in North America Let’s talk about Arthur Fiedler. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, December 17, 1894, this conductor isn’t just any old maestro; he is a rock star in the world of classical music. Fiedler is best known for...