This is a guest post (in blue font) from a fellow Rock N’ Roll lover. Mohib is a 19 year old who seems to know more about Rock history than most American or Englishmen do, who grew up in or near the era. He also writes for Mindcafe.org, so swing by and check his site out sometime.

Keith Moon, being one the greatest rock drummers ever, was known for his eccentric behavior and destructive lifestyle. Pete Townshend, the band’s lead guitarist, says Moon’s reputation for erratic behavior was something he cultivated. According to him, once they were on the way to the airport and Moon told the driver to return to the hotel asserting, “I forgot something. We’ve got to go back!” When the limo was brought back, Moon broke into the room, grabbed the Television set while it was still connected and tossed it out the window into the swimming pool. When he was done with his service, he then jumped back into the limo, sighing “I nearly forgot.”

In this “smashing” video, the infamous incident is shown where Moon added three times the amount of explosives without letting the other Whos know. It has been rumored that Pete even lost 90 percent of his hearing in his right ear. In addition, the force of the explosion blew Pete’s hair to one side.

R.I.P. Keith Moon! I hope you aren’t doing this in heaven

Thanks, Mohib. We’ll know if he is when a television set comes flying our of the sky and lands in out swimming pool.

Next in line for Converse’s 100th anniversary line of Rock N’ Roll classic Converse All Stars is the legendary British band, The Who. Also up this year is All Stars in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in February and Pink Floyd in March.

Garnishing the British colors, you can choose from three different selections.

With the classic white soul, a white tongue and the Union Jack wrapped around the canvas body, this pair is surely to be a popular and classic hit. A great representation of The Who’s motherland and their English pride. It’s not just a painted graphic on the should either, it’s sewn in to the canvas.

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Converse is celebrating 100 years of converse with a new line of the Classic “Chuck Taylor” All Stars. 100 years, really? That’s right. Converse started up 100 years ago in 1908 as Converse Rubber Corporation. Nine years later the Converse All Star basketball shoe was born. Still a timeless classic that has survived through almost a century of changes in footwear fashion and design. Very few things have lasted so long without deviating too far from the original design.

As part of their new designs celebrating their 100th anniversary, Converse started unveiling a line of rock band inspired All Stars sold at Journey’s. Bands featured in this line is The Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, The Doors, The Who, Ozzy Osbourne, and Pink Floyd.

The first line to roll out is the Grateful Dead design. With a white on white look with the classic Grateful Skull and Roses. Also available are low-tops with the classic Dancing Bears.

Shop for the Skull And Roses style at Journey’s

More styles after the fold…

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MSN music recently published an editorial entitled 10 Artists Who Should Stop Making Records. While there is ten of them, I’m going to weed out the Rock relevant ones and a snip of their article with my views on it at the end.

The Black Crowes
MSN Said:

”Remember the recent controversy in which Maxim magazine reviewed the new Black Crowes album before the writer had even heard it? Well, that is obviously inexcusable, but here’s the thing no one seems willing to say: He was right. (They must not have read my post at Metalmartyr)

You don’t really need to hear a Crowes record to know what you’re going to get, because you always get the same thing: roots rock with an overstated, Southern hippie twang.

The Who
MSN Said:

””Endless Wire,” the putative Who album from 2006 was one of the most painful listening experiences I can remember — not one good song, not one good part. How was this the Who? Well, it wasn’t. And now they’re working on a new one. Here’s hoping they never finish.”

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Gibson.com has a pretty cool article on the 10 Greatest Live Albums From The Rock Era. The include the following in no particular order.

• The Beatles: At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
• James Brown: Live At The Apllo (1963)
• The Who: Live At Leeds (1970)
• Kiss: Alive (1975)
• Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won (2003)
• Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison (1968)
• Bob Dylan: Live 1966 The Royal Albert Hall Concert (1998)
• Cheap Trick: At The Budokan (1978)
• The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out (1969)
• Allman Brother: At Fillmore East (1971)

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It’s very rare that you hear a band cover another classic bands song and do such an incredible job that you just can not believe your ears. Sure there are a lot of catchy cover songs out there and more often than not bands try to cover fairly easy and radio friendly songs that they know will get air play and will surely set them on their way to instant stardom. We’ve seen it a million times. What’s better is when an established band that obviously doesn’t need the help of a cover song takes it and sings and plays it as their own. Pearl Jam’s cover of The Who’s ‘Love, Reign O’er Me’ for the same titled movie about a man (Played by Adam Sandler) who loses his family in one of the 9/11 planes, is an amazing cover. If you haven’t heard the cover, you can now. If you haven’t seen the movie I highly suggest renting it. Enjoy the song and video.