Out Now: ‘Live in Maui’ from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, on 2-CD/Blu-ray and 3-LP/Blu-ray (Listen/Purchase)
Experience Hendrix announces a brand new collection that couples the new feature length documentary Music, Money, Madness
THANK HEAVENS FOR ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (and my year of birth)
But as I reflect on the losses of some of my heroes I also realize how very lucky I've been to experience so many of them as they emerged from the
LED ZEPPELIN II Turns 51 Today 10/22/2020
This album has long been my favorite Led Zeppelin disc. Every once in a while I debate myself regarding the best/my favorite Led Zeppelin album but whenever I go back
IS STRYPER ONE OF THE TOP 20 HARD ROCK/METAL BANDS OF ALL-TIME?
Michael Sweet and company have created several heavy, smart, kick-ass hard rock/metal albums.
EDDIE VAN HALEN DIES
I’m going to keep it crankin’ and keep on cryin’
AC/DC LET THERE BE ROCK – 180G VINYL REVIEW
To honor the mighty, unconquerable, undisputed kings of hard rock and what is most certainly their final full length original work set to release soon, I’ve decided to revive Heavy […]
CHEAP TRICK IS “Alright!”
I’ve long neglected writing about one of my favorite bands of all-time. They were one of my earliest hard rock inspirations and their drummer Bun E. Carlos was the second […]
VINNY APPICE Says RONNIE JAMES DIO ‘Would Be Pissed Off’
Vinny Appice says that Ronnie James Dio would be “pissed off” if he was alive to see Gene Simmons attempt to trademark the so-called “devil’s horns” hand gesture. The late […]
METALLICA’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct Spurs the Return of Heavy Metal Messenger
After a long dormancy, one release has brought Heavy Metal Messenger back to the blogosphere: METALLICA’s Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. I am on my fourth listen and I am beginning to get headbangers […]
