ABOVE: All The Young Dudes: Pete Willis, Steve Clark (RIP), Joe Elliot, Rick Allen and Rick Savage as teens circa 1980. In less than five years after this photo was taken, the band (minus Willis) would land behind only Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” for the top spot on the album charts thanks to the blockbuster, “Pyromania.” [...]
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Rewind: Joe Elliot of Def Leppard
Posted: 4th October 2010 by admin in RewindTags: ac/dc, def leppard, high 'n' dry, joe elliot, on through the night, pyromania
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Rewind: Slayer on ‘Blood,’ booze, Gipsy Kings
Posted: 21st September 2010 by admin in RewindTags: gipsy kings, god hates us all, pantera, reign in blood, slayer
With Slayer set to rain blood over Texas this Friday-Sunday as part of the American Carnage Tour, featuring Megadeth and Anthrax, I revisited a 2001 interview with Kerry King and Tom Araya that I conducted for Metal Edge magazine (RIP). At the time, Slayer was promoting the “God Hates Us All” album and was gearing up for [...]
Rewind: Dave Grohl Talks Nirvana, Foos, Life
Posted: 8th September 2010 by admin in RewindTags: dave grohl, foo fighters, kurt cobain, nirvana
Dave Grohl is one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. Period. He’s also one of the nicest guys in rock. Period. Add the fact that he’s a multi-talented metalhead (Probot, anyone?) and you’d have to be a sack of dirt to deny Grohl his props (which he would politely decline). Modest, multi-talented, loads [...]
Rewind: Rush Interview ‘Echoes’ From 1996
Posted: 24th August 2010 by admin in RewindTags: beyond the lighted stage, neil peart, rush, test for echo
The recent (and excellent) Rush documentary, “Beyond the Lighted Stage,” sent me digging through the archives to find my interview with Rush drummer/lyricist extraordinaire, Neil Peart. Calling from San Diego during the 1996 “Test for Echo” tour (tickets for the San Antonio gig ranged from $23.50-$37.50 plus convenience charge), the man who is widely regarded [...]
Rewind: David Bowie Wows the Young Dudes
Posted: 17th August 2010 by admin in RewindTags: david bowie, marilyn manson, nine inch nails, the outside, trent reznor
I’ll confess I don’t own a single David Bowie album, but in the very same breath I must also say I have an IMMENSE respect for everything the man has done for rock-n-roll. The theatrics, the androgyny, the futuristic musical and artistic concepts and personas were ALL ahead of their time. It may be hard [...]