The opening track, “Wall Of Fire” on the Kinks’ latest release “Phobia”, describes a world caught in the midst of apocalyptic judgement. Lead singer Ray Davies sounds like an evangelist giving a fire and brimstone sermon in a rural revival tent service, as he sentences all the “city slickers” to a fiery judgment. “There is …

There’s been a question that fans of the San Francisco based rock group Journey have been asking for over a decade. “Why don’t the original members reunite for a tour? After all, Journey’s music is some of the most played material on radio. Their “Greatest Hits” disc continues to sell in record numbers year after …

According to Robby Takac of the Buffalo-based rock group Goo Goo Dolls,there was no secret formula for Goo Goo Dolls success in the pop music business. “The planets have got to align for you,”he said with a laugh. “All the elements have to be in place. Radio has to pick up, MTV has to decide …

DAN FOGELBERG lives in the wild country of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains region. DAN FOGELBERG chose to live in a remote rural setting because he feels comfortable living as far as possible from the fast pace of life in the entertainment capitals of New York City or Los Angeles. “I have been trying to live further …

For the past two years, Jon Bon Jovi has walked the fine line between leaving his band, Bon Jovi, and staying on for another album and subsequent tour. “At this point, it wouldn’t have been too hard for me to play with whoever I wanted to,” said Bon Jovi in a recent interview from his …

Pop group, Fuzzy’s bassist, Winston Braman,realized the other day what really irks him about the press and the pop music scene in general these days.” Some so-called pop critics can be downright nasty and backstabbing and petty,”he said during a recent interview. “I mean the other day we were in Chicago, and I just happened …

Earlier this year,Justine Frischmann,lead singer and guitarist for the British neo-New Wave group Elastica and her band mates,Donna Matthews(guitar),Annie Holland(bass) and drummer Justin Welch, decided to stop granting interviews and photo sessions to the British press. Their reason? Elastica was getting too much publicity. The British press was hyperventilating over nearly every move Frischmann made. …

Chris Robinson Interview The Black Crowes have graduated from the grueling club circuit of small bars to headlining the H.O.R.D.E. Festival. Fresh from a European tour of soccer stadiums as support act for the Rolling Stones,America’s retro-hippies are enjoying a resurgence of popularity. Lead vocalist Chris Robinson is the outspoken frontman of the group. (Q)- …

When Eric Burdon was a young lad in the early 1960’s running wild with his mates on the streets of his working class neighborhood in Newcastle, England, he discovered something which would eventually change his life and alter the course of popular music. “In my late school years and early college years,” Burdon said in …

So much has been said on TV talk shows and written in newspapers and magazines about how the so-called Generation X teens and young adults today are having such a hard time growing up,in part to the economy and the job outlook here in the United States. Yet, for Roger Daltery and the other surviving …

British guitar legend Jeff Beck makes this guarantee to fans who come out to see him on his current tour: “It’s certainly not going to be boring or predictable.”Why? Because Beck, 56, promises his live show “will be peppered with some of the best stuff I’ve done” during his 35-plus-year career–including new material from his …

To some Beach Boys fans, Mike Love is, “The” Beach Boy. While initially their claim might seem frivolous and inaccurate, due to his cousin, former Beach Boy, Brian Wilson’s stature within Beach Boys history, Love has never stopped working to keep the spirit of the vocal group’s music alive. Now at sixty years of age, …