Author Archives: Greg
The Summer When I Said Hello To Boston
Many of us carry a special place in our hearts for a certain song: what we were doing, where we were, some special event that makes us think of a certain song we heard. Well, it was late summer 1976 w...
Jun 10, 2022
Rolling Stones Kick Off 'Sixty' Tour, Play 56-Year-Old Song For The First Time
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 'Sixty' tour this week in Madrid, Spain - including a song that had never been played live in 56 years. The band performed "Out of Time", from their 1966 album Afte...
Jun 03, 2022
Neil Bogart Spins Gold And Signs Kiss To Their First Record Deal
A clip from the upcoming biopic Spinning Gold features a performance from KISS - or at least the Hollywood version. The movie tells the story of Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart, who signed KISS...
May 20, 2022
Ladies And Gentlemen: The Rolling "Cockroaches"
This may seem hard to believe, but, it's just another strange story in the annals of rock and roll. It's early March in Toronto in 1977 and a crowd of 300 special guests who won tickets to see April W...
May 19, 2022
The Stones in "Exile" Fifty Years Later
The Rolling Stones double album "Exile On Main Street" turns fifty this week. This project, which is considered by many some of the finest work the Stones had ever done was really the band leaving Eng...
May 13, 2022
Pat Benatar And Neil Giraldo Hit Us With Their Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction
After forty-plus years, eleven albums, numerous concert tours, and being eligible for a nomination to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 2000 (only eligible for nomination twice since 2020), Pat Ben...
May 06, 2022
Guns N' Roses 'Superfan' Runs Into Axl Rose On California Street
While the odds of meeting one's favorite celebrity while strolling down the street must be astronomical, that's exactly what happened to a self-proclaimed Guns N' Roses superfan in California. Lucie J...
Apr 29, 2022
AC/DC Hires Their "New Guy" This Week In 1980
In February 1980 AC/DC's long time front man Bon Scott passed away leaving the band with a choice of hanging it up or carrying on. Angus and Malcom Young remembered Bon Scott telling them about a sing...
Apr 21, 2022
One Of The Most Successful Rock Festivals Held This Week In California
California Jam, or Cal Jam 1 was held this week at the Ontario Motor Speedway in California attended by 300,000 plus rock fans on a sweltering April day. This twelve hour one day event was kicked off ...
Apr 07, 2022
"Tom Sawyer" Makes An Appearance On TV
Geddy Lee of Rush recently tried his talent as an actor on the Canadian drama Murdock Mysteries and Shaftesbury playing a carriage driver whose name just happens to be Tom Sawyer( think there is some ...
Mar 25, 2022