That time Concrete Blonde’s Johnette Napolitano told me she was a huge Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson fan
I interviewed Johnette Napolitano for the first time back in 1990, when Concrete Blonde was touring behind its third album, Bloodletting.
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Iron Maiden announces world tour with Megadeth and Anthrax, but Vancouver’s not included (yet)
Nothing says heavy-metal at Halloween like Iron Maiden’s mascot Eddie the Head comin’ at ya with a fearsome grimace.
Angel City’s 20 best songs, from wicked to freakin’ awesome
The were known as the Angels in their native Australia, but here in Canada they were always Angel City, and man were they great. AC/DC great.
That time Steve Earle told me: “I been locked up. A buncha kids throwing plastic bottles doesn’t really scare me very much.”
By Steve Newton I did the third of my six interviews with Steve Earle, one of my favourite all-time singer-songwriters, back in July of 1996. That was three months after the release of his sixth album, I Feel Alright–the one with “Hardcore Troubadour”. A week earlier he’d performed in Dallas as part of the Lollapalooza … Continue reading That time Steve Earle told me: “I been locked up. A buncha kids throwing plastic bottles doesn’t really scare me very much.”
That time guitarist Joe Gooch told me that he just got lucky when he replaced Alvin Lee in Ten Years After
I interviewed Joe Gooch three years after he replaced Alvin Lee as the guitarist-vocalist for legendary blues-rock band Ten Years After.
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.
That time Godsmack’s Tony Rombola told me who his eight main guitar influences were
I interviewed Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola back in 2006, when the Boston alt-metal band was touring behind its fifth studio album, IV.
That time Coco Montoya told me about being transformed by seeing Albert King performing between CCR and Iron Butterfly
I interviewed Montoya back in 2003, when he was heading to Vancouver for a coheadlining show with Tommy Castro at the Yale Hotel.
Exclusive audio: Kim Mitchell is a wild party live in Vancouver, New Year’s Eve 1989
If you’d asked me which Canuck rocker I’d most want to see on New Year’s Eve in 1989, Kim Mitchell would have surely been in the running.
That time Live’s Chad Taylor told me that the beauty of music is that it’s not held back by anything
By Steve Newton Back on February 24, 1997, I interviewed guitarist Chad Taylor before his band, Live, played a sold-out show at a Vancouver nightclub called the Rage. That was nine days after the release of the band’s fourth album, Secret Samadhi, which debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and sold over … Continue reading That time Live’s Chad Taylor told me that the beauty of music is that it’s not held back by anything
That time Pete Yorn told me about getting into Warren Zevon and recording his “Splendid Isolation”
I did my first interview with Pete Yorn back in January of 2007, when he was touring behind his third studio album, Nightcrawler.
That time Phil Caivano of Blitzspeer told me that L.A.’s metal scene sucked compared to New York’s
By Steve Newton I interviewed Blitzspeer singer-guitarist Phil Caivano in March of 1991, when the New York City metal band was touring behind its debut album, which was actually a live EP. The quartet would break up two years later after releasing the studio album Saves, and Caivano would go on to join Monster Magnet, … Continue reading That time Phil Caivano of Blitzspeer told me that L.A.’s metal scene sucked compared to New York’s
That time Kim Mitchell told me that, the first time he heard Triumph and Rush live, they sucked
Back in August of 1989 I did my third interview with Kim Mitchell, who was touring behind his third solo album, Rockland.
