Addicted To Vinyl

In 1997, I learned officially exactly what it was that people loved about “classic Yes.” After growing up as a fan of 90125-era Yes, I had free tickets to see “classic Yes” at Music Hall.
It was a show that despite my relative unfamiliarity with their 70s back catalog, I couldn’t pass up. […]

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On Saturday night I took my sister out for the full rock and roll experience via one of the best tours of the summer - Journey with special guests Heart and Cheap Trick. This was her first time seeing Heart and Cheap Trick, and as she reminded me, she had seen Journey (with Steve […]

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This week, I got a copy of the “collector’s edition” of Rudy Sarzo’s (Dio, Quiet Riot, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, Yngwie Malmsteen) book Off The Rails - Aboard The Crazy Train in the Blizzard of Ozz. The book is billed as “a tribute to Randy Rhoads” and indeed, that is exactly what it is. […]

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Seventeen years ago today, Pearl Jam released their debut album Ten. As of 2003, the album has been certified twelve times platinum in the United States, and remains the band’s best selling album.
So you might find it hard to believe that the album wasn’t an immediate success, and took nearly a year to reach […]

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Saw this on Eric Ambel’s Myspace blog:

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Unless you’ve been under a rock today, you probably know that Metallica revealed “The Day That Never Comes,” the first new music from their new album, the Rick Rubin-produced Death Magnetic, which will be online and in stores on September 12th. Clocking in at nearly 8 minutes, the track is already inspiring debate on […]

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The inflatable jukebox is in storage, and the band that carries the name “Foreigner” is almost entirely made up of replacement players these days, except for founding guitarist Mick Jones. Still, Foreigner managed to serve up an enjoyable yet predictable performance on Sunday night at the House of Blues.
Vocalist Kelly Hansen, an almost-dead ringer […]

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This is part two of promised posts to “rock your weekend.” I had to pull the Black Keys post that was up earlier offline (hopefully temporarily.)
So we’ll skip ahead to the second planned post.
It was practically Jam Band Week here in Cleveland - The Black Crowes were at the House of Blues for two […]

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Welcome to August!
As I was leaving the house this morning to head for rapid transit, I grabbed the latest issue of Rolling Stone (with The Jonas Brothers on the cover) off of my kitchen counter. My eyes did a double take scanning the cover when I saw the headline “Mark Knopfler’s Second Act.”
Indeed, inside […]

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Toto guitarist Steve Lukather put out a great solo CD earlier this year called Ever Changing Times.
And now the unthinkable has occurred: Steve is touring to support the disc, and inside the run of scheduled tour dates, are 13 U.S. shows!
The U.S. shows begin with a date at Red Rocks opening for Jethro Tull, […]

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