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...
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 Psychedelic Sounds of San Francisco
by Dave Gardner
The late sixties was surely a peak in the short history of Vintage Rock. Perhaps there was no better location to spring forth the exuberant sounds that...
Keith St. John Remembers Ronnie Montrose
By Shawn Perry
When I was offered the opportunity to interview Ronnie Montrose in 2011, part of my research was listening back to the many records his magnificent guitar playing...
Best Of Rock: 10 Comeback Albums
Best Of Rock: 10 Comeback Albums
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
An episode of VH1 Classic’s That Metal Show had Eddie Trunk and the boys attempting to cobble together a Top 5...
Best Of Rock: 10 Rock And Roll Misrumors
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
The legend behind song meanings…
Who was actually in (or out) of a famous band at the time of some equally famous recording?
What is really being said...
Best Of Rock: 10 Reasons I Don’t Go To Concerts Anymore
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
Ok, I still go to concerts, but I knew I couldn’t title this ‘10 Things That Annoy Me About Concerts These Days’ without making this piece...
Best Of Rock: 10 Bacon Bits Of Separation
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
You know that six degrees from Kevin Bacon game people play to show their movie star acumen? It can be done with Vintage Rockers — and...
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 Songs I Really Do Like…But Don’t Need To Hear Again
By Ralph Greco, Jr.
All bands have ‘em. They are those super-duper popular tunes that either broke a group to a mainstream audience, have been co-opted for commercials or are...
