Steve Smith’s wicked drumming with Ronnie Montrose back in 1978 is something to behold

I was surfing YouTube last night and discovered a concert video from 1978 of Ronnie Montrose when he was touring behind his album Open Fire.

Matt Costa gets a boost from good buddy Jack Johnson’s record label for Songs We Sing

You don't hear much about Matt Costa these days without hearing a bit about his good buddy Jack Johnson as well.

"That was my initial approach to rock music, my dad sitting me in the car and listening to Jethro Tull, early Led Zeppelin, things like that."

When MxPx's Mike Herrera went looking for a recent album to hold up as a model for his group's latest CD he set his sights pretty high.

"We're probably a little more on the rock side of [the jam-band] spectrum, but we have a touch of bluegrass in there somewhere."

For a crash course in how heavily the Atomic Bitchwax is indebted to the superstars of the '70s, check out Track 5 from the trio's new CD, 3.

"I used to listen to metal as a teenager, and I felt like revisiting it, in particular Slayer. That first Slayer record is really good."

When I call Adam Renshaw up the drummer for the Forty-Fives is cruising through Sacramento in his band's van, enjoying a game of Scrabble.

Die-hard instro-rock fans—the type who worship at the altars of Duane Eddy and the Ventures—have it pretty rough these days.

I interviewed Johnette Napolitano for the first time back in 1990, when Concrete Blonde was touring behind its third album, Bloodletting.

When I hook up with Todd Snider, he’s on a cellphone outside the Hyatt, the Hollywood hotel famous for hosting rowdy rock bands in the ’70s.

Last Wednesday I got the chance to cross singer-songwriter Marshall Crenshaw's name off my bucket list of interviews I've wanted to do.

"Guitar was the easiest thing, because you can travel with it, you can play on the street corner with it, and you can do auditions with it..."