For Your Pleasure: Roxy Music In 12 Tracks
By Ira Kantor
I’ll admit, when I heard Roxy Music made the shortlist for potential induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, I had instant excitement about them...
The Dead Daisies Are Out To Kick Classic Rock’s Ass
Story by Shawn Perry
Concert Photos by Kimberly Annette
These days, music has become such a convoluted mishmash of tastes, trends, styles, corporate interests and politics. It wasn’t always this way...
‘Will You Tell Me What The Hell You Sitting On Your Asses Fer!’ (Celebrating...
By Ira Kantor
On July 12, 1979, “Disco Demolition Night” was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago. The attending throngs (not just White Sox fans) made sure to bring their...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
A Few Words With Songwriter Holly Knight On Her New Memoir
By Chris Epting
In her new memoir, I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties, legendary songwriter Holly Knight takes readers on a...
CES 2010: In Search Of The Lost Sound Byte
By Shawn Perry
One week into 2009, we took one bold step forward, hopped in the car and drove to Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)....
A Tale Of Luck & Love: The Rocky Relationship Between Music & Casinos
Source: "Online-Pokern" (CC BY 2.0) by wuestenigel
The worlds of rock music and casino games have often collided
in the most spectacular of fashion. Think of the “Ace of Spades”
and you...
