Matthew Everett

Gary Puckett and the Union Gap were almost unfathomably popular in the late 1960s. Wearing Civil War regalia (complete with fake military ranks) and pounding out lush, almost bizarrely orchestrated pop, they had a series of enormous hits, beginning with the No. 1 single “Woman, Woman” in 1967. They reportedly sold more records than any […]

Cold started 2003 on a roll. After a five-year apprenticeship with fellow Florida nü-metalheads Limp Bizkit, the band was turning away from the chest-beating aggressiveness of that waning scene for a more radio-friendly (but no less angst-filled) approach. It worked: They scored a pair of hit singles (“Stupid Girl” and “Suffocate”) off the disc Year […]

Little Feat may be best remembered, if it’s remembered much at all, as a kind of proto-jam band, a bunch of competent West Coast session players combining smooth, laid-back New Orleans-style R&B and light funk with Southern rock. There’s a good case for this version of history: The band has spent more time as a […]