Baby I'm Down to the Bare Wire: Where "Shock Me" Came Together
KISS performing at the Lakeland Civic Center, 12/12/1976 (photo courtesy of Kevin Witte) Lakeland, Florida was founded by Abraham Munn in 1882. He
Author: BJ Kahuna
Now Hear This: GOGMAGOG
In 1985 infamous British record producer Jonathon King, the guy behind George Harrison getting sued, decided to assemble a heavy metal supergroup to
Now Hear This: Wig Wam
Way back in 2005 my brother sent me an email. He had been watching the Eurovision Song Contest and… Okay,
Now Hear This: Ballads edition
I am not a fan of many of the what often seemed like forced or calculated ballads that most metal and
Now Hear This: MC5 – High Time
MC5 are perhaps best known for their 1969 debut album, Kick Out The Jams, which was recorded live and features the
Bizarro covers: Grunge edition
The grunge era was not my favorite era for rock and roll but there definitely were bands that I liked and some of them made
Dazed and Confused: is it a cover?
When I started thinking about the term “bizarro cover” for some reason “Dazed and Confused” by Led Zeppelin came to mind. While it
Now Hear This: VAMP
So there I am at a Walmart in Austin, Texas, perhaps it was 2003, and I come upon a bin brimming with cassette
Now Hear This: The Dictators
Some bands have an image they cultivate, maybe sometimes they try too hard, and some bands just have innate personality, they don’t have
BLACK SABBATH featuring TONY IOMMI – Seventh Star (1986)
About eleven years ago when I was living in Long Island City, Queens, New York, not far from the former site
