One of the most controversial figures in the 70′s and 80′s in England was Mary Whitehouse. Although she had been campaigning for morality and decency in television since the sixties, she really shot to fame in the seventies, attacking everything that moved including such

“Singer” Chris Brown, who leapt to fame after hitting ex-girlfriend Rihanna, has been refused entry to the UK due to commiting a criminal offence, the BBC website reports this morning. Brown, who was sentenced to a community service order after being found guilty of assaulting

Only a few more days and all european eyes will turn to Oslo to watch the contest that nobody will admit watching, but everybody does: The annual Eurovision Song Contest. One of this years favorites, according to Google (and Google should know), is the German entry from Lena Meyer-Landruth

The news of the death of Ronnie James Dio this morning hit me hard. But the fact that he was 67 years old hit me almost as hard. Could it be that one of my youth heroes had passed away an old man? Ronnie will always be synonymous with Rainbow in my eyes. Maybe he is better known for

About eighteen months ago I wrote an article on my private homepage (in german) about an album that was released in the eighties. The album is “Crimes of the Heart” by Maggie Bell. Even as a fan of Maggie and her music, I’ve always considered this to be a very strange

Dutch Crowd Funder Sellaband, integral part of the “Funding Bands” concept filed for bankrupcy on monday, it has been announced. The Dutch court approved the request yesterday. In the between time though, it has been announced on the sellaband website that the project

You can now pre-order the DVDs in the British Invasion DVD Series in the Funding Bands Online Store If you would like more information about the British Invasion DVD Series, please follow the link to the reeling in the years home page To see more products from the Online Store, please

Two days after the start of “Funding Bands” we already have our first funds. Via amazon Germany we have made 2.76 Euros, which amounts to about a third of a part  for a given artist. To help you on your way, I am now linking all artists on the Archives pages to Amazon