Classic Hits

If you’re beginning to think about stocking stuffers this holiday season, we’d like to help. There are brand new songs and/or albums from Foreigner, Rolling Stones, The Cars, Allman Brothers, Alice Cooper and more. If you’re a secret Santa for someone that would appreciate a good book to curl around the fire with, Bruce Springsteen has an autobiography ‘Born to Run’ while ‘Not Dead Yet’ is Phil Collins’ latest literary […]

Journey! The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame online voting closed last week; it will come as no surprise to you that Journey won the online voting, making the deserving band a shoe-in for the Hall. The Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, Pearl Jam and Cars finished the top five in online voting. So... Here’s the question? Will Steve Perry be invited to perform (should Journey they get in) at the […]

When we think of rock, we typically think of the 70s, 80s and early 90s. Journey, Bad Company, Van Halen, vintage Stones and Beatles tunes come to mind specifically. There were however a few awesome LPs dropped by our favorite bands and singers this year, so let’s take a look at the best albums from our favorite stars that hit the shelves in 2016. Heart released ‘Broken Beautiful’ this year, […]

The Grammy celebration every year is a sight to see. You know that artists can earn a Grammy, but did you know songs are winning as well? This year Prince, N.W.A. and David Bowie will have selected tunes make that walk into the Grammy Hall of Fame in the 'song' category. Here is the complete list of 2017 Grammy 'Song' Hall of Fame Inductees… Arlo Guthrie, “The City of New […]

Every album or CD needs a title. There’s “The White” album or "Meet the Beatles” by the Beatles, which seems fairly sensible right? What about the odd or ‘interesting’ album titles? Here’s our top nine… 1.) “The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get” by Joe Walsh 2.) “Four Cords and Several Years Ago” from Huey Lewis and the News 3.) “Title of Record” by Filter 4.) “You Can Tune […]

Yesterday we wrote about the top guitarists of all time, with Eric Clapton being ranked near the top of that list. Did you know that Eric is the only musician inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 3 times?! Eric is in the hall for his solo career, and being a member of the bands Cream and Yardbirds. By the wy, Eric earned his 'slowhand' nickname when he […]

The use of Twitter was profound in the most recent Presidential election. Rock stars also use this social media tool to bypass traditional media to market their every move. Here’s a list of a few of the most prodigious users of Twitter... Slash @Slash has nearly 3.5 million followers. Janes Addiction member Dave Navarro @DaveNavarro has over 300,000 followers. Courtney Love @Courtney has 1.5 million Twitter followers. Blink 182’s Mark […]