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The one band Slash said had the best riffs of them all While Slash has his own catalog of classic licks, he felt that some of the greatest guitarists had an endless amount of classics.

The Metallica song James Hetfield always regretted singing James Hetfield may have crafted himself into the ultimate metal frontman, but this Metallica song gave him trouble when behind the microphone.

FINGER ELEVEN Members Reflect On Three-Decade Career: 'The Dream Is Still Happening' In a recent interview with CHOM 97 7's Randy Renaud, Scott Anderson (vocals) and James Black (lead guitar/backing vocals) of Canadian rockers FINGER ELEVEN were asked what it feels like to be performing songs to an audience that includes kids who are younger than the bandmembers were when they first...

STRYPER's MICHAEL SWEET Is 'Absolutely' Open To Making Fourth Album With SWEET & LYNCH In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of STRYPER was asked if there is "any chance" of a fourth album from SWEET & LYNCH, Michael's collaborative project with legendary guitarist George Lynch (DOKKEN, LYNCH MOB). Sweet responded (as tran...

3 Classic Rock Songs More Famous Than the Bands That Recorded Them Some songs are more popular than the band. Revisit these three generation-defining rock songs that didn't earn bands an enduring career.

A Slice of '70s Rock Life: The Day The Sweet Said Goodbye to the Grey

Man, I’m digging through my old vinyl tonight and landed on The Sweet’s debut, Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be (1971). We all remember the big Chinnichap singles that defined early Glam—"Little W***y" felt like it was played every hour! But do you remember flipping the record and landing on their own compositions? That’s where the real drama was. My mind keeps spinning with “Santa Monica Sunshine.”

You can practically hear the band dreaming themselves out of their manager’s office and the rain-soaked UK. This song is everything they wanted to be: driving, full of great guitar, and drenched in the American West Coast fantasy. It’s a bittersweet feeling, knowing they had to sing about "Little W***y" on the A-side just to afford to put this raw, yearning track—about leaving all the bad times behind for a place where the Santa Monica sun shines—on the B-side. It’s the sound of four young rockers with big hair, packed onto a double-decker bus, dreaming of driving a convertible down the PCH. The real rock and roll story of the 70s wasn't always on the charts; sometimes, it was a desperate, hopeful road trip fantasy hidden on a deep cut. What a tune. Makes you want to book a flight and find a beach.

Sweet - Santa Monica Sunshine
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