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10 minutes in a studio with producer Bob Rock in 1991

By Steve Newton I did my first interview with hugely successful hard-rock producer Bob Rock in December of 1991. I went to meet him at Vancouver Studios, where he was working on albums by the London Choirboys and his own band, Rockhead. Four months earlier the massively popular album Rock made with Metallica, The Black … Continue reading 10 minutes in a studio with producer Bob Rock in 1991

Guitar legend Michael Schenker to release My Years With UFO on green vinyl this fall

By Steve Newton I still remember buying the new UFO album, Phenomenon, as a high-schooler back in 1974. Man, I couldn’t believe the array of great songs on that LP, and especially the mindboggling guitarwork by a teenager named Michael Schenker. His extended solo on “Rock Bottom” was the wildest guitar freakout I’d heard since … Continue reading Guitar legend Michael Schenker to release My Years With UFO on green vinyl this fall

Newt’s top 10 things to do in Metro Vancouver this week, March 20-24

Ryan Adams plays the Vogue By Steve Newton TUESDAY: Vancouver alt-country singer-songwriter Jay Gavin (“Got Myself a Harley”) performs at Guilt & Co. TUESDAY: North Carolina alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, former member of Whiskeytown, plays the Vogue Theatre. Please don’t yell out “Summer of ’69”! All Quiet on the Western Front screens at the Rio … Continue reading Newt’s top 10 things to do in Metro Vancouver this week, March 20-24

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 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 I asked Tommy Stinson if there was anything he’d change about his time with the Replacements

By Steve Newton I interviewed Minneapolis rocker Tommy Stinson back in June of 1993, when his band Bash and Pop was heading to Vancouver for a show at the Town Pump. Stinson is best known for his work with his previous group, the Replacements. He was only 14 when the Replacements released their first album … Continue reading That time I asked Tommy Stinson if there was anything he’d change about his time with the Replacements

That time I asked Sonny Landreth what first got him into slide guitar

By Steve Newton I’ve interviewed Louisiana slide-guitar master Sonny Landreth four times between 1995 and 2016. This is the first time, when I called him up in Sacramento, California, where he was touring as the opening act for Chicago blues great Buddy Guy. Landreth was promoting his fourth studio album, South of I-10, which features a photo on … Continue reading That time I asked Sonny Landreth what first got him into slide guitar

That time AC/DC’s Malcolm Young told me that drummer Phil Rudd had “grown out” of the band

By Steve Newton Back in October of 1983 I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down (on a Vancouver hotel-room floor) with three members of AC/DC. It was the day before the band kicked off its Flick of the Switch Tour, and the local promo rep at the record label (WEA Canada) had set up … Continue reading That time AC/DC’s Malcolm Young told me that drummer Phil Rudd had “grown out” of the band

That time Leslie Knauer of Precious Metal told me how Donald Trump screwed her band over

By Steve Newton I interviewed Precious Metal vocalist Leslie Knauer in March of 1991, when the L.A. based glam-metal band was touring behind its third and final album. That self-titled release featured a remake of Jean Knight’s 1971 hit “Mr. Big Stuff”, and the group had shot a video for it featuring former (and possibly, … Continue reading That time Leslie Knauer of Precious Metal told me how Donald Trump screwed her band over

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 Sonny Landreth told me about Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins taking him to breakfast at a Cracker Barrel in Nashville

By Steve Newton I’ve interviewed Louisiana slide-guitar master Sonny Landreth four times, because he’s just awesome. This is the first time, when I called him up in Sacramento, California, where he was touring as the opening act for Chicago blues great Buddy Guy. Landreth was promoting his fourth studio album, South of I-10, which featured … Continue reading That time Sonny Landreth told me about Mark Knopfler and Chet Atkins taking him to breakfast at a Cracker Barrel in Nashville

That time Lars Ulrich called me up from Cincinnati and told me that Metallica wasn’t doing bad for a buncha drunks

By Steve Newton I did my third interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich in April of 1997, when the band was touring behind its sixth studio album, the five-times-platinum Load. He called me up from backstage at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the band was playing the second night of a double-header, with openers Corrosion of … Continue reading That time Lars Ulrich called me up from Cincinnati and told me that Metallica wasn’t doing bad for a buncha drunks