"A truly superb drummer whose music and influence shall shine for infinity"Ginger Baker, Cream. Although he rose to fame with blues-rockers Cream, Ginger Baker thought of himself more as a jazz drummer. One of the first sticksmen to use two bass drums, he later diversified into Afrobeat and even classical styles. Finest hour: 'Toad' (1968). Pic:...

The influential icon from The Muffs, and briefly Pixies, carved a path like no otherKim ShattuckPlenty of America’s underground rock acts had a breakthrough moment as the ’90s saw alternative music butt up against the mainstream in the wake of Nirvana’s crossover success. To most, the great Buffalo Tom are known principally for the...

It's a worthy tribute. The Car's Ric Ocasek and The Killers' Brandon Flowers at the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame 2018The Killers have paid tribute to the late Ric Ocasek by covering The Cars’ ‘My Best Friend’s Girl’. Ric Ocasek, 1944-2019 – The NME Obituary  The Las Vegas band were one of the first...

Ric Ocasek was an unlikely rockstar. He didn’t like touring – he stayed at home in the middle of the last decade while his band, The Cars, toured – with his blessing – with Todd Rundgren in his place. Upon reuniting with the Boston born group in 2011 to make their seventh, uncharacteristically ploddy final […]The post Ric Ocase...

The latest band to pay tribute to the much-missed musicianDaniel Johnston and Wilco's Jeff TweedyWilco have performed a cover of Daniel Johnston‘s best-known song ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’, after the  singer-songwriter died this week aged 58. Read more: Daniel Johnston, 1961-2019 – The NME Obituary Th...