16+ min ago  (569+ words) The late drummer, John Bonham, stands immortal in rock "n" roll history as one of our most iconic beat-keepers. His distinctive, thunderous style and technical ability helped define the sound of Led Zeppelin through the late 1960s and "70s before his untimely…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago  (481+ words) Imagine how cool it would be to have Morgan Freeman narrate the story of your life as you lived it, so you can pretend to be a penguin on a long walk, or maybe stuck in a 1940s prison that you…...

55+ min ago  (524+ words) The better songs" Far Out Magazine The 1976 song Billy Joel called a gift from heaven: "The better songs" Billy Joel wasn't the kind to spend his time making song after song every time he sat down at the piano. It…...

13+ hour, 25+ min ago  (566+ words) Underrated, undersold" Far Out Magazine The 1997 album Sammy Hagar called his greatest: "Underrated, undersold" There was no real way of gauging how Sammy Hagar was going to fit into Van Halen. David Lee Roth was impossible to replace in many…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (381+ words) There's a definite argument to be made that rock and roll heroes, in the truest sense of the word, are a dying breed, and that Jack White is perhaps one of the last of his kind in this sense. By…...

4+ hour, 49+ min ago  (477+ words) A music journalist, proud Bradfordian, and northern soul obsessive, Ben Forrest is Far Out's go-to guy for all things Off The Beaten Track. Immersing himself in everything from New York no-wave to Brazilian bossa nova, he has been contributing to…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago  (594+ words) Called it quits" Far Out Magazine The songs Jimmy Page never wanted to play again: "Called it quits" There are huge chunks of rock and roll history that were born whenever Jimmy Page picked up a guitar. He knew that…...

6+ hour, 55+ min ago  (618+ words) Far Out Magazine Which musician started the "melting pot" of 1960s Laurel Canyon? Where the myth of Laurel Canyon's music history began is often lost in a lysergic haze. The glamour of Laurel Canyon's musical lore may be slightly contrived, sure,…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (257+ words) There was nothing that could have possibly prepared Kurt Cobain for what Nirvana was going to become. The entire world had grown tired of what was happening in Los Angeles, but even after becoming one of the biggest bands in…...

7+ hour, 25+ min ago  (338+ words) When Frank Zappa tried to define what prog-rock is, he essentially said that it was rock music but with added bits here and there." "I would presume that people would accept this definition," he said, "Progressive rock is anything that…...