In honor of what would have been the 56th birthday of the late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, the singer's estate released a music video featuring him singing the 1989 Guns 'N' Roses ballad "Patience."
It's official, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is a box office hit and given Hollywood's never-ending copycat tendencies, that means we're about to get many more music biopics. So let's imagine an alternate world in which music rights are no object, nor is the necessary approval or control of surviving band members, and examine some music biopics that haven't happened yet, but should.
It's hard to point to any musical genre that's originated outside of the hubs of modern pop culture that's had such a lasting effect on modern music as Reggae. In many ways, ‘pure’ Reggae, and currently even more so, dub, is a mash up of influences turned into a very specific individual genre, that is, in turn, influencing practically everything else around it.
Grunge, Generation X's flagship music genre, brought about widespread appreciation of alternative rock with its bare-bones vibe. The musical movement itself, however, was fully realized years before it was popular and it was all self-contained in Seattle.
