The Doors Swing Open: ‘Live At The Bowl ’68 Special Edition,’ Robby Krieger’s Memoir...

By Ralph Greco, Jr. The fall of 2021 is alive with new and reissued releases from The Doors. The newly remastered and remixed The Doors: Live at the Bowl '68...

Rock ‘n’ Roll Royalties: How Music Legends Still Earn From Casino Games

Rock music with loud chords and gambling slot machines with fun spins may look very different, but they are similar. Licenses for Elvis Presley, Guns N' Roses, and Jimi Hendrix's...

Can’t Stand Losing You – Film Review

If you think you have heard every last word on the Police you are wrong. I caught Can’t Stand Losing You, the latest documentary about the band during its...

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...

The Continuing Saga Of Quiet Riot: Enough To Make You Want To Bang Your...

Story by Shawn Perry Photos by Ron Lyon The trials, trips and tribulations of Quiet Riot are not unlike that of so many bands — a series of incredible highs,...

Musical Brick Lies Down On Broadway

By Ralph Greco, Jr. One of the most interesting rock trinkets to come along this year are Lego mini- figures of early-era Genesis from Musical Brick. They are wholly endorsed...

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...

Chris Spedding & King Mob Are Ready To Rock Your World

By Ralph Greco, Jr. In a band made up of such rock and roll stalwarts as guitar legend Chris Spedding, Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers, Stephen W. ‘Snips’ Parsons (vocalist with...

Best Vintage Rock Box Sets Of 2014

CD sales continue to decline, but that hasn’t stopped the majors from releasing extravagant multi-disc box sets, often priced at $100 or more. Once again, a flood of box...

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...