1979

Punk Rockabilly 

Rabbling Up The Rousers

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, 2025, CBGB, Duane Eddy, Hurrah, Left For Dead Records, Madonna, Max's Kansas City, New York City, Rousers, Seymour Stein, Sire Records, The Rousers

Rediscovering a lost NYC punk band

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Rock 

How Low Budget Brought About The Kinks’ Second Act

July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Arista Records, Chrissie Hynde, Clive Davis, Dave Davies, Jim Rodford, Low Budget, Pretenders, Ray Davies, The Kinks

Happy 45th Anniversary to the album that belatedly made the band rock stars in America

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Remembrance Rock 

Time Loves A Hero: Remembering Lowell George

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bill Payne, Howlin' Wolf, Little Feat, Lowell George, Paul Barrere, Thanks I'll Eat It Here, The Cars

Revisiting one of the Little Feat frontman’s final print interviews

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Punk Rock 

How the Undertones Put Derry on the Punk Rock Map

May 30, 2024June 1, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Billy Doherty, Damian O'Neill, Derry, Feargal Sharkey, John O'Neill, Northern Ireland, Sharkey, Stiff Little Fingers, The Undertones

Looking back on 45 years of the Northern Ireland band’s debut LP

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Disco 

How Donna Summer’s Bad Girls Kept Disco Alive in the New Wave Era

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, Bad Girls, Casablanca Records, Cher, Dim All The Lights, Disco, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Hot Stuff, Neil Bogart, Paul Bellotte

Looking back on 45 years of a dance-floor classic

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Pop Rock 

Why Breakfast In America Stands as a High Point in the Career of Supertramp

March 16, 2024March 18, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Breakfast in America, Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, Supertramp

How the band endured interpersonal tension to create their greatest album

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Punk Rock 

Why Stiff Little Fingers’ Debut Remains a Punk Rock Beacon

January 27, 2024January 27, 2024 Todd Manning 0 Comments 1979, 45th Anniversary, Alternative Ulster, Deep Purple, Inflammable Material, Jake Burns, Rough Trade, Stiff Little Fingers, Suspect Package, The Clash

Looking back on 45 years of Inflammable Material

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Rock 

How Joe Jackson’s Look Sharp! Defined 1979

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Kara Tucker 1 Comment 1979, 45th Anniversary, CMJ, David Houghton, David Sanford, Elvis Costello, Graham Maby, Joe Jackson, Joe Jackson Band, Look Sharp!, Nick Lowe, Rockpile

Looking back on the New Wave legend’s classic debut

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

The Babys Release 1979 Live Album

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1979, Bad English, Deen Castronovo, Foreigner, John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Journey, Neal Schon, New York City, Ricky Phillips, The Babys, The Bottom Line, Tony Brock, Wally Stocker

The previously unreleased concert captures the British-American band at the peak of their powers

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Art Pop Pop Rock 

Femme Fatale: Nico at 85

October 16, 2023October 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1979, 85th Birthday, Andy Warhol, Chelsea Girl, Jim Morrison, La Dolce Vita, Nico, Sid Vicious, The End, The Marble Index, The Velvet Underground

What a 1979 interview reveals about her life as a songwriter

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Punk Rock 

Give ‘Em Enough Hope: Joe Strummer at 70

August 21, 2022August 21, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1979, 70th Birthday, Bob Marley, Eddy Grant, Jimmy Cliff, Joe Strummer, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, RIP, The Clash

Celebrating the life of the man called the “backbone” of punk

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New Wave Power Pop Rock 

Prescott Niles Has A Knack For Success

June 21, 2022June 29, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 3 Comments 1979, 2022, 9/11, Capitol Records, Cloud Nine, Doug Fieger, George Harrison, Get the Knack, Liberation Hall, Live at the House of Blues, Prescott Niles, Shanghai Surprise, The Knack

With the release of an archival title, Live at the House of Blues, Hollywood, the bassist reflects on time spent with the band touted as the next Beatles

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Remembrance Rock 

A Pale Proviso: Gary Brooker Skips A Final Fandango 

February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1979, A Salty Dog, A Whiter Shade of Pale, Chrysalis Records, Gary Brooker, No More Fear of Flying, Procol Harum, RIP, Robin Trower

The legendary Procol Harum singer was 76

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Folk Progressive Rock 

Stormwatch: The Final Fling for Jethro Tull’s Classic Lineup

February 7, 2020February 10, 2020 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1979, 40th Anniversary, Chrysalis Records, Heavy Horses, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Martin Barre, Rhino, Songs from the Wood, Stormwatch

With death, dissolution and the ’80s looming, they dug deep for one last blast

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Post-Punk Remembrance 

‘People Are Given What They Want’: Gang Of Four’s Timeless Slice Of Entertainment!

February 2, 2020February 3, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 1979, Andy Gill, Dave Allen, EMI, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, Hugh Burnham, Hugo Burnham, Jon King, RIP Andy Gill

Rock & Roll Globe pays homage to the late Andy Gill with a look at his band’s debut masterpiece

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