This report just in from the Boston Globe newspaper:Read More
Police say Brad Delp committed suicide
Welcome to Grinderdome, Day 2
Brassknuckle Boys VS Giant Brain VS. Fifty Caliber Kisses Read More
Welcome to Grinderdome, Day 1
Hi there. The past couple weeks all I’ve really been listening to is the 20-minute version of Get Ready by Rare Earth, so all the to-be-reviewed CDs have been piling up at an alarming pace.
In an effort to stop the bleeding, I have concocted a plan. This...
"I'm not dead," Ace Frehley insists
Ex-Kiss guitarist responds to rumours of his demise. Read More
Very Ancient, Very 'Eavy, Very Obscure Dept. (Part 5)
It ain't the Incredible Hulk… it's the Incredible Hog! Read More
Very Ancient, Very 'Eavy, Very Obscure Dept. (Part 4)
Imagine Thin Lizzy on Motown… that's the Black Merda vibe! Read More
Very Ancient, Very ‘Eavy, Very Obscure Dept. (Part 3)
I would have written a few hundred words on Ancient Grease if I knew more about them, because they deserve it. This snarly Brit hard-blooze band evolved out of the hippy-er Eyes Of Blue and would later shed a few members and become Wild Turkey. Wild Turkey...
Very Ancient, Very 'Eavy, Very Obscure Dept. (Part 2)
What's heavier than a psychedelic lion on the rampage? Nothin'! Read More
Very Ancient, Very 'Eavy, Very Obscure Dept. (Part 1)
There were a lot of bands I wanted to mention in the Proto-Metal story I wrote for this month’s Classic Rock that I did not get the chance to, either because I ran out of room or I just didn’t have enough information on them. So I thought I’d remedy the...
Wildest Guitar Dept. Part 5
Umm… you are not going to get any wilder than this. In 1986, Kurt Struebing, guitarist/vocalist in proto-death metal band NME, called the Seattle police to report that he had just committed a “God Job”. When they asked him what a God Job was, he simply...
Wildest Guitar Dept. Part 4
I have no doubt that Gary Moore will have a prominent place in Classic Rock’s list of wild guitarists, be it for his frankly otherworldly prowess on his chosen instrument or for his days as the wildly arrogant yang to Phil Lynott’s equally hot-tempered ying...
Wildest Guitar Dept. Part 3
Seriously, do they come any wilder than He Who Cannot Be Named, a guitarist so sinister he… well, he can’t even be named? Oh, and he performs naked. All the time.
The outrages and excesses committed by The Dwarves go beyond legend into outright...