Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | Classic Albums: Damn The Torpedoes – Blu-ray Disc...
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers were a hot potato in the burgeoning quake
of mid to late 70s new wave. The problem was that they had more in common with
the...
Cactus | Live, Loud & Proud – DVD Review
Cactus was founded in 1969 by drummer Carmine Appice and bassist Tim Bogert
of Vanilla Fudge fame, along with guitarist Jim McCarty from Mitch Ryder’s
Detroit Wheels and singer Rusty Day...
The Doors | When You’re Strange – Blu-ray Disc Review
Just when you thought the Doors had finally come to a close, the film When
You’re Strange comes along and puts a whole new spin on the phenomenon.
And what a...
Black Sabbath | Classic Albums: Paranoid – Blu-Ray Disc Review
There is little argument that Paranoid was “a defining moment” for Black Sabbath. Both the song and the album it was titled after helped to catapult Sabbath from scruffy...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Pictures At An Exhibition (Special Edition) – DVD Review
When I first saw Pictures At An Exhibition, it was 1976 at a midnight movie screening, doubled-billed with Pink Floyd’s Pompeii. Back then it was called Rock N’ Roll...
The Moody Blues | Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 – DVD...
Back in the wild and woolly days of 1970, The Moody Blues were one of the
top rock bands of the hit parade. Weathering an early R&B influence and
personnel changes...
Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Live At Montreux 1997 – Blu-ray Disc Review
You have to acknowledge Claude Nobs’ foresight. Most of the performances from Montreux, the famed Swiss jazz festival Nobs has been running since 1967, have not only been filmed,...
The Shadows | The Final Tour – DVD Review
Ask any British guitarist about early influences, and they’ll invariably
cite the Shadows. An instrumental powerhouse, the Shadows are famous for backing
singer Cliff Richard during the 50s and 60s, but...
Grateful Dead | Crimson, White & Indigo: Philadelphia July 7, 1989 – DVD Review
Yet another nugget has been sprung from the Grateful Dead vault by the good folks at Rhino. The year — an important factor — is 1989, a festive time...
Chickenfoot | Get Your Buzz On “Live” – DVD Review
What becomes glaringly apparent on the Chickenfoot DVD Get Your Buzz
On "Live" is what a monster talent Michael Anthony is. Anthony,
of course, Van Halen’s original bass player and high...
