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A previously unreleased cover of The Who's classic song "I Can't Explain", recorded by the late legendary David Bowie was released. The track is part of the upcoming boxset "Rock 'N' Roll Star", which will be out next June 14. That version was recorded during the sessions for his album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars" in 1972. He later re-recorded the song for his 1973 covers album "Pin Ups" but that version was slower. So this unreleased track is from a take done in June 24, 1972 and is named "Trident Studios Version - Take 2". Hear the unreleased David Bowie cover for The Who's "Can't Explain" https://youtu.be/MuhYVBqCwAk Read the official statement about the release of this version: "Parlophone Records today releases ‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2) the third track to be taken from DAVID BOWIE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set. The boxset explores David Bowie’s journey from February 1971 through the creation of Ziggy Stardust, and the recording of the iconic THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS album." "‘I CAN’T EXPLAIN’ (TRIDENT STUDIOS VERSION – TAKE 2) is a cover of The Who’s classic 1965 debut single. It was produced by David and recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London, on the 24th of June 1972. This high energy version of the track has remained undiscovered for over 50 years." "A year later Bowie would record the song again at a much slower tempo with co-producer Ken Scott for his PIN UPS album. Other unreleased highlights on ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, include an unheard version of the deep-cut classic ‘SHADOW MAN’, and ‘LADY STARDUST (ALTERNATIVE VERSION – TAKE 1) performed in a much lower register to the released version," the official statement of musician's website said.The post Hear David Bowie’s unreleased cover of The Who’s “Can’t Explain” appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

The Black Sabbath co-founder and guitarist Tony Iommi is currently promoting the new box-set "Anno Domini", which has the albums with the singer Tony Martin on vocals. One of them is of course "Forbidden", the final album Martin recorded as the vocalist of the Heavy Metal band. Released in 1995, the band at the time was formed by Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell (Drums), Tony Martin (Vocals), Neil Murray (Bass) and Geoff Nichols (Keyboards). They were working with the record company "I.R.S." and the label suggested that they should try to work with the rapper Ice-T at the time and he ended up recording additional vocals on the song "The Illusion of Power" and his bandmate in the group Body Count, the guitarist Ernie C, ended up being the producer of Sabbath's album. But as Iommi recalled now in an interview with Classic Rock, that wasn't the right choice. So that was one of the reasons why he was never really happy with the final mixing of the record. Tony Iommi recalls how Body Count's guitarist ended up producing Black Sabbath "'Forbidden' has been a thorn in my side for years. I knew all about Ice-T and that he was good, but I didn't expect him to bring along his guitar player to produce the album. When a band knows its sound and exactly what it wants, bringing in an outsider is very disruptive. I found myself on the sidelines. Our whole situation had become so frail." "I know why Ice-T and Ernie were brought in. I mean Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. had had their big hit ('Walk This Way' revival). But I wasn't even certain (if he) would be on the album, because Ice-T was coming in to 'sing some stuff'." "When I asked whether that was one or two tracks, or more, nobody knew. (During this new mix for the boxset) I found some bits of guitar that Ernie hadn't used. Within the obvious constraints, I managed to make things sound a hell of a lot better." He then recalled that Ernie C ended up producing the album because the record company wanted to. "Well, basically, it was the I.R.S., the record company. It just didn't work, and nobody was sort of happy with that. But we went along, because (it was) the record company's thing, and we got a bit overpowered, really. It didn't go according to plan — our plan, anyway. It was not right for this, at all," Tony Iommi said. Although the album had mixed reviews since it was released in 1995, "Forbidden" became more accepted by the fans during the past decades. Besides the title-track, it has good songs like "Get a Grip", "The Illusion of Power" and "Kiss of Death". