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...

The Immediate Family: Enduring Hardship With Music And Old Friends

By Shawn Perry The coronavirus pandemic devouring the world as we know it in 2020 will likely be remembered for what it has changed — especially the things that human...

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...

Can Greta Van Fleet Save Rock & Roll?

By Shawn Perry Nearly four decades after Led Zeppelin relinquished their crown, innumerable bands and individuals are still trying to measure up to their hard-rockin' hip-shakin' swagger. Who can...

Falling Under The Spell Of The Mighty Zep

By Carl Cunningham In the crowded world of classic heavy metal and hard rock, there was none harder and heavier than Britain's Led Zeppelin.Since their formation in 1968 as an...

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...
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Exclusive Video: Ronnie Montrose Interview

Highlights from our interview with Ronnie Montrose Video shot and edited by Mike Thoman

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...

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,...

Woodstock Memories From The Musicians Who Played There

Fifty years after the fact, and we’re still talking about Woodstock. It was on the verge of becoming a major disaster — more people than expected, inaccessible, no parking,...