Best Of Rock: 10 Covers Uncovered

By Ralph Greco, Jr. Most of us have heard (and love or like to various degrees) Elton John’s version of “Pinball Wizard,” John Lennon’s vocal-shredding on the Beatles’ “Twist &...

Best Of Rock: 10 Rock N’ Roll Literary Connections

By Ralph Greco, Jr. As often as they are accused of being sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll layabouts, many are wise beyond their years. Queen’s Brian May and Dean...

Best Of Rock: 10 Moments When We Might Have Lost Rock n’ Roll…But Didn’t

By Ralph Greco, Jr. From legislation to outlaw it to past preachers who condemn it — bucking trends, scrutiny and inflation — rock has risen again and again like the...

Best Of Rock: 10 Reasons Why Metal Is Cool

By Ralph Greco, Jr. I’ve just survived a fully loaded, four-band strong summer metal show. Testament, Motorhead, Heaven and Hell and Judas Priest took and shook an outdoor shed in...

Best Of Rock: 10 Concerts To Catch In 2014

By Ralph Greco, Jr. Looking at the roster of concerts for 2014, I feel a bit like Al Pacino in The Godfather III when he complains, “I thought I was...

Best Of Rock: 10 Album Covers That Changed My Life

By Ralph Greco, Jr.   Like everybody else, I enjoy all the wonderful gains with our latest technologies — but I am about as likely to watch a movie on my...

Best Of Rock: 10 Concert Stalwarts

By Ralph Greco, Jr.   There’s not much you can count on these days, but leave it to certain Vintage Rock acts to not always deliver fantastic shows and music, but...

Best Of Rock: 10 Obscure Song Openings

By Ralph Greco, Jr. There is the 'accidental' feedback at the start of the Beatles' "I Feel Fine," John Bonham's crash-and-burn iconic cymbal get-up-and-go of Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll,"...

Best Of Rock: 10 Great Rock N’ Roll Moments Of The 1980s

Best Of Rock: 10 Great Rock N' Roll Moments Of The 1980s By Ralph Greco, Jr.   Granted, for a Vintage Rock guy like me there weren’t that many great rock and roll moments...

Best Of Rock: 10 Sexiest Rock Songs

Best Of Rock: 10 Sexiest Rock Songs By Ralph Greco, Jr. I don’t really want to know what gets you going (as I am sure you’d rather not hear about my...