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzDmEPJfjyk&pp=ygUYYmxhY2sgc2JhYmF0aCBnZXQgYSBncmlwThe post Tony Iommi recalls how Body Count’s guitarist ended up producing Black Sabbath appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Eric Clapton is certainly one of the most influential and successful guitarists, songwriters and singers of all time. With an estimated amount of more than 280 million records sold, he obviously carved his name in the history of music. But along the way he was criticized for some racist and xenophobic comments, which were even made live in concert back in the 70s, for which he apologized later. More recently, during the pandemic he was also criticized for being against the vaccine and lockdown to control the disease. Regarding those two things, he was obviously wrong about it, since are things that cannot be accepted. There never should be a room for racism and for denying what science proves is the best thing to do to save lives. Although the original Pink Floyd bassist, main songwriter and singer Roger Waters doesn't share the exact same opinion with Eric Clapton on everything, they both are defending Gaza and Palestine on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. So in an interview with The Real Music Observer, Clapton praised Waters for sharing his opinion and political views on things. Eric Clapton praises Roger Waters for sharing his opinions “I don’t respond to the word ‘should’ very well. Anyone that tells me what I should be doing, I’m going to do the opposite. Not just out of spite, but because who are they to tell me how to live my life? I don’t interfere with them. I love Roger, I love him. We are brothers and he goes his way about it it takes a lot of guts. He suffers from it terribly. I’ve seen him sit on the window ledge in tears and say ‘It’s morning here in Manhattan and I’m in tears again’, you know?" "I can’t do that, I am on the verge of tears a lot when I think about what’s going on and the evil there is. But I also have to carry a positive message of hope, and he does too. Music is a healing agent. I believe that there is a system of thinking about how you conduct yourself in that realm, and to be responsible not to offend people.” He continued: "Gandhi had it down, but I don’t really want to follow his path. Because if he wanted people to follow his thinking he would go on a starvation diet and he would risk his life and that’s when they knew he was serious." "A lot of people really don’t expect me or Roger to stick to what we say, but we do. And I think I have a responsibility because of what I told you earlier that I’m there carrying a message of hope, for love, peace and freedom you know that’s my responsibility as a musician,” Eric Clapton said. The British guitarist and singer is back on the road in 2024 and he has scheduled tour dates in Europe, North America and South America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEGk3dldOws&pp=ygUZcm9nZXIgd2F0ZXJzIGVyaWMgY2xhcHRvbg%3D%3DThe post Eric Clapton praises Roger Waters for sharing his opinions appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Born in New York City in 1946, Carmine Appice is certainly one of those musicians who did it all in the music business. Active since 1966 he was part of bands like Vanilla Fudge and recorded with many fantastic artists like Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, Paul Stanley, Ted Nugent and many more. So he had the chance to see the evolution of Rock music up-close and to meet many incredible artists over the decades. When he was in Vanilla Fudge in the 60s, the group even had Led Zeppelin as their opening act when the British band made their first shows in the United States. The drummer recalled in an interview with RadioBypass (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), that the late legendary John Bonham told him that he had him as his idol. Carmine Appice says John Bonham idolized him "I know as a fact. (Bonham and I) were friends, and he told me that I was his idol. You've gotta understand this. Nobody could really get this now. When (Zeppelin) came over, nobody knew them. They opened up for Vanilla Fudge." "They were The New Yardbirds, and then they changed the name to Led Zeppelin. Keith Moon said, 'Oh, you go down like a lead zeppelin,' which means down. It's hard to believe now that nobody knew Robert Plant, nobody knew John Bonham. They were brand new kids, younger than us. (John) told me he'd been listening to my records," Carmine Appice said. The drummer even said in the interview that Bonham told him that he got the idea of using a triplet bass drum motif in the song "Good Times, Bad Times", from one of Appice's drumming parts. "He said he got it from me. I said, 'I don't even do that. What do you mean?' He showed me on one of my songs somewhere in my catalog. I did it once, and he just did it and repeated it. And then I was blown away. He loved my drum set. I got him the same set that I had. Exactly the same set… And we became friends," Carmine Appice said. John Bonham tragically passed away in 1980 at the age of 32 and Led Zeppelin came to an end a few weeks later. Since he was a fundamental part of their sound, the band decided they couldn't continue without him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dJO47d26kc&pp=ygUNdmFuaWxsYSBmdWRnZQ%3D%3DThe