Happy 83 CHARLIE WATTS!
2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021
(Cover of The Stones’s ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’S Out‘ live album)
Legend
Happy 79 To Former CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Voice/Face JOHN FOGERTY
28 May 2024
JOHN CAMERON FOGERTY was born Berkeley, California on 28 May 1945.
Happy 79 to the voice/face and maestro of historic travelin’ band CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL (including his brother Tom) who were a hit machine with
multiple classic singles and no less than 7 LPs in 5 years (1967-1972).
The band split up with angry arguing and legal battles.
John started a successful solo career and released (so far) 10 albums.
He’s still active (will see him next July in Belgium at Rock Zottegem Fest).
CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
SOLO
15 April 2001 – Punk Icon JOE RAMONE Past Away 23 Years Ago
15 April 2024
Ramones’ (the band name was inspired by Paul McCartney, who would check into hotels under the alias Paul Ramon) hero/frontman JOEY RAMONE (real name: Jeffrey Ross Hyman) died after losing a long battle with lymphatic cancer, aged only 49. In 2023 a block of East 2nd Street in New York City was officially renamed Joey Ramone Place.
1-2-3-4
(Image: Cover of Joey Ramone‘s solo album)
LOU REED’s Previously Unreleased Track ‘OPEN INVITATION’ Was The Most Viewed TUTV Post In 2023
Last March a book titled The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi came out. It captures the energy of Lou Reed’s worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his widow Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman.
2 January 2024
Along with the news of the book release, came a previously unreleased track called OPEN INVITATION from the sessions of his 1984 album New Sensations, one of his rare upbeat LPs.
TUTV featured this news/song on 18 March 2023 and it got the year’s most views
with 1469. Well, true legends are immortal and still loved by many music fans, in
this case by several genrations.
LOU REED: Instagram – Facebook
Book available via Amazon
Happy 66 To GRANDMASTER FLASH
1 January 2024
GRANDMASTER FLASH was born named Joseph Robert Saddler
on 1 January 1958 in Barbados, and raised in the Bronx, New York.
Happy 66!
He started spinning music and rapping all over it in 1978 and is still producing
vibrant vibes. He is the founder of Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five,
the first rap group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
He made 2 LPs with them and 7 solo longplayers.
Still his greatest moment.
THE MESSAGE
1982
Grandmaster Flash: Bio – Discography – Instagram
(Photo on top: Cover of his ‘The Bridge‘ album)
BUZZCOCKS’ Legendary Frontman PETE SHELLEY Passed Away 5 Years Ago
7 December 2023
Frontman and songwriter PETE SHELLEY of Manchester pop-punk legends
BUZZCOCKS died of a heart attack 5 years ago, on 6 December 2018. Only 63.
The band (still active, fronted by original member and co-songwriter Steve Diggle)
recorded/released 9 LPs with Shelley as the main songsmith, between 1978 and 2014. Many of their quick-fire singles charted in the UK, as well as their 3 first (their best) lonplayers.
Shelley made some solo albums, with his 1982 Homo Sapien as the most notable.
SOLO
BUZZCOCKS
NME‘s In Memoriam
BUZZCOCKS: Facebook – Website
Happy 58 To SPIRITUALIZED Maestro JASON PIERCE
19 November 2023
JASON PIERCE was born in Rugby, England on 19 November 1965.
Happy 58 to the psychedelic soul artist who started his career with fellow
space cowboy Sonic Boom in Spacemen 3 (1982-1991) and then went on his
solo crusade with the Spiritualized moniker.
So far Pierce released 9 studio LPs with Spiritualized. Last year’s Everything Was Beautiful is the most recent one. He not only fabricates spellbinding longplayers, Spiritualized concerts are magical events, as I’ve witnessed 3 times before.
Sonic spiritualism in motion.
PICTURE THIS
Spiritualized – Paradiso Club, Amsterdam – 2015.
photos by Turn Up The Volume
Ladies and gentlemen, we’re floating in space
Psychedelic gospel
And the next song is, eh…
This was not a gig, it was a spiritual experience
EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL
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Spiritualized: Instagram – Bio – Discography
Unique Theatrical Artist KLAUS NOMI Passed Away 40 Years Ago – 4 Of His Albums Are Reissued Now
10 November 2023
KLAUS NOMI, the German countertenor singer known for his extraordinary
vocal performances and unique stage presence, was born Klaus Sperber on
24 January 1944 in Immenstadt, Germany, he quickly gained recognition for his
remarkable talent.
Influenced by artists such as Lene Lovich, Nina Hagen, and Laurie Anderson among others, Nomi‘s music itself influenced big names such as Visage, Gary Numan, and DEVO.
Flabbergasting live performance
Unfortunately, Klaus became one of the first celebrities
to pass away from AIDS 40 years ago, in 1983.
To remember this unique artist two studio LPs, Klaus Nomi (1981) and Simple Man (1982)— stream both below – as well as the 1983 posthumous compilation Encore (Nomi’s Best) and the 1986 live album In Concert are now reissued.
All four titles are on CD, in digipacks, and standalone vinyl reissues, except for In Concert – the vinyl edition is only available as part of a boxed set of the new reissues. The self-titled debut will be reissued on cassette.
Info and order details HERE.
KLAUS NOMI – 1981
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SIMPLE MAN – 1982
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KLAUS NOMI: Bio – Discography – Website
Happy 80 To JONI MITCHELL
7 November 2023
Canadian-American folk/singer-songwriter legend JONI MITCHELL was
born named Roberta Joan Anderson on 7 November 1943 in Alberta, Canada.
When she moved to the US she acquired the American nationality.
Happy 80 to a truly remarkable and influential artist from the 1960s folk music
scene. She incorporated pop and jazz elements in her work and was known for her wayward and outspoken lyrics and singular voice. She won 10 Grammy Awards and
was internationally lauded and still widely respected as a genuine performer. She
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
She recorded/released 19 studio LPs with her fourth one BLUE from 1977 still
regarded as her magnum opus. She wrote the album just after her breakup with
Graham Nash and during an intense relationship with James Taylor.
AllMusic/Jason Ankeny: “The quintessential confessional singer/songwriter
album. Raw nerves, tales of love and loss etched with stunning complexity.”
Mitchell playing Coyote at The Band’s Last Waltz concert in 1976
JONI MITCHELL: Instagram – Bio – Discography
(Image on top: Cover of her 1976 Hejira album)
Happy 75 To VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR Frontman PETER HAMILL
5 November 2023
Renowned British singer-songwriter PETER HAMILL was born named
Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill on 5 November 1948 in London.
Happy 75 to the co-founder of experimental prog-rockers Van Der Graaf Generator (1967–1972, 1975–1978, 2005–present) with whom he recorded/released 13 LPs, so far.
The most recent Do Not Disturb appeared in 2016.
In between his long career with VDG he released
far more albums than with the band.
With VDG.
‘Wondering‘ from their 1976 LP World Record
Solo.
‘Flight’ from his 1980 LP A Black Box.
PETER HAMILL: Bio – Discography
DVG: Bio – Discography
(Photo on top: cover of his solo album Over)