The Cars ‘Move Like This’ For Reunion Album

By Jimmy Casey The Cars are a band that seems to be stuck in time. That span of years, for them, was relatively short but certainly helped define the musical...

Vintage Rock Goes To CES 2009

When it comes to trade events, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is at the top of the heap, the king chili cheese, the largest, most complex, most extensive...

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...

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...

Video Games With The Best Rock Soundtracks

Image source: Vimedigital.com Early video games had a lot of technical limitations that held them back in terms of scale, complexity, and graphics. The sounds...

Bands You Should Know But May Never Heard: Flash

By Henry "Dixie" Howard What do you do when you're ousted from one of England's most prominent progressive rock bands? You strike out (or come back) by forming your own...

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,...

RIP Neil Peart: Rock’s New-World Man

By Ira Kantor Neil Peart made rock and roll stoicism its own kind of virtuosity. If we were to look at the Rush drummer compared to other legendary luminaries like Keith...

Warren Zevon 1947 – 2003

By Misha ben-David Into a day promising serious stressors in my life comes word that one of the true Golden Boys of rock n' roll has left us. He told...

Anvil! The Story Of Anvil

When you’re 30 years in the heavy metal music business — surviving through little to no fame (certainly no fortune) and countless albums released on independent labels to little...