Back in the late-'70s and early-'80s I could listen to Triumph's hits like "Lay It on the Line" and "Magic Power" all day long.
Category: rock legends
That time the Answer’s Cormac Neeson told me that it was kinda hard to blow AC/DC off the stage on the Black Ice World Tour
In November of 2008 I called up the Answer vocalist Cormac Neeson in New Jersey, where his Irish hard-rock quartet was touring with AC/DC.
That time 21-year-old “local nobody” Devin Townsend sent a letter to the paper I wrote for
I interviewed Devin Townsend for the second time back in 1993, shortly after he'd hooked up with Steve Vai for the Sex & Religion album.
Dream Theater’s James LaBrie says there’s so much more to music than what the radio plays today
Unfortunately, radio basically says to a lot of the listeners out there that what you hear is what music is.
That time I asked John Fogerty which Creedence Clearwater Revival tune he was most proud of
When I talked to Fogerty in 2007 I told him that my fave CCR tunes of late were "Lookin' Out My Back Door" and "Have You Ever Seen the Rain".
Lenny Kravitz takes my call enroute to Brooklyn and says that lately he’s been listening to a lotta Miles (not Alannah Myles)
On the cover of Lenny Kravitz's new CD he's pictured in the back seat of a car while a white urban landscape blurs by in the rear window.
John Lennon’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
I've already listed the 20 best post-Beatles songs by Paul McCartney and George Harrison, so now it's John's turn. I guess Ringo will be next.
George Harrison’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
George Harrison wrote some incredible songs for the Beatles, but this Top 20 only includes his non-Beatles tunes.
Paul McCartney’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
Paul McCartney wrote a ton of incredible songs for the Beatles, but this Top 20 only includes his non-Beatles tunes, with Wings and stuff.
Vancouver prog-metal fans rejoice: Geoff Tate is bringing Queensrÿche’s Operation: Mindcrime back to town
One of my favourite prog-metal albums of all time is Operation: Mindcrime, released by Queensrÿche in the Year of Our Metal Lord, 1988.
That time I asked Alice Cooper if the monumental, no-filler Killer was his favourite Alice Cooper album
I did my fifth interview with Alice Cooper in September of 2005, when he was touring behind his 17th solo album, Dirty Diamonds.
That time guitar great Robben Ford told me that Long John Baldry was born to perform
I did my third interview with American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist Robben Ford back in January of 2003.
That time I asked James Hetfield if anger was the motivating force for Metallica’s St. Anger
I did my second interview with James Hetfield on March 11, 2004, when Metallica was touring behind its much-maligned St. Anger album.