MARK “WEISSGUY” WEISS: THE LEGEND WHO CAPTURED THE EIGHTIES Vinny Cecolini May 31, 2020 Features, Goings-On, Interviews Joan Jett, 1980. Photo by Mark Weiss New photo retrospective out June 2 is a collection of some of the most iconic photos of rock and roll ever taken. Anyone armed with a cell phone or camera can shoot a... Read More...
ROSS THE BOSS IS A LEGEND IN LOCKDOWN Vinny Cecolini May 19, 2020 Buzz, Features, Goings-On The Dictators and Manowar guitarist was primed to hit the road with his namesake band prior to the Coronavirus pandemic. Read how he's been keeping himself busy. There is no denying Ross “The Boss” Friedman... Read More...
Out of Exile: Outlaws’ Henry Paul Rides Down the ‘Dixie Highway’ Vinny Cecolini May 6, 2020 Features, Interviews Second-wave Southern rockers find themselves "in the best place they could possibly be" with new album Dixie Highway. From the mid-‘70s through the early ‘80s, some Brooklyn and Queens kids would hang out o... Read More...
HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Danzig, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, David J (Bauhaus/Love and Rockets), and Me and That Man Vinny Cecolini April 29, 2020 Albums, Reviews We begin this week’s edition of Hot Rocks with a special segment entitled “Hot Take vs. Hot Take,” where our intrepid Hot Rocks columnist, Vinny Cecolini, and our noble Managing Editor, Daniel Alleva, bring yo... Read More...
HOT ROCKS: New Releases from The Strokes, Pearl Jam, Morrissey, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Dinosaur Eyelids Vinny Cecolini April 10, 2020 Albums, Reviews The Strokes The New Abnormal (Sony) The Strokes have just released the best album—of 1982, that is. Though I’m not complaining, the adage “everything old is new again” certainly applies here. The New ... Read More...
Sepultura—Back on Top Vinny Cecolini April 3, 2020 Features, Interviews Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser is bursting with excitement. