Tag: reviews
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18 Great 70s Rock Artists (You Might Have Missed)
Great 1970s rock bands have a habit of falling through the cracks. For every Kiss and Led Zeppelin, thousands of overlooked artists were as good, if not better, than the superstars. The bands and artists on this list aren’t one-hit wonders or obscure local favorites. With one exception, I’m talking about bands actively putting out…
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Rock Genres Beginning with B
The second installment of my regrettable rock genres project, Rock Genres Explained, in which I attempt to explain every genre on this list of rock genres (copy-pasted from Wikipedia and doctored with numerous additions). “While strategizing for the 2025 website overhaul, I thought it might be cool to annotate the list from start to finish. It seemed…
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Weird and Quirky Cover Versions of Great Rock Songs
I’m a sucker for a good cover song, whether sincere or satirical. I’ve spent entire weeks listening to nothing but Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine, the Mike Flowers Pops, and Pat Boone’s In a Metal Mood (2007). I’d be a bigger fan of Weird Al if he didn’t have that damn accordion. These…
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Rock Genres Beginning with A
One of our most popular pages on BSM (in terms of organic search traffic) is a barebones list of rock genres from A to Z (copy-pasted from Wikipedia and doctored with numerous additions). It didn’t even have a featured image until recently. The list has sat unmolested for over a decade, collecting clicks. For whatever…