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The Missing Link: The Damned’s Strawberries Turns 40

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1982, Blondie, Captain Sensible, CHEAP TRICK, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Dave Vanian, Machine Gun Etiquette, Moody Blues, Strawberries, The Black Album, The Cars, The Damned, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Van Morrison

How did we miss out on one of the greatest classic rock bands of all time?

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One Life’s Enough: The Who’s It’s Hard at 40

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Justin Cober-Lake 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Athena, Eminence Front, It's Hard, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, MCA Records, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, The Who

Looking back on one of the band’s most underrated albums

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Experimental Folk Heavy Metal

Heilung: Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow in the 10th Century

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Tim Sommer 0 Comments Black Metal, Bo Diddley, Drif, Edith Tudor-Hart, folk, Heilung, Krzysztof Penderecki, Pink Floyd, Season of Mist, Soviet Union, The Beatles, The Who, United States

The Northern European folk-metal collective have made the first truly great album to emerge from the Neo-Primtive Movement

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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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Beatle Pop Rock

Let Paul Roll It

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 John Packel 0 Comments Bonzo, Bruce Springsteen, Husker Du, John Bonham, Macca, Metlife Stadium, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Beatles, The Cars, The Firm, The Who, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, U2

Macca rocks New Jersey and shows why we endure

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Ian Hunter, 83, Penned Best Song of His Career at 76

June 18, 2022July 5, 2022 Ken Kurson 8 Comments Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Dennis DeYoung, Foreigner, Ian Hunter, John Panozzo, Jon Bon Jovi, Mick Jones, Mick Ralphs, Mott the Hoople, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Styx, The Who

Mott leader’s tribute to Bowie revealed an artist heading loudly into that good night

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Dead Fusion Rock

ALBUMS: Zero Is The Magic Number

June 6, 2022June 5, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Allman Brothers Band, Donna Godchaux, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Starship, Jerry Garcia Band, John Cipollina, John Kahn, Nicky Hopkins, Pete Sears, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Kimock, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Tubes, The Who, Vince Welnick, Zero

A new archival title revives interest in the legendary Dead-centric Bay Area supergroup

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Who’s Back: Pete and Roger Return To Boston

May 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 5 Comments Behind Blue Eyes, Pete Townshend, Pinball Wizard, Quadrohenia, Roger Daltrey, Simon Townshend, The Who, Tommy, Who Hits Back, Zak Starkey

The Who Hits Back tour is a testament to rejuvenation

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Music Journalism Radio

The Best Sequences in Album Rock and Beyond

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, The Kinks, The Wall, The Who

Honoring the art of the mix with Springsteen, the Stones, Prince and more

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The Starchild at 70

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Ace Frehley, birthday, Dynasty, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS Alive, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Revenge, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who

Paul Stanley of KISS: “I believe in Superman; I look in the mirror and I see him”

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New Wave Poetry Punk

She Is The Root Connection: Patti Smith at 75

December 30, 2021December 30, 2021 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Patti Smith, Patti Smith Group, The Who

Celebrating the music and spirit of New York Punk’s High Priestess on a landmark birthday

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Music Journalism

Pigs In Zen: A Tale Of Trademarks and Quality

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment A Pig’s Tale (The Underground Story of the Legendary Bootleg Record Label), Bob Dylan, Genius Music Books, Harold Sherrick, Led Zeppelin, Leon Russell, Neil Young, Ralph Sutherland, Rolling Stones, The Who

A new book uncovers the story of the world’s most notorious bootleg record label

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The Further Adventures of Cosmo In The 1980’s

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments 2021, Allman Brothers Band, Clifford/Wright, Cliffsong, Cosmo, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Eddie Money, For All The Money In The World, Greg Kihn, Jimmy Lyon, Joe Satriani, Keith England, Montrose, Steve Wright (Greg Kihn Band), The Greg Kihn Band, The Who, Tim Gorman

Legendary Creedence Clearwater Revival drummer Doug Clifford talks about the album he cut with the bass player from the Greg Kihn Band, Joe Satriani and Eddie Money’s guitarist

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 23: September 2021

September 4, 2021September 4, 2021 Jim Sullivan 2 Comments Dicky Barrett, Famous Quotes, Felix Cavaliere, Jim Sullivan, New Order, Roger Daltrey, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Rascals, The Who, The Young Rascals, Tom Chapman

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Remembrance Rock

Not To Be Taken Away: Keith Moon at 75

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Pete Townshend, Quadrophenia, Roger Daltrey, The Who, Two Sides of the Moon, Who Are You

The Who drummer’s infamous escapades were the epitome of rock ‘n’ roll

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