Billboard magazine released its 50 Greatest Rock Bands. The list tells us more about the listers than the listed. The…

Believe it or not, Almost Famous is now 25 years old. Which means that it’s been almost as much time…

It was July 1984, a very late weeknight. My buddy Mike and I closed up Perkins Restaurant in Butler, Pennsylvania,…

Devo, a documentary on the punk/new-wave band of that name, has dropped on Netflix. It’s an earnest, archive clip-packed attempt…

Reading an obituary of Sylvester Stewart, better known as Sly Stone, strikes as surreal in 2025. Didn’t he overdose in…

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is about as rock ‘n’ roll as Wilford Brimley. It inducts this month…

I had the good fortune to catch Becoming Led Zeppelin the other night in Manhattan. Even better, I experienced this motion picture in IMAX. What…

In the early Sixties, the left side had human credibility. They seemed authentic, concerned about ordinary people, the sovereigns of…

As 2024 comes to a close, I’ve thought a lot over the past year about another year: 1984. Yes, 1984….

The guys with the long-hair are very worried about the issue of old music. No wonder. With so many classical…