Happy Halloween from Soundwaves! Check out this blistering performance of the classic “Witch Doctor” as deliriously imagined by Johnny Legend and his band, The Chuckleberries. Technically part of the shoot for the 22nd annual Soundwaves Christmas show (which will air 12/11/11), we saw no need to hold back on a great version of such a  [ Read More ]

Long considered to be one of the seminal stoner video experiences, here is the complete synced mash-up that has become legendary! But first, a little history… In August 1995, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette published the first mainstream media article about the “synchronicity”, citing the Usenet discussion group alt.music.pink-floyd. Soon afterward, several fans began creating  [ Read More ]

“Tempted” was the second single released from Squeeze’s fourth album, East Side Story. Though it failed to crack the Top 40 in any country it was released (UK #41, Canada #45, US #49, Australia #90), over the years “Tempted” has become one of Squeeze’s most well known songs, especially in North America, thanks to its  [ Read More ]

Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known as Elvis Costello, is an English  singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London’s pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello’s lyrics is broader than that of most  [ Read More ]

Rick Springfield is an Australian-born singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He had a No. 1 hit with “Jessie’s Girl” in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for “Jessie’s Girl”. He followed with four more top 10 US hits, “I’ve Done Everything for You”, “Don’t  [ Read More ]

“Who Are You”, composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who’s 1978 release, Who Are You, the last album released before drummer Keith Moon’s death in September 1978. It was released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition “Had Enough”, also featured on the album. The song became one  [ Read More ]

“Everybody Wants to Rule the World” is a song by the British New Wave band Tears for Fears. It was the band’s ninth single release in the United Kingdom (the third from their second LP: Songs from the Big Chair) and seventh UK Top 40 chart hit, peaking at number two in April 1985. In  [ Read More ]

Admit it…you think of high school when you hear this. THE WIKI “Stairway to Heaven” is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band’s untitled fourth studio album (usually referred to as Led Zeppelin IV). The  [ Read More ]

THE WIKI: “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” is a song by the rock band Queen, written by Freddie Mercury in 1979. The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 23 February 1980, remaining there for four consecutive  [ Read More ]

“My Sharona” is the debut single by The Knack, released in 1979 from their album Get the Knack. It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart where it remained for six weeks and was #1 on Billboard’s Top Pop Singles of 1979 year-end chart. It was certified gold (one million units sold) by  [ Read More ]