The AnswerBank Articles

Are there any group managers as famous as Brain Epstein

A. The most obvious candidate is Peter Grant, who managed The Yardbirds in their last few months, before following guitarist Jimmy Page into his new venture, Led Zeppelin. Q. What was so01:00 Mon 17th Sep 2001

Why is Luciano Pavarotti so famous

A. Pavarotti’s fame is a combination of his particularly high profile as a renowned opera tenor, which has given him ‘cross-over’ appeal into a more mainstream entertainment area, and01:00 Mon 17th Sep 2001

Is Born To Run Bruce Springsteen's greatest album

A. Opinions vary, as opinions do on a subject as variable as greatest albums, but the critical consensus is agreed that Born To Run is a landmark release in Bruce Springsteen's catalogue, and in01:00 Mon 17th Sep 2001

What's a Deadhead

A. The name Deadhead is given to one of the fans of the pioneering sixties hippie jug band The Grateful Dead. Q. That name rings a bell. A. It would - The Grateful Dead are one of the01:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001

Is there a link between horror fiction and rock music

A. There is - particularly because of a sympathetic understanding between the anti-heroes of horror fiction, and the similarly disposed inhabitants of the outer circles of rock. Q. Is it just a01:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001

What can you tell me about classical quartet Bond

A. First of all, it's 'bond' ' all lower case letters, probably to distance themselves from the Capital-letter owning super spy and film star of the same name, but apart from the name, no other01:00 Mon 10th Sep 2001

How important is Nirvana's Nevermind album

A. Opinions vary about the significance of Nirvana's second album, but it put Seattle - previously a rather low-key US city - firmly on the map as a style centre, and turned 'grunge' into a music/01:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001

What is meant by the word baroque when applied to music

A. The English word baroque comes from the Italian 'barocco', meaning bizarre. It's used to define an innovative section of cultural history when painting, architecture and music passed from more01:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001

Can Michael Jackson still cut it

Invincible, to be released in October A. He has. After an audio silence of nearly six years, he is about to release a new album. A single, You Rock My World, is already out. Q. The album should01:00 Mon 03rd Sep 2001

What's the greatest album of the 1980's

A. According to American rock bible Rolling Stone magazine, you'd be looking at London Calling by The Clash, although if you want to be precise, it was actually released in December 1979. Q. 01:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001

What's the best rock album of the 1980s

A. According to American rock bible Rolling Stone magazine, you'd be looking at London Calling by The Clash, although if you want to be precise, it was actually released in December 1979. Q. What01:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001

Has the replacement for Napster finally arrived

A. Maybe not on such a massive and successful scale, but in its own small way, the WOMAD Digital Channel has managed to steal a march on all the major labels and Internet Service Providers by being01:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001

Why is the new Oasis tour important

A. Because it's ten years since the band played their first gig together, and their return to 'medium' sized venues represents an opportunity for their fans to see the band at closer quarters than is01:00 Mon 27th Aug 2001

Why has conductor Daniel Barenboim been in the news

A. Barenboim made a decision to conclude a concert at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem last month, with a performance of the Tristran And Isolde Prelude by Wagner, a seriously controversial decision,01:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001

Can you tell me about Stevie Wonder

A. Although less prolific, and certainly less commercially successful in recent times, Stevie Wonder's legacy of recorded work is a testament to a writer and social commentator of rare talent and01:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001

Are The White Stripes the future of rock and roll

A. Possibly, insofar as the music industry is hailing them as a huge impact, comparable with Oasis and Nirvana. Q. Why the big deal A. The music industry in general, and the music press in01:00 Mon 20th Aug 2001

Who was Larry Adler

A. Larry Adler, theworld's most famous mouth organ player (he disliked the word 'harmonica') died last week, at the age of 87. Q. How does anyone get to be a 'famous mouth organ player' A. Because01:00 Mon 13th Aug 2001

Can you tell me about the Rumours album

A. The Rumours album was the second record put out by the 'revitalised' version of a Sixties British blues band who had virtually re-invented themselves as an American radio soft-rock operation. 01:00 Mon 13th Aug 2001