82: Kerry Livgren – Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change by Kerry Livgren

Kerry Livgren of Kansas is probably one of the greatest rock song writers of the twentieth century. If you look at the library of Kansas' music alone, his signature progressive rock sounds make up the best of their music. Around 1978 Livgren began to have issues with personal faith and there was a conflict within [...]

97: Dio – Dream Evil

My own personal School of Rock respects the Dio. Ronnie James Dio has a set of lungs that could raze a small city. One criterion I have for my favorite 100 albums is the physical damage the original medium suffered from overplaying. Dio's Dream Evil (1987) played so much in my '76 Camaro that I [...]