Sometime around Christmas of ’88 I wandered into Manifest Discs and Tapes in Columbia, South Carolina, looking for new music. As I perused the racks of albums, I stopped to listen to the song that began playing in the store. It was heavy, but not lik ...
How I got into THAT band: The Decemberists
In honor of #DecemberistsDay, TAM presents another installment in its series How I got into THAT Band. One of the facts about my marriage is that my wife and I are perfect matches in almost every area… except musically. The old Osmond song “A Little ...
How I got into THAT band: Styx
Two weeks ago I was given an opportunity to interview Lawrence Gowan, one of the members of the classic-rock band Styx. The group, famous for songs like “Renegade,” “The Best of Times” and “Come Sail Away,” is on tour again this fall and is performin ...
How I got into THAT band: The Front Bottoms
How I got into THAT Band: The Front Bottoms By: Mary Lynn Ritch I was invited to see The Front Bottoms last summer at the Drunken Unicorn. I paid $10 and had no idea who the band was. To my surprise, The Front Bottoms were pretty amaz ...
How I got into THAT band: Black Lab – review of ‘Raven’
I was actually looking for a song by a different band back in 2000 when I stumbled on “Wash It Away.” I knew that I had heard that song somewhere before so I kept digging and discovered that it had indeed been a hit for the band back in 1997. I picke ...