My last article was about the beast that is the guitar solo, the reason I got into rock’n’roll at all. I wrote a lot about how the solo came about and what it means for rock in general. I was just reading the article, as you do as an egomaniac, narcissistic writer, and just had …
Sal Canzonieri talks Electric Frankenstein, Art and Chinese Martial Arts
Sal Canzonieri of Electric Frankenstein talks about influences and the music scene, Rat Fink & Monster Art, the pioneering days of the internet & MP3 and what it meant to run one of the first 45 websites overall, how the music industry tried to suppress the new rock’n’roll scene, and why he is a well-known …
Glen’s Rockmaggeddon – Guitar Solos
I’m a sucker for a guitar solo, I love ’em !! Doesn’t matter what, where. How or when! My parents didn’t really listen to music at all, so I had no real musical upbringing. My older sister started to actively listen to music when I was 10 or so, but she heard a lot of …
Glen’s Rockmaggeddon: Interview With Nashville Pussy
Ruyter Sighs and Blaine Cartwright talk Nashville Pussy, the hilarious new audio book on “High As Hell”, gossip from their Grammy nomination parties, and how streaming services like Spotify destroy music. Also revealed: the ‘Dee Snider Rule’ + the Cartwright method on how to persuade a bomb lady like Ruyter to leave Canada and come …
R.I.P. Mr. Rontrose Heathman- Supersuckers Guitarist Extraordinaire & Master Barista
„If you don’t like The Supersuckers, you don’t like rock’n’roll“ Lemmy Ron Heathman of the Supersuckers passed away on August 18th. An obituary by Glen Clarke, with exclusive statements by The Dwarves, New Bomb Turks, and others… (Photo credit: Jim Hucks) *** Mr. Rontrose Heathman, the man who changed the way we look at life-most …
Glen’s Rockmaggedon- Interview with Lisa Kekaula (The Bellrays)
I read that your first ever performance was at a talent show at your school, and I’d like to ask you which song you sang and if you won the show? That was the second one in school. The first one I did I was about 6, and it was one of those summer camp …
Glen’s Rockmaggedon: Interview with Ross Friedman (Dictators, Manowar, Ross The Boss)
“So that’s how Manowar started, in Black Sabbath’s backstage !!” Why did you feel the need to pick up a fucking guitar? I actually started playin’ piano when I was around seven, and I was doing really well. My theory teacher always said that my musical aptitude was off the charts, but in Junior High …