Johnnys Rock Blogs
The Moog Synthesiser
Robert Moog was already making Theremins in the early Sixties when he began developing the...
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
Without writing a very large book it would be impossible to do full justice to...
Legendary Venues: Hammersmith Odeon
In a hectic, rather unprepossessing part of West London dominated by the A4, a visit...
Purple Records
Would it be unkind to call this a vanity label? Certainly Purple Records put out...
Dandelion Records
There cannot be a rock music fan in the United Kingdom who did not at...
Pink Floyd Soundtracks
With their genius for strange, huge soundscapes, relentless technical invention and mastery of mood, there...
Glastonbury Festival 1971
Glastonbury Festival 1971 - When Noel Gallagher called the decision to book Jay-Z for Glasto...
History of Track Records
The public school rebel, the streetwise East End scenester and the guitar hero: the three...
History of Blue Horizon label
The British blues boom that started around 1963 and ran for the rest of the...
The Strange Case of Jeff Baxter
You'd think playing in a band with Jimi Hendrix would be the pinnacle of most...
Knebworth Festival 1985
1985. Deep Purple are back - and so is rock at Knebworth. 1980 had seen...
The History of Dawn Records
From making televisions and the unexciting beginnings of Petula Clark and Lonnie Doneghan to the...