The King is Dead… It Ain’t Nice To Wake the Dead

The King in better days...when he was alive! by Shawn Perry August 16, 1997 - Twenty years ago, Elvis Aaron Presley stopped breathing and seemingly fell off the throne of his...

Getting Frisky At The Whisky’s 50th Anniversary

Story by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon Hard to believe the Whisky a Go Go has been around for 50 years. I first ventured into the club in the...

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...

100 Greatest Rock Musicians (Plus 50 Honorable Mentions) & Their Hits

By David Barwinski There is nothing like rock and roll. The sound, the lyrics, the dress, the attitude, the live performances, forever changed the world. Rockabilly, rock and roll (a...

John Oates Connects With ‘Disconnected’

By Chris Epting For the last 20+ years, when he’s not been traversing the globe, dazzling millions performing soundtrack-of-your-life sets with Daryl Hall, John Oates has carved out a crafty...

Revisiting The Black Crowes’ ‘Southern Harmony and Musical Companion’

By Jason Young In 1992, the Black Crowes had already achieved success by the time their song “Remedy” hit the airwaves. One of the exciting new acts of the early...

Video Games With The Best Rock Soundtracks

Image source: Vimedigital.com Early video games had a lot of technical limitations that held them back in terms of scale, complexity, and graphics. The sounds...

RIP Neil Peart: Rock’s New-World Man

By Ira Kantor Neil Peart made rock and roll stoicism its own kind of virtuosity. If we were to look at the Rush drummer compared to other legendary luminaries like Keith...

Top 10 Vintage Rock Concerts Of 2016

I think we can all agree that 2016 was a banner year for concerts. And we saw and reviewed lots of them. We didn't make it to Desert Trip,...

The Great Band Scandal

By Ralph Greco, Jr. Here’s a question that may be on nobody’s mind but mine: Just who is left of the original “beach boys” in The Beach Boys? The 60s...