http://www.poprockfactory.com/ Pop Rock Factory en Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:22:00 GMT Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:22:00 GMT info@poprockfactory.com info@poprockfactory.com http://www.poprockfactory.com/images/poprockbanner11.jpg http://www.poprockfactory.com/ http://www.poprockfactory.com/abba/2/ Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the pop music waters comes this collection of 10 little known facts about Sweden's second biggest industry (next to... http://www.poprockfactory.com/abba/2/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/abba/2/ Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:22:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/4/ The story of the group Kincade is, in essence, the story of songwriter/vocalist John Carter , who along with The Carter Lewis Southerners scored a minor hit in 1963 with... http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/4/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/4/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:00:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/rock-and-roll/ In the mid Seventies Skyhooks basically gave the Australian Music Industry the enema it had been needing. Skyhooks were larish and brash wore makeup years before Kiss and kicked off... http://www.poprockfactory.com/rock-and-roll/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/rock-and-roll/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 07:37:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/70s-disco/ A picture paints a thousand words, and because a beach break of nostalgia has found its way to my shore thought it might be fun to share this collection of... http://www.poprockfactory.com/70s-disco/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/70s-disco/ Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:12:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-hits/ While it never received the adulation it probably deserved, "Tell Me Why" was almost never conceived and was written at the last minute to fill the final spot on the... http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-hits/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-hits/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:18:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/top-80s-albums/ How interested was I when I chanced upon Rolling Stones list of the Top 100 albums from the 80s over the weekend. To be completely honest, I was a little... http://www.poprockfactory.com/top-80s-albums/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/top-80s-albums/ Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:05:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-doobie-brothers/ The Doobie Brothers, the Pop-rock band whose members were actually not brothers. Probably best known for "Listen To The Music" (1972), "Black Water" (1975), "What A Fool Believes" (1979), and... http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-doobie-brothers/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-doobie-brothers/ Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:24:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-sgt-peppers/ It was 43 years ago today, Sgt Pepper taught the band to play . . . Conjecture rules over what exactly was The Beatles best album. Some will argue that... http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-sgt-peppers/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/the-beatles-sgt-peppers/ Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:17:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/3/ Little more than a summer storm (metaphorically speaking) - erupting with all the brilliance of a pyrotechnics display - then gone - never to be seen or heard of again... http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/3/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/one-hit-wonders/3/ Fri, 14 May 2010 03:36:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc-hard-rock/ The crowd is verging on riotious, you're pumped and the heat from the on-stage pyrotechnics almost give you third degree burns. You prepare yourself for an invasion of the senses... http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc-hard-rock/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc-hard-rock/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:42:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/kylie-minogue/ Kylie Minogue has used the twitterverse to give fans a sneak preview of her new single, sparking a fan frenzy that crashed her own website. The Australian pop fixture directed... http://www.poprockfactory.com/kylie-minogue/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/kylie-minogue/ Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:35:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/music-downloads/ OK - so let's get it out of the way once and for all - when it comes to song titles featuring colours - there's still no place in any... http://www.poprockfactory.com/music-downloads/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/music-downloads/ Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:46:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc/2/ Angus and Malcolm Young are examples. So too are Barry, Maurice, Robin and Andy. Throw in Frank & Nancy with a Phil & Don riff and you have just a... http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc/2/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/acdc/2/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:59:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/lady-gaga/ Lady Gaga flew into Sydney yesterday amidst a media scrum clammering for the pseduo pop queen in a carefully orchestrated yet low key theatrical entrance. Rumour and innuendo follow this... http://www.poprockfactory.com/lady-gaga/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/lady-gaga/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:13:00 GMT http://www.poprockfactory.com/80s-hits/ Ok - so Top 10 lists are hardly new - but having sat through a series of nostalgia over the weekend including Pretty in Pink, the Breakfast Club, St Elmo's... http://www.poprockfactory.com/80s-hits/#comments http://www.poprockfactory.com/80s-hits/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:26:00 GMT