Drive

By Marty Dodge The band has licensed music to the Sci-Fi channel, MTV, Nike, VHA, and Spike TV so you may have already heard from them. Then, of course, they end the trip into their world with a frankly bizarre, but truly great, cover of "Sharp Dressed Man" by those Texan bearded blues goons ZZ Top. If you thou...

By El Bicho Morrison Hotel starts with "Roadhouse Blues," a stellar blues rocker, and one of the most exhilarating songs to open an album. The harmonica at the beginning, played by an uncredited John Sebastian from The Lovin' Spoonful, is much more in the forefront. Lonnie Mack plays bass. While singi...

By T. Michael Testi In July of 1965 on Venice Beach California, two students of the UCLA film school decided to form a band after one of the studentS found out that the other was writing lyrics to songs. When Vox-Organ player Ray Manzarek asked Jim Morrison to sing one of the songs, a song called "Moonlight Drive...

By Eric Berlin Tim Minear just might be the king of the-brilliant show-cruelly-killed-before-its-time. As executive producer for three striking, fresh, and promising shows (Firefly, Wonderfalls, The Inside) all killed before reaching the end of one full season, you'd think King Minear would be m...