The Badge

Merry Christmas, everyone!

The Beatles - Christmas Time is Here Again Here's a wonderful rockin Christmas song by The Beatles!

London Calling, the third studio album by The Clash, was released as a double album in the United Kingdom on December 14, 1979 by CBS Records, and in the United States in January 1980 by Epic Records.

With the late great Denny Laine at The Fest For Beatles Fans and with Denny and Wings bandmate (and mine) Steve Holley, plus performing ‘Band on the Run’ on the waterfront in Rhode Island. A huge talent, an underrated guitarist and an all around gent. 🕉️☯️🧡

We lost Ian McLagan nine years ago. Here’s my memories of the great man for Rock Cellar Magazine 📷 by Theresa DiMenno

https://rockcellarmagazine.com/ian-mclagan-1945-2014-in-remembrance/

Time is running out…

Framed (or unframed) handwritten lyrics to the song of your choice. Signed and personalized for the holidays! And lots of other assorted goodies for the music lover on your holiday shopping list!

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in S*x Pistols history... December 1st 1976. Thames TV, Today Show. Bill Grundy goads the S*x Pistols into swearing live on teatime television. "Nothing. A rude word. Next question..."

Swearing |S*x Pistols interview |Today Show |Thames TV | 1976 One of Thames Televisions most controversial moments, the infamous S*x Pistols interview that appeared on the 'Today' programme -- first transmitted 01/12/19...

OTD in 2013: My album Imposters & Attractions was offered as a free download. Latecomers can get it via Apple Music (http://tinyurl.com/go3twp6), Spotify (http://tinyurl.com/jkwoq2c), or the streaming platform of your choice. You can even buy the CD! Take your pick.

Remembering George Harrison today. Here’s my NBC News piece about the Traveling Wilburys legend.

Opinion | Jeff Slate: Why George Harrison has become the most popular Beatle The timeless legacy of Harrison is as strong as ever in the streaming age.

in 2011 on BBC Merseyside with Billy Butler talking about the For George concerts in Liverpool tomorrow and sending a transatlantic message home. 🎙️📡📻🙏🏼🕉️☯️

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Cool holiday deals over at www.thebadge.com:

HOLIDAY SALE! The Complete Package.

Get The Badge's complete catalog -- including Digital Retro [Expanded Edition] (1998/2013), Calling Generation Mojo (2003) and The Complete EP Collection (2005) -- plus a cool logo T-Shirt and button for $20! Get this, plus more great deals, at www.thebadge.com. Order today!

HOLIDAY SALE! The Complete Package.

Get The Badge's complete catalog -- including Digital Retro [Expanded Edition] (1998/2013), Calling Generation Mojo (2003) and The Complete EP Collection (2005) -- plus a cool logo T-Shirt and button for $20! Get this, plus more great deals, at www.thebadge.com. Order today!

Framed (or unframed) handwritten lyrics to the song of your choice. Signed and personalized for the holidays! Now at www.jeffslatehq.com
https://jeffslatehq.com/product/608474

Handwritten Lyrics (Framed) - Jeff Slate HQ Framed, handwritten lyrics to the song of your choice. Signed and personalized for the holidays! Please list the song(s) of your choice and any special requests in the "notes" section of the checkout page.

2023 marks the 25th anniversary of The Badge’s debut album. In that time the band toured the world, appeared on the BBC and countless local and regional TV and radio shows in the United States and had its music appear in film and TV, including One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl. Echoing the sounds of 1960s and early 70s England, The Badge took the best of The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks and the Small Faces and made it their own.

20/20 is the band's 2017 20-song 20th anniversary best of collection. Listen now!

https://open.spotify.com/album/3C1UbRYvjvHempxgFDUUH1?si=Dzq37_BGStW_mkKWvpvsOw

2017 marks the 20th anniversary of The Badge. In that time the band has toured the world, appeared on the BBC and countless local and regional TV and radio in the United States and had its music appear in film and TV, including One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl. Echoing the sounds of 1960s and early 70s England, The Badge have taken the best of The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks and the Small Faces and made it their own.

20/20 is the band's new 20 song 20th anniversary best of collection. Pre-order it now, via iTunes!

https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/20-20-best-badge-twenty-years-greatest-rock-n-roll/id1288767010?mt=1&app=music&at=10laM9

Happy 26th birthday to The Badge's 1997 album Digital Retro. The band's founder Jeff Slate HQ has called it his "first fully realized artistic statement." Be sure to check it out on iTunes (http://t.co/fVn3mCp5Sv), Amazon (http://amzn.to/2dYDNi7), your favorite streaming service and independent record stores everywhere!

Happy 19th birthday to The Badge's 1997 album Digital Retro. The band's founder Jeff Slate HQ has called it his "first fully realized artistic statement." Be sure to check it out on iTunes (http://t.co/fVn3mCp5Sv), Amazon (http://amzn.to/2dYDNi7), your favorite streaming service and independent record stores everywhere!

In June 2018 I wrote about the Small Faces’ landmark Concept Album 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' and the Beginning of the End of an Unsung Band - and my fav next to the Fabs - for Rock Cellar Magazine.

Do yourself a favor and check it out! 🎯🎧👂🏻

The Small Faces’ Landmark Concept Album Turns 50: ‘Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake’ and the Beginning of the End of an Unsung Band - Rock Cellar Magazine “We should have gone to America, and we wanted to go to America, but we’d had a drug bust, so we couldn’t go,” the Small Faces’ drummer Kenney Jones told me in 2012 of why he thinks his former band, although Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, never broke in America. “Our manager Don A...

The Badge doing the Small Faces a few years back, today for the legend Steve Marriott, gone too soon 32 years ago on this day.

Become Like You (Small Faces cover) From The Badge's EP2010.

Jeff Slate wrote about the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon for The Daily Beast, with a little help from Roger, David and Nick, plus Alan Parsons and engineer Andy Jackson.

50 Years Later, Pink Floyd Recall Making ‘Magic’ on ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ The surviving members of Pink Floyd and their key collaborators recall the moment rock ’n’ roll grew up.

Happy 80th birthday to the Traveling Wilbury’s George Harrison! 🕉️☯️ Enjoy Jeff Slate’s NBC News THINK piece with Tom Petty, Ringo, Jeff Lynne and Dhani Harrison, on why his legacy endures.

Opinion | Jeff Slate: Why George Harrison has become the most popular Beatle The timeless legacy of Harrison is as strong as ever in the streaming age.