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Soundgarden, Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Oasis, The White Stripes, and Joy Division are Nominated for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2025

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Soundgarden, Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Oasis, and The White Stripes, are among the nominees for this year’s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame class of 2025. To be eligible for a nomination, the artist or band must have released its first commercial recording at least 25 years before the year of nomination. There is only a fan, vote but it counts for 1% of all votes and therefore is a meaningless exercise. Bad Company, The Black Crowes, have made the list for the first time while Soundgarden returned to the ballot after first appearing in 2023. See all the nominees below. Continue reading →


T.M. Stevens, Bassist of 100s of Sessions and Tours, Has Died

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One of the best and most prolific and coolest bass players in Rock history, T.M. Stevens, has died. He was 72. His colleague, fellow New Yorker, and musician Ronny Drayton broke the news on social media. Tributes have been pouring in from across all musical genres. Since 2017 T.M. was in a care facility while suffering from dementia. Starting out in the nineteen seventies in New York, T.M. was an early wunderkind on bass and received many accolades from bass and guitar magazines. He was also known for his flamboyant fashion sense and persona. Also known as Shaka Zulu, and fronting his own band also called Shakazooloo, his versatility and talent saw him as a member of his original band Space Cadets, as well as a recording and/or touring member of Pretenders, Steve’ Vai’s solo band for the album Passion and Warfare (also featuring Devin Townsend), his peer Victor Wooten, as well as hit albums from James Brown, Billy Squire, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Joel, 2Pac, Joe Cocker, Darlene Love, Taylor Dayne, Nona Hendrix, and over 247 credits according to Discogs.com. T.M. was also a fixture on many rock and metal tribute albums over the years. RIP. Continue reading →


AC/DC, Joe Cocker, and 45 Grave Songs Featured in season Finale of The Walking Dead

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Astute viewers and music fans of The Walking Dead noticed some choice songs in the season 10 finale episode that just aired on April, 4th, 2021. Focusing on the backstory of villain/anti-hero Negan, songs heard included classic rock anthem “Back in Black” by AC/DC, all-time love song “You  Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker, and the Punk rock song “Party Time” by 45 Grave, originally heard in the film Return of the Living Dead, the classic Zombie film. The series returns for season 11 in October 2021. 

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SPECIAL FEATURE: Woodstock 1994 – Twenty-Five Years Later

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It started with an old-fashioned idea. The optimism of the hippies met wit the activism of the more rebellious factions of society to create a powderkeg of activism and art in the late 1960s to create Woodstock. The fest could have been an unmitigated disaster that would have made Fyre festival look good. However, it would have a lasting cultural impact even the future decades rode on. With an eye on capturing that spirit again, and raking in a lot of money, the original founders of Woodstock create Woodstock `94: 2 More Days of Peace and Music, but officially it was three days. Continue reading →


SOS Fest XII – Part I: Live at The Longfield Suite

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Time for one of the highlights of my year, the rather excellent SOS festival. A festival envisioned 12 years ago by Lynne Hampson of Rocksector Records as an antidote to the plethora of family un-friendly festivals around at the time. Continue reading →