Vintage Rock Adverts
By Shawn Perry
One of my greatest rock and roll memories is when I used to peruse the Los Angeles Times' Calendar section -- which only came out on Sunday...
Scorpions Crazy World Tour Gets Crazier
By Shawn Perry
When it comes to perseverance, no other band comes to mind more easily than Scorpions. Since forming in 1965 (!), the German group has survived multiple...
A Dog With Wings? Utter Nonsense…
An Ode To Lovely Lady Linda
By Shawn Perry
Celebrities seem to be dropping dead at an alarming rate these days. In particular, the music world has taken quite a few...
Top 11 Vintage Rock Studio Albums Of 2016
Love it or leave it, the studio ''album" lives on in an age of downloading, streaming and attention span deficiencies. 2016 had enough nuggets to keep the trend going,...
X Marks The Spot: Punk Legends Celebrate 40 Years
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
X, the seminal Los Angeles punk band, have been honored for their four decades of service with a new Grammy Museum exhibit filled...
Slim Jim Phantom Talks Up 40, First Stray Cats Album In 26 Years
Story by Shawn Perry
There is little argument that, in the midst of the new wave surge of the early 1980s, the Stray Cats single-handedly brought rockabilly back from its...
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...
The Interesting Hobbies Of Five Legendary Rockers
Sometimes it can be hard to imagine what our favorite rock stars do when they are not jamming out on stage in front of millions. What kinds of activities...
Best Vintage Rock Live Videos Of 2013
As flatscreens get bigger, sound systems widen their expanse, and video in general becomes easier to access, live rock and roll is just about everywhere. You can go to...
The Case Of ZZ Top: ‘The Best Of’ vs. ‘Greatest Hits’
By James Casey
One evening, while enjoying the company and hospitality of friends, I was introduced to an old man who claimed to loathe ZZ Top with a passion unrivaled....
