Iconic American humorist Will Rogers is oft credited as once saying, “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” If that’s indeed...
He’s always been a bit of a maverick. A music-crazed kid of the ‘70s, he resided in front of the curve — discovering all the cool...
Straight out the gate, Jule Vera were hailed as, “a bold band with big songs and a bright future.” And with the release of their debut...
The band — iconic. The music — more cerebral than much of the typical pop fare of the day, while sexier than most of what was...
Sporting impressive, well-cultivated coifs and flashing toothy, all-American smiles, they were the unparalleled poster boys of the glitzy, glamorous ‘80s pop-metal scene. But strip away the...
The full liquor bar was open, and the buffet — bountiful. Many who imbibed the vibe still reflect on that salacious soiree fondly. The neon-lit “champagne...
The first time I ever saw Paul Chapman, he was the size of an ant — playing to a capacity crowd in an Orlando football stadium...
Possessing ample Paula Abdul-inspired panache, colliding with untethered Jane Child-sanctioned appeal, sixteen-year-old Alanis Morissette seemingly had all the right stuff when she danced and sang her...
Residing smack dab at the stylistic intersection of Boogie Boulevard and Prog Place, the Long Island-based band, Blue Öyster Cult has been a celebrated American rock...
A rock-crazed ‘70s kid from the Midwest raised on a balanced diet consisting of the four basic food groups — BOC, BTO, REO and CCR, my...
As they say, “timeline is everything.” So, for kids like me, born during the psychedelic ‘60s and coming of age during the shagadelic ‘70s, Wings was...
Times had changed. Music had changed. In the process, the bloated hair band craze had been exterminated. But by 1995, for some, even the current alternative...
It had been one heckuva roller coaster ride — a five-year run that brought dizzying success — 14 US Top 40 singles and eight US Top...
A very famous rock star once admonished me for a feature I’d written about his platinum-selling band. Not because the story was negative, but because it...
Over the years, many fetching femmes have made names for themselves in the world of hard rock. However, to be crowned “The Queen of Metal,” it...