1977 Archives - Rock and Roll Globe

Lightning Struck Itself: Marquee Moon at 45

February 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Deborah Sprague 3 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Billy Ficca, Brian Eno, CBGB, Elektra Records 1977, Fred Smith, Marquee Moon, Richard Lloyd, Television, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine

The debut LP from Television remains a master class in New York Punk

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Hard Rock Power Pop

ELO Kiddies!: The First Cheap Trick LP at 45

February 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Epic Records, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

The Rockford rock legends’ eponymous debut is an infectious blast of energy from a band coming into its own

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Yesterday’s Gone: Rumours at 45

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Christine McVie, Don't Stop, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours, Secondhand News, Silver Springs, Stevie Nicks

Since it was released on this date in 1977, the most popular Fleetwood Mac album still endures through the times and the tides

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Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock

Raving and Drooling: Animals at 45

January 22, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1977, 45th Anniversary, Animals, David Gilmour, Dogs, Nick Mason, Pigs, Pigs on the Wing, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sheep

On their best album for Columbia, Pink Floyd give George Orwell a Rock ‘n’ Roll makeover

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Alternative Rock Britpop

Nineteen Forever: Ash’s 1977 at 25

June 9, 2021March 9, 2022 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 1977, 25th Anniversary, Ash, Blur, Britpop, Northern Ireland, Oasis, Star Wars, Supergrass, Tom Wheeler

Looking back at the auspicious debut from the (former) teen babes of Northern Ireland

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Pop Remembrance Rock Soul

Rock ‘n’ Roll’s Greatest Dreamer

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Jason Webber 0 Comments 1977, Bat Out Of Hell, Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell, Bonnie Tyler, Epic, Jim Steinman, Meat Loaf, Sisters of Mercy, Total Eclipse Of The Heart

Why Jim Steinman was my favorite songwriter

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Happy Birthday, Elvis Costello

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Happy Birthday, Jim Sullivan, Orpheum Theatre, Saturday Night Live

Jim Sullivan recounts his years in conversation with the man born Declan MacManus 66 years ago today

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Glam Music Journalism

REQUIRED READING: Trouser Glitter

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1977, Alex Harvey, Ira Robbins, Irvine Welsh, Marc Bolan, Roxy Music, Sparks, T.Rex, The Clash, The Damned, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, Trouser Press, Trouser Press Books

Ira Robbins goes glam in his novel ‘Marc Bolan Killed in Crash’

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“You can practically smell the urine cakes wafting from the bathrooms.”

January 3, 2020January 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 1 Comment 1977, Crime, Hal Robbins, Henry Rosenthal, Johnny Strike, San Francisco, San Francisco's Doomed, San Quentin, Superior Viaduct

An incredible 1978 live film of original San Francisco punk legends, Crime, is unearthed, and released with a double-7”

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Dead Boys’ Cheetah Chrome Was Once Called Cheetah Puke

May 13, 2019May 14, 2019 Jim Sullivan 4 Comments 1977, Cheetah Chrome, Dead Boys, Johnny Blitz, Sire Records, Stiv Bators

And other tales from the camp of the Cleveland punk greats, recounted by a rock scribe who was on the ground when they hit the scene in ’77

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Shutter Punk

November 8, 2018November 8, 2018 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1977, CBGB, Godlis, Punk, The Bowery

A look beyond the camera’s eye with Godlis

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