I recently made a road trip to attend Rock the Arena II in Toledo to see some of my favorite rock bands of the 鈥80s. The all-day concert was headlined by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Cheap Trick and also included appearances by Cinderella鈥檚 Tom Keifer, Warrant, Quiet Riot, founding ...
Once a punk, always a punk.In 1977, England had the Sex Pistols and America had the Ramones to lead the unruly punk sound. That was also the year I purchased 鈥淩ocket to Russia鈥 with classic punk tracks like 鈥淪heena Is a Punk Rocker,鈥 鈥淩ockaway Beach,鈥 鈥淭eenage Lobotomy鈥 and ...
Led by the gritty beauty of songs like 鈥淓verything Zen,鈥 鈥淐omedown鈥 and 鈥淕lycerine,鈥 Bush鈥檚 1994 grunge-rock debut 鈥淪ixteen Stone鈥 instantly won me over as a fan.鈥淏lack and White Rainbows鈥 is the British band鈥檚 seventh studio release and the impressive follow-up to ...