Way back in May of 1968, three heavy power-trios occupied the number nine, 10, and 11 spots on the Billboard album chart.
Category: rock legends
Van Halen’s rejuvenated lineup heads to Vancouver on the 5150 Tour, plans to “kick ass all over the place”
One of the most talked-about personnel changes in '80s hard rock was Sammy Hagar's replacing David Lee Roth as lead singer for Van Halen.
John Cougar Mellencamp factoids and quotes on sex, success, and commercial horrors, circa 1988
"I never really thought about being a big success. Hell, we could talk in two years and I could be playing the shittiest club in the world. "
Jason Bonham’s famous dad once got him to perform Phil Collins’s drum parts from a Genesis song
When I interviewed Jason Bonham I asked him if his father John had instructed him much on playing drums when he was a kid.
That time Jason Bonham told me what it was like being a kid with a dad in Led Zeppelin
I did my third interview with Jason Bonham in 2010, when he was touring with his multimedia show, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience.
Canuck-rock legend Rik Emmett sports a mighty fine Thin Lizzy t-shirt in new Triumph tour clip
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.
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.