Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 80s. Show all posts
Monday, March 24, 2014

Jake E. Lee Talks Red Dragon Cartel and More

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I had the privilege to sit down with guitar god Jake E. Lee recently to talk about his new band Red Dragon Cartel. You can read my intervi...

Scorpion's Guitarist Rudolph Schenker Discusses MTV Unplugged Release

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I sat down with the Scorpions legendary guitarist Rudolph Schenker to talk about the band's amazing MTV Unplugged CD/DVD that was rece...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Heart Prove That True Talent Is Timeless

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Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart are the musical equivalent to a bottle of wine which just gets better with age. A prime example of that wou...

Night Ranger Rock The Martinsville Speedway

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There were many times as a teenager in the 80s that I would crank Night Ranger’s Dawn Patrol or Midnight Madness in my bedroom and have m...

Night Ranger: Still Love Rocking The Masses

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We’ve all been guilty of doing karaoke and breaking out some 80s classics, especially the power ballads. If you haven’t belted out “Sister...
Monday, July 15, 2013

David Coverdale Proves There's Still Plenty Of Strike Left In Whitesnake

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If you thought David Coverdale has been laying low the last several years, then you have been sadly mistaken. Today's music industry s...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

KISS and Motley Crue: A Night of Rock and Roll Excess

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“The Tour”, as it was christened at a press conference a few months ago, pulled into the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Charlotte, Nort...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Lita Ford Attempts A Comeback On Living Like A Runaway

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What were you doing when you were 16? Skipping school? Falling in love for the first time? Learning to drive a car? Starting your ver...

Slash Returns To Rock And Roll Roots On Apocalyptic Love

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There are many iconic musicians who can get by with using only one name. You have Sting, Bono, Cher and Prince. There’s also an iconi...

Cult Sound Stronger Than Ever On Choice Of Weapon

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The 80s are known as the decade of excess. It was a decade that didn’t take itself too seriously. There were plenty of questionable f...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A Sound of Thunder Emerge Out Of The Darkness On New Album

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I just love it when I stumble upon a new group that I haven’t heard of before and they totally blow me away. The D.C. based metal band A Sou...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Blessed By A Broken Heart Kick It 80s Style

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The 80s were a decade of excess. It was a decade when everything was bigger, flashier and louder. The bigger the hair, the better. The more ...
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Sebastian Bach Still Commands The Stage

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Webster dictionary defines swagger as “to walk with an air of overbearing self-confidence”. In the world of rock and roll, it is commonly r...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Steel Panther Go Balls Out On New Album

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It was bound to happen; something this awesome can’t stay an underground sensation for too long. The new masters of cockrock are back in a b...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

80s Metal Goddess Still Throwing Horns After 25 Years

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The 80s saw metal explode into the mainstream and take over the radio airwaves and MTV. It was a period dominated heavily by androgynous men...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

Bulletboys Refuse To Phone It In

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The Bulletboys emerged on the metal scene in 1988 in a sea that was oversaturated with bands. The guys did stand out from the crowd. They di...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

Jaime St. James of Black N Blue: It May Not Be The 80s, But The Attitude Is Still The Same

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The 80s were known as the decade of excess. It seemed as if everything was over the top; the fashion, the music and the attitude. Jaime St. ...
Friday, May 13, 2011

Black N Blue Raises A Little Hell Yeah!

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I don’t care what anyone says, the 80s gave us a lot of great music. The second half of the decade saw the emergence of “hair bands” and it ...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Warrant Return Strong With Rockaholic

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The 80s were a time of big hair and big fun. No band epitomized that better in the latter part of that decade than Warrant. They seemed to h...