“Open My Eyes” / “Hello It’s Me” – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame – SOS Award

This “Stand Out Single” was from the debut Nazz album.

The Nazz’s “Open My Eyes” / “Hello It’s Me” was the group’s debut single, released in 1968 on SGC Records at the beginning of the band’s brief but influential career. The Nazz were a Philadelphia-area rock group formed around Todd Rundgren, who was already emerging as the band’s principal songwriter, guitarist and studio-minded musical force.

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Grand Funk Railroad – Doyle’s Space: Music Hall of Fame

Grand Funk has released 13 studio albums, 4 live albums, 8 compilation albums and 25 singles.

Grand Funk Railroad emerged from Flint, Michigan, in 1969 at a time when rock music was becoming louder, heavier, and increasingly dominated by power trios. The group was formed by guitarist and vocalist Mark Farner, drummer and vocalist Don Brewer, and bassist Mel Schacher, three musicians whose previous experience had prepared them for the stripped-down,

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My Favorite Alternative Rock Songs (Part One)

This is a series of posts that will talk about some of my favorite Alternative Rock songs. See if you agree with any of these!

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana was written by band members Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl and released on September 10, 1991, as the lead single from their second album, Nevermind; produced by Butch Vig, the track emerged from a loud-quiet-loud dynamic inspired in part by the Pixies and was built around

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My Favorite Albums – Discipline – King Crimson

“Discipline is never an end in itself, only a means to an end”

Discipline is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band King Crimson, released on September 22, 1981, by E.G. Records in the United Kingdom and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The band was founded by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald, and lyricist Peter Sinfield in 1969.

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My Favorite Albums – Nazz – Nazz

You can take what’s mine, you can share my bed, you can go where I go, you can cry when I’m dead

I was blown away the first time I heard “Nazz”. It is a great rockin’ album by the psychedelic rock/pop group Nazz released in 1968. In Philadelphia, the band was founded by guitarist and principal songwriter Todd Rundgren and bassist Carson Van Osten. Their name was derived from the Yardbirds’ song “The Nazz Are Blue” from the 1966 “Roger the Engineer” album.

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Meatloaf Dies

Cause we were barely seventeen
And we were barely dressed

Michael Lee Aday was born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, in Dallas, Texas. He got the nickname “Meatloaf” as he gained weight playing defensive tackle for Thomas Jefferson High School.

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