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'60s Rock Icon Dead at 82 After Helping Launch a Legendary Band

After leaving Jethro Tull, Abrahams went on to found Blodwyn Pig, a blues-rock group that earned critical attention in the ...

Iconic 60s rock star dead at 82

Mick Abrahams, the original guitarist for Jethro Tull and a key force behind their debut album This Was, has died at 82. See ...
American Songwriter

3 1960s Rock Songs That Made the 1950s Sound Naive Overnight

Revisit three 1960s hit rock songs that made the 1950s material sound completely naive, nearly overnight. These songs changed ...
The New York Times

Viv Prince, Rock’s Original Madman Drummer, Is Dead at 84

A drummer for the 1960s British band the Pretty Things, “the high priest of lunacy” set a high bar for fiery performances and offstage misbehavior. By Alex Williams Viv Prince, a drummer for the ...
The New York Times

James Lowe, Rock Outsider With the Electric Prunes, Dies at 82

His band’s output ranged from the 1966 psychedelic hit “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” to what he called a “Catholic Mass done in rock veneer.” By Alex Williams James Lowe, the frontman of the ...
The Mountain Press

UK trial opens in dispute over Jimi Hendrix recordings

A legal dispute over the rights to recordings made by the 1960s British-American rock band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, went to trial on Tuesday at the High Court in London.
collider

The Beatles Came First, But The Rolling Stones Became Rock’s Greatest Band

Gabrielle Ulubay is a Music writer at Collider. She has previously been published in The New York Times, Bustle, HuffPost Personal, and other magazines, and wrote at Marie Claire for nearly three ...