Pink Floyd Shines On: The Final Sell Out
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
“Money it’s a…”
It seems that the crick will rise, locusts will circle, and pink pigs will fly. My beloved Pink Floyd (or what is left of...
Unmasked At 40: Discovering An Underrated KISS “Klassic”
By Ira Kantor
The KISS dynasty would reach a fractious crossroads in 1980, seven years into an official career that took them from clubs in Queens, New York, to the...
Essential Stones: 10 Shows Over Four Decades
For as long as I have known him, Dave has loved the Rolling Stones. He has driven hundreds of miles and spent hundreds of dollars to see them. When...
Conversations with the Masters: The VintageRock.com Interviews on Kindle
The first edition of Conversations with the Masters: The VintageRock.com Interviews was released in 2017 as a limited-edition coffee-table book. Sadly, the first edition is no longer available.
Now, the...
Work Of Art: 108 Rock Star Guitars
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Lisa S. Johnson & Kimberly Annette
Lisa S. Johnson has a unique approach to photographing the instruments belonging to legendary guitar players such as Les...
It Was Fifty Years Ago This May
By Kenneth Wait
Editor note: The following article, originally entitled It Was Thirty Years Ago This May, was the very first piece to be published on VintageRock.com on June...
Ringo Starr Celebrates His 77th Birthday With New Record, Peace & Love
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Erin Scott
On Friday, July 7, 2017, Ringo Starr celebrated his 77th birthday at Capitol Records, the label that helped launched the Beatles in America....
Vintage Rock Holiday Bundles For 2014
Once again, I'm digging deep for gift ideas for the discriminating Vintage Rock fan. Essentially, the list is down to five to make your choices easier, although the choices...
The Psychedelic Sounds of San Francisco
by Dave Gardner
The late sixties was surely a peak in the short history of Vintage Rock. Perhaps there was no better location to spring forth the exuberant sounds that...
Berlin, U2, and Achtung Baby
By Lanny Cordola
When U2 made the trek to Berlin in the early 1990s, their mission was to record the follow-up to their great American homage: Rattle & Hum. However,...
