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Vertical Horizon on Defying Music Execs & Why ‘Everything You Want’ Still Hurts 20 Years Later

June 13, 2019June 14, 2019 Leena Tailor 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Clive Davis, Vertical Horizon

Don’t be a snob, you know there is no denying the staying power of these hard rock chart toppers

Tin Machine Turns 30

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Reeves Gabrels, Tin Machine, Tony Sales

Along with Soupy Sales’ boys and guitar maverick Reeves Gabrels, David Bowie rebooted his sound in 1989 through his love for college radio

Hard Rock Hardcore Heavy Metal Records

Bad Music For Bad People: A Listicle Not for the Always Woke, Ever Timid or Politically Correct

June 6, 2019June 7, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alice Cooper, Anti-Nowhere League, Body Count, Charles Manson, Dead Boys, Fear, Ice-T, Lou Reed, Rolling Stones, Slayer, Sparks, Starz, The Beatles, The Cramps, The Only Ones, The Rotters, Tiger Lillies

The title is copped from the name of a great 1984 Cramps compilation album, and that’s kind of what this story is about

Country and/or Western Hard Rock

The Shootouts Play Country Music with a Hard Rock Edge

June 5, 2019June 9, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments The Shootouts

Debut LP gives fans of classic C&W AOR a new hope

Alternative Rock Hard Rock Power Pop Punk

Foo Fighters Cover Band Uplifts North Jersey Spirits

June 3, 2019June 5, 2019 Ken Kurson 0 Comments Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita, Best of Foo, Chris Kozar, Corevalay, Crossroads, Dennis Kozar, Foo Fighters, Phil Barbetta

Best tribute to tribute band is the audience forgot about its singer’s wheelchair

Hard Rock Pop Power Pop Rock

Cheap Trick Want You To Want Their Archives

May 31, 2019June 4, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

Into the vaults we go with a third volume of big hits and fazed cookies from America’s hardest working band

Blues Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock

Sing Me A Sweet, Sweet Song: Badlands at 30

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Jake E. Lee, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Gillen, Tony Iommi

When Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillen formed a potent supergroup that never go its chance to fully shine

Hard Rock Progressive Rock

Uriah Heep: Still ‘Eavy After All These Years

May 22, 2019May 23, 2019 Kelley Simms 0 Comments Judas Priest, Mick Box, Uriah Hero

British prog rockers 25th album captures the band’s classic sound

Hard Rock Heavy Metal

The Inside Baseball of Heavy Metal

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Bob Nalbandian, Inside Metal, Metallica, Slayer, Y&T

Band vs Brand: Bob Nalbandian’s new documentary investigates the business side of the music business

Hard Rock Heavy Metal

The Sliding Scale of Slide It In

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1984, Box sets, David Coverdale, Rhino Records, Whitesnake

Despite redundancy, this deluxe edition of Whitesnake’s 1984 LP revisits a band on the cusp of world domination

Hard Rock Rock

That Sounds Like Theory, Mr. Vai!

April 3, 2019April 12, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Books, Frank Zappa, Music Theory, Steve Vai

Legendary guitarist Steve Vai steps into the music instructor role with the release of his new book, Vaideology.

Glam Hard Rock Rock

The Dudes Abide, Part II: It’s A Whole Different Ballgame

April 2, 2019April 3, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople, Reunions

The second half of our exclusive conversation with Ian Hunter, but now he’s joined by Mott the Hoople bandleader James Mastro.

Glam Hard Rock Rock

The Dudes Abide, Part I: Never Fond of the Heavy Metal

April 1, 2019April 11, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople, Reunions

The first half of a lengthy and exclusive chat with Ian Hunter ahead of the anticipated Mott the Hoople reunion tour

Hard Rock Heavy Metal Soundtracks and Film Scores

Dirt Merchants

March 22, 2019March 25, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments Mötley Crüe, Netflix, The Dirt

The film adaptation of the notorious Mötley Crüe tell-all is a total shitshow on screen, but the soundtrack will kickstart your heart

Hard Rock Metal! Psychedelics

Chinese Rocks

March 12, 2019April 11, 2019 Phil Freeman 0 Comments Box sets, Deep Purple, Original Album Series

Cheap multi-album box sets bring joy to those of us who still buy CDs

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