With Stripped to the Bone, Eat the Gun offers a superb rock album with few frills. That starts with the first single “Loner,” recorded in their own studio with producer Stephan Hinz of H-Blockx fame. You May Also Like: Mike Keneally – ‘The Thing That Knowledge Can’t Eat’ (2023) WhyRead More

Color Paul Stanley impressed. Lady Gaga didn’t just travel cross country to see Kiss on their most recent U.S. tour. She showed up wearing the singer’s signature footwear. You May Also Like: Pete Townshend wrestles with the Kiss phenomenon: ‘Not quite sure about it’

At the Vortex, Dalston, London: Just occasionally, the veil which hides from us all mysteries of other worlds, of suns, moons and stars becomes thinner You May Also Like: Evan Parker, John Edwards + others, November 20, 2014: Shows I’ll Never Forget John Edwards, Evan Parker, John Russell + othersRead More

A trick of fate launched Otis Redding’s career. He was, in 1962, working with a flamboyant guitarist named Johnny Jenkins, who had some unused studio time at Stax Records. Up to the mic stepped Redding. You May Also Like: Otis Redding’s “Dock of the Bay” emerged out of crushing grief:Read More

That the university-trained, classical inspired guitarist Dave Baker is so handy with interpreting pop sounds should come as no surprise. After all, he found early fame opening for fellow Temple products Hall and Oates on tour. You May Also Like: Dave Stryker – ‘Baker’s Circle’ (2021) Ginger Baker (1939-2019): AnRead More

After Steely Dan’s ‘Everything Must Go’ tour, Donald Fagen returned to the final installment of his so-called “Nightfly Trilogy.”

Ask inductee Sammy Hagar who he thinks should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his answer comes quickly: “Journey; I want to stick up for Journey,” says Hagar, inducted as a member of Van Halen in 2007. You May Also Like: The conflicted history of SammyRead More