My Evening With Roy Orbison
by Ronnie Lyon
I arrived at the Travelodge in Anaheim (corner of Ball and Harbor behind Disneyland) at around 5:00 or 6:00 PM. It was still daylight. The...
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,...
Why The Yardbirds Will Always Matter
Story by Shawn Perry
Photos by Ron Lyon
Unlike other first-string British invaders like the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks, there was little controversy surrounding the...
A Tribute To Jeff Beck: A True Guitar Hero
By Shawn Perry
Live photos by Junkman, Ron Lyon & Joe Schaeffer
News of Jeff Beck’s passing came out of nowhere. It was just a few months ago that he’d released...
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...
Singer John Corabi Burns It Down With The Dead Daisies
By Charlie Steffens
Since forming in 2013, The Dead Daisies have released four full-length studio albums, a live album, and toured extensively with some of the biggest bands in rock,...
Five Awesome Rock Soundtracks In Movies
Rock music has found its way into movies for decades, and has also paved the way for movies about the bands and singers themselves. In just the last few...
Guns N’ Roses Proves There’s Still A Huge Market For Rock
Story by Michael Payne
Photos by Katarina Benzova
For classic rock fans, few tours have inspired more excitement than the Not In This Lifetime tour from Guns N’ Roses. The reunion...
Always Bill: A Tribute
By Ira Kantor
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Bill Withers, it’s that you could have soul beyond just your music.
Where other acts of his era banked their talents...
Sin-atra ~ A Heavy Metal Tribute To Frank Sinatra
By Shawn Perry
There’s little doubt that someone at some point in time in the last couple decades probably thought it would be an interesting experiment to marry heavy metal...
