Bryan Wawzenek is a freelance journalist who writes for Diffuser.fm and Ultimate Classic Rock. He learned more from a three-minute record than he ever learned in school. His mind is racing, as it always will. Don't start him talking, he could talk all night. The sunshine bores the daylights out of him. Don't touch him, he's a real live wire. Most things he worries about never happen anyway. But he's been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come.
Bryan Wawzenek
Why Pete Townshend Got Arrested at the Fillmore East
He kicked a man off stage, apparently thinking he was just another goofy fan.
The Day Fleetwood Mac Debuted Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
Less than six months earlier, the situation had looked pretty dire.
Revisiting the Jeff Beck Group’s Final Album
Only a few months after the second incarnation of the Jeff Beck Group had released their first album, Beck and friends were (rough and) ready to record again.
The Secret History of the Doors’ Bass Players
The Doors did not have a bass player.
The Day Jimi Hendrix Set His Guitar on Fire for the First Time
Distinguishing yourself in the colorful musical climate of 1967 wasn't easy.
When the Rolling Stones Got Shocked Onstage
Bob Dylan famously "went electric" in 1965, but most of this band actually experienced a shocking accident that same year.
How Iggy Pop Rebuilt the Stooges for ‘Raw Power’
Has an album ever had a more perfect title?
Cheap Trick’s First Five Albums – Rock’s Best Hot Streaks
The Rockford, Ill. quartet quickly established themselves in the late '70s as the undisputed titans of power pop.
45 Years Ago: The Kinks Release ‘Village Green Preservation Society’
‘The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society’ was both ahead of and behind the times when the British rockers released the album in November 1968. A critical success, but commercial disappointment at the time, the ‘Village Green’ LP eventually became the Kinks’ bestselling studio album, prompting frontman Ray Davies to once refer to it as “the most successful flop of all time.”
50 Years Ago: The Beatles Release ‘With the Beatles’
‘With the Beatles’ was a hit before it was even released. By November 1963, Beatlemania was raging across the U.K.. On the heels of the Fab Four’s debut LP, ‘Please Please Me,’ and the smash singles ‘From Me to You’ and ‘She Loves You,’ ‘With the Beatles’ could have featured 33 minutes of Ringo Starr performing Shakespeare and it still would have topped the charts.
30 Years Ago: Jackson Browne Releases ‘Lawyers in Love’
As Jackson Browne prepared to release his sixth studio album, the singer-songwriter was at the peak of his pop success. His previous LP, 1980’s ‘Hold Out,’ was Browne’s first (and only) album to hit #1 on the Billboard charts. Plus, he had scored his biggest hit single with 1982’s ‘Somebody’s Baby,’ featured on the soundtrack to ‘Fast Times at Ridgemont High.’