Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
“Even from their earliest days, the band developed and changed constantly, losing and gaining fans along the way – but famously retaining their integrity – always moving in the direction that they chose.” -Alex E. Body (from Rush: Song by Song, page 2) If there was a research poll conducted to […]
“Grant, the pioneering manager, revolutionized the business and helped shape the modern music industry. At the time of his death in 1995, a proposed film about his life had been in development for more than five years. It was never going to get made. And if it had, nobody would ever have believed it anyway.” […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “…nothing Lou Reed ever did was fully embraced first time around.” -Mick Wall It is said that the Velvet Underground never sold more than a dozen albums, but everyone who bought one started their own band. Described as “…the most significant cult band in the world,” they influenced every […]
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up “You very, very rarely meet someone like Plant, who is still fanatical about music after forty years at the top. That’s almost unprecedented.” -Bill Flanagan Many years ago I was having a coffee with a friend of mine at a small café on Monkland Avenue in N.D.G. The waitress […]
by Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Everyone knows rock attained perfection in 1974. It’s a scientific fact” -Homer Simpson Whenever asked what my dream job would be, I reply with the following: Either film director in the 1970’s (in my opinion the last golden age of Hollywood pictures), writer for Saturday Night Live from […]