post Carmine Appice says John Bonham idolized him appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Born in Pinner, Middlesex, England back in 1947, Reginald Kenneth Dwight, who is known as Elton John, certainly changed the course of music when he started his career in the late 60s, releasing many classic and influential albums like "Madman Across the Water" (1971) and "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973). Those records are often listed as some of the best ever made and are certainly amazing and timeless. But which album Elton himself believes that is amazing and timeless? Well, he once revealed that answer. The album that Elton John said is amazing and timeless Elton John was never only focused on his own music or in the music that he heard when he was young, he was and still is an avid music fan and keeps buying new records and trying to discover new artists. Six decades ago, he was doing the same thing when he first discovered The Beach Boys and of course, their groundbreaking and best-selling album "Pet Sounds" is the one that the British musician called "amazing and timeless". He said that as pointed out by Brian Wilson's website. "Pet Sounds is a landmark album. For me to say that I was enthralled would be an understatement. I had never heard such magical sounds, so amazingly recorded. It undoubtedly changed the way that I, and countless others, approached recording. It is a timeless and amazing recording of incredible genius and beauty," Elton John said. Released in 1966, "Pet Sounds" had famous tracks like "Wouldn't It Be Nice", "Sloop John B" and "God Only Knows". That record influenced countless artists, including The Beatles, who were then inspired to record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the following year. Elton John was the one who inducted The Beach Boys into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5N1B-gESSQ&pp=ygUbZWx0b24gam9obiB3b3VsZG4ndCBiZSBuaWNl It was the British musician who inducted the Beach Boys into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 1988. The American group were one of the first acts to be inducted and during his speech, Elton said were for him what the United States were: "a very wonderful place to be". He said in his speech (Transcribed by Rock and Roll Garage): "As you might possibly guess, I'm English. In England, we sort of had all our own bands and all the American R&B music. But The Beach Boys were the first or the first white band I can remember being in England. If you live in England all you ever wanted to do was going to America and everything you ever dreamed of was American." "This band not only wrote great songs, initially writing surf music but they did more than that. As a musician, you graduated from just listening to pop songs to bands that produce new sounds and records. This band were geniuses, they still are. But they made me love America so much more because they existed. I'm not gonna go on about it but to me, they influenced my writing. They are for me what America is: a very, very, wonderful place to be," Elton John said. Elton had the chance to perform songs like "Wouldn't Be Nice" and "God Only Knows" alongside Brian Wilson back in 2001. That happened during an All-Star tribute to Wilson in 2001. The Beach Boys covered Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" and even made a music video the version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ1_Qfp5bxM&pp=ygUZY3JvY29kaWxlIHJvY2sgYmVhY2ggYm95cw%3D%3D Back in 1991 an Elton John & Bernie Taupin tribute album was made with many special guests, including The Beach Boys. At the time the band was formed by Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and Carl Wilson. They covered Elton John's track "Crocodile Rock" for that album and even made a music video for it. That tribute album had many other incredible artists like Eric Clapton, Kate Bush, The Who, Sting, Jon Bon Jovi, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins and more. Brian Wilson curiously said once that he would like to be Elton John The legendary Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson was interviewed by Mojo Magazine in 2021 and they asked them a really curious thing: Who would you like to be if you were not Brian Wilson? The musician chose: Elton John. “That’s a hard question. I’d have to put Elton John at the top of that list because of his voice and he is great on piano. I admire him as a person too.” After picking the legendary British pianist, songwriter and singer Elton John, Wilson was asked to name his favorite “Saturday Night Record. Again, he chose an Elton John track. “Anything rock ‘n’ roll is a great Saturday night record, all kinds. I can’t really pin one down. How about ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’? That’s a good one from Elton,” Brian Wilson said.The post The album that Elton John said is amazing and timeless appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.