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Glam Rock was a rock & roll music genre which proceeded the punk music movement in the early 70's.  Along with the music which parlayed rock music in a much more flamboyant manner, Glam Rock also had a significant impact…

Release Date: 

November 29, 1968 Warner Bros Records

When I got out of bed his morning, I suddenly realized that years ago Van Morrison's Astral Weeks album was released.  

Looking back on those days, I vividly recall hearing this album…

Psychedelic rock was a musical genre that emerged in the mid-sixties due to the popularity of such mind-altering drugs as LSD, mescaline, cannabis and peyote mushrooms.  

The roots of Psychedelic Rock began here: On Friday April 16, 1943 (a day…

It was on June 27, 1970, that the Transcontinental Pop Festival began its journey in Toronto, Canada. This festival was part of a series of concerts in Canada that became known as The Festival Express which is also the title…

As a songwriter, I've always enjoyed writing in a wide variety of musical genres but the rock & roll genre has always been my favorite genre.

More often than not, rock & roll music has always been there to help…

A HISTORY OF the FREELANCE VANDALS!

"Diamond" Ray Finch, Johnny Pierre & Chuck Ciany

Yellow Springs, Ohio circa early 7O's

I had met Chuck Ciany and Ray Finch back in 1970 when we were students at The University of Dayton.…

Prince

Zapp (featuring Roger)

The Time

Rockford Metro Centre

Rockford, IL

Spring Fest '82

Ramones

David Johansen

Jim Carroll

Peter Dayton

Lines

Thunderbird Country Club

Tyngsboro, MA

Diary of a Madman Tour

Ozzy Osbourne

Starfighters

Notre Dame A.C.C.

South Bend,…

License To Ill Tour '87

Beastie Boys

Fishbone

Murphy's LaW

Many people's first taste of the Beasties was in 1985, when they opened for none other than Madonna during the pop star's first headlining tour. They then toured in 1986…

David Bowie

Station To Station Solar Tour 1976

David Bowie

Public Hall

Cleveland, OH

David Bowie

Pavillon de Paris Porte de Pantin

Paris, France

The Ramones

The Poppers

The Fast

CBGB

NYC

Television

City Lights

CBGB

NYC

New York Dolls

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Elvis Costello & The Attractions

The Palladium

NYC

Damn The Torpedo Tour '79

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, TN

The Specials

Tiffany's Late Bar Disco

Edinburgh, Scotland

Iggy Pop

The Human League

Paradiso

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Plasmatics

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