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Music Journalism 

Rock & Roll Globe Presents The Rock Books of 2024

December 26, 2024December 26, 2024 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 2 Tone Records, Bikini Kill, Books, CBGB, Huggy Bear, Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Lisa Marie Presley, MC5, The Specials

From Riot Grrrls to indigenous icons, this year brought an intriguing array of good reads

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Rock 

Acclaimed Drummer Blake Fleming Releases New Solo Album

September 19, 2024September 19, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Blake Fleming, Dazzling Killmen, DJ Shadow, MC5, Miles Davis, The Mars Volta

The Dazzling Killmen co-founder gives us a track-by-track account of The Beat Fantastic

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Hard Rock Punk Rock 

First New MC5 Album Since 1971 Announced

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2024, Bob Ezrin, Brad Brooks, Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, earMUSIC, Heavy Lifting, Living Colour, MC5, Slash, Tom Morello, Vernon Reid, Wayne Kramer, William DuVall

Heavy Lifting comes out October 19th via earMUSIC

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Hard Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Dennis “Machine Gun” Thompson, MC5 Drummer, Gone at 75

May 9, 2024May 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, Dennis Thompson, Detroit, John Sinclair, Kick Out The Jams, MC5, RIP, Wayne Kramer

He was the last surviving member of the legendary Detroit rock band

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Garage Rock Hard Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Wayne Kramer: A Guitarist Supreme

February 4, 2024February 9, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Back in the U.S.A., Detroit, Kick Out The Jams, MC5, Motor City 5, RIP, Wayne Kramer

Remembering the legendary MC5 co-founder, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at 75

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Records 

Rhino Celebrates Rocktober With Vinyl Reissues

September 28, 2023September 28, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bad Company, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, Grateful Dead, Iron Butterfly, Matchbox Twenty, MC5, Portugal The Man, Rhino, Rhino Records, Rocktober, Talking Heads, The Band

Limited-Edition LPs will be available each week of October

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Rock 

When Eddie Cochran Invented the Modern 

September 2, 2022September 2, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Dave Davies, Eddie Cochran, Generation X, Heilung, Manic Street Preachers, MC5, Motörhead, Pixies, Sex Pistols, Somethin' Else, The Kinks, The Monks, The Trashmen, The Who

Looking back at the exact moment Rock ‘n’ Roll was transformed forever

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Hard Rock 

Happy 50th, Blue Öyster Cult!

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 Tim Sommer 5 Comments 1972, 50th Birthday, Amon Duul II, Atom Heart Mother, Blue Oyster Cult, Captain Beefhart, Columbia Records, Deep Purple, Imaginos, MC5, Rolling Stone, The Grateful Dead, The Stooges, Yardbirds

What if the MC5 and the Grateful Dead had been one band?  

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Music Journalism 

Rock Hall 2022: A Discerning Fan’s Guide To Voting

February 9, 2022February 8, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment A Tribe Called Quest, Beck, Carly Simon, Devo, Dionne Warwick, Duran Duran, Fela Kuti, Lionel Richie, MC5, New York Dolls, Pat Benatar, Rage Against the Machine, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rev’s got some hottakes on this year’s nominating class whether you like it or not!

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Glam Pop Power Pop Punk Remembrance 

Les McKeown 1955 – 2021: Ultrapop, Erotic Terror, and Punk’s Proof of Concept 

April 28, 2021April 30, 2021 Tim Sommer 4 Comments Bay City Rollers, Cliff Richard, Klaatu, Les McKeown, Malcolm McClaren, MC5, RIP, Sweet, The Mumps, The Ramones, The Rollers

The best-known vocalist for the Bay City Rollers died suddenly this past week at age 65. 

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adblock Hard Rock Pub Rock Punk 

The Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs: Fast, F**ked and Furious

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment 2021, Bomp! Records, Dead Beat Records, Greg Shaw, MC5, New York Dolls, One More Drink, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, The Runaways, The Stooges

Lead singer Frank Meyer has “One More Drink” with Rock & Roll Globe

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Music Journalism 

Seven Crosses and a Horse

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Tim Sommer 3 Comments Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, football, Jeep, Lynn Goldsmith, MC5, NFL, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Super Bowl LV, Woody Guthrie

Bruce Springsteen, Jeep and the death of the lie-dream of Liberalism in American rock and pop

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Punk 

Scooting Around the Stage

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1970, 3rd Power, Chicago, Goose Lake, James Gang, John Drake Shakedown, MC5, Mitch Ryder, Mountain, Peter Walker, Ram, Teegarden, the Flock, the Litter, The Stooges, Third Man Records, Van Winkle, Vinyl

Third Man Records unearths a new (old) Stooges live recording, and it is amazing!

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Records 

A Not So Silent Night Holiday Gift Guide 2019

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1999, Led Zeppelin, MC5, Monster, Peter Laughner, Prince, R.E.M., Rocket From The Tombs, The Futureheads, The Heartbreakers, Urban Outfitters

From Prince to Peter Laughner, dig into this hot and trashy list from the dark corners of the music department in Santa’s Workshop

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Music Journalism Rock 

Charlie Watts: No One Dances To The Guitar Solo

November 18, 2019November 22, 2019 Eric Davidson 2 Comments Bad Brains, Charlie Feathers, Charlie Watts, Dead Kennedys, Edison Rocket Train, Gimme Shelter Ed Sullivan, Grandmaster Flash's The Message, Learn to Whap-A-Dang video, Link Wray, MC5, Mike Edison, Minor Threat, Motörhead, Raunch Hands, Sex Pistols, Sonics, Sympathy for the Drummer, The Rolling Stones, The Trashmen, The Who, We Never Learn, Why Charlie Watts Matters

An interview with Mike Edison regarding his new book about the Rolling Stones drummer

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