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LIVE EVIL Why can't we all just get along? Balancing ego and accomplishment within the structure of a band is a tricky proposition...

MOB RULES Bolstered by the warm reception that Heaven and Hell received from critics and fans, Sabbath now returned strongly to the commerci...

GHOST Picture a great storm passing over a patch of ocean water thousands of miles away. Suddenly, two or more waves recombine to form a lar...

Did you ever have one of those little daydreams where you try to trace a series of events/decisions that led you to your present position ...

LONG LIVE ROCK 'N' ROLL Personnel changes would be the only constant during the period that Rainbow was active. Following the Rising...

ON STAGE Looking to capitalize on their strengths, live recordings of Rainbow in full flight were made at stops in Germany and Japan on the ...

RISING Forging ahead in grand style, the two principal members of Rainbow wrote six new songs together and as the calendar page flipped ...

RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW Though he had been fronting bands since his teen years (in the late 1950s), Ronnie James Dio did so in relat...

DIO No words.

Long before their ascent to fame, Hall and Oates were fixtures on the Philadelphia scene, toiling away in separate groups. Even after ceme...

One of rock and roll's best friends, Joe Heuer, has written a brand new book called "The Rock and Roll Guide to Customer Loyalty...

GENESIS Britain was the spawning ground for many of the most innovative rock groups of the sixties, with an impressive list of bands that vi...

A fine summation.

HAPPENINGS AND OTHER THINGS In the past decade, increasing dependancy on digital manipulation, coupled with the advent of bands who sound li...

CHEAT THE GALLOWS Horrific new trends in music surface every few months, though they usually fizzle out (mercifully) after a short run of in...

Malcolm McLaren, former manager of the Sex Pistols passed away today in Switzerland. He was 64 years old. Mr. McLaren spent much of the last...

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG RAM Tight, straight up, late 70's rock and/or roll always goes down better than a second beer and Ram ...

Very excited to be joining a discussion regarding the music industry on a cool blogtalkradio program hosted by Vinny "Bond" Marini...

WORLD'S MUCH BIGGER Had the great pleasure to be steered toward a couple of taster tunes from a band called The CrawPuppies, who happen ...

Two great Irish story tellers and musicians, Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem. I'm raising a glass to the both of them tonight. Here they are...