Black Crowes
Thirty years ago, The Black Crowes, led by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, released their debut album Shake Your Money Maker. The album was, as Rolling Stone described, "a guitar-party cracker that marries Southern R&B crunch and Anglo cock-strutting attitude." At a time when journalists were mourning the death of rock as cheesy pop and hair metal dominated the charts, The Black Crowes emerged from Atlanta to resuscitate it. The authentically gritty blues-rock album, whose title is an homage to blues legend Elmore James, went double platinum in its first year. Needless to say, in a pre-social media, pre-smartphone world, the quick rise to stardom coupled wit a zero fucks attitude led to complete chaos. The Melody Maker crowned them "The most Rick n' Roll Band in the world" and The Black Crowes didn't disappoint.
The two things that make and break the band has always been the dueling rockstar brothers. Chris and Rich wrote several hit songs all before the age of 23, while infamously butting heads their entire career. The band called it quits forever in 2013 with each brother vowing to never play or speak again. February 13, 2020 marks the official 30th anniversary of quintuple platinum album Shake Your Mondy Maker. On November 11, 2019 radio legend Howard Stern, one of the Black Crowes earliest supporters, shocked fans and rock journalists alike by announcing the reunion of Chris and Rich Robinson, who will tour as The Black Crowes once again, playing the iconic record start to finish.
Thirty years ago, The Black Crowes, led by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, released their debut album Shake Your Money Maker. The album was, as Rolling Stone described, "a guitar-party cracker that marries Southern R&B crunch and Anglo cock-strutting attitude." At a time when journalists were mourning the death of rock as cheesy pop and hair metal dominated the charts, The Black Crowes emerged from Atlanta to resuscitate it. The authentically gritty blues-rock album, whose title is an homage to blues legend Elmore James, went double platinum in its first year. Needless to say, in a pre-social media, pre-smartphone world, the quick rise to stardom coupled wit a zero fucks attitude led to complete chaos. The Melody Maker crowned them "The most Rick n' Roll Band in the world" and The Black Crowes didn't disappoint.
The two things that make and break the band has always been the dueling rockstar brothers. Chris and Rich wrote several hit songs all before the age of 23, while infamously butting heads their entire career. The band called it quits forever in 2013 with each brother vowing to never play or speak again. February 13, 2020 marks the official 30th anniversary of quintuple platinum album Shake Your Mondy Maker. On November 11, 2019 radio legend Howard Stern, one of the Black Crowes earliest supporters, shocked fans and rock journalists alike by announcing the reunion of Chris and Rich Robinson, who will tour as The Black Crowes once again, playing the iconic record start to finish.
