Archive for November 2020

Before there was Guns N’ Roses, there was Hollywood Rose and L.A Guns. The former would dissipate and become G’N’R and the latter is still around and active to this day- in two incarnations that is, one led by namesake Tracii Guns and the other by drummer Steve Riley. It’s a confusing state of affairs…

The 6 years since Rock Or Bust have been bumpy for AC/DC. Just before the album’s release, Malcolm Young left the band due to dementia and succumbed to it 3 years later. At the same time, longtime drummer Phil Rudd was wrapped up with a number of legal cases in New Zealand and was replaced…

Jeff Scott Soto has a long and distinguished career that just keeps getting better. First coming to the forefront as Yngwie Malmsteen’s vocalist on the albums Rising Force and Marching Out, Soto went on to sing for Talisman, Journey, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and his own band, W.E.T (Work of Art and Eclipse). His most recent gig…

When you think of Swedish music in the ‘90s, the first thing that comes to mind might be the radio-ready pop conjured by Denniz Pop and his crew of production underlings at Cheiron Studios. Not quite as immediate in is its output in genres like progressive rock, a market the U.S and England have had…

Following Govt. Mule in the ‘90s, Black Stone Cherry have been one of the foremost bands carrying on the Southern rock tradition in the 21st century. Consistently putting out product since their 2006 debut, the Kentucky quartet return with The Human Condition, their third release for Mascot Records and seventh full-length overall. From the start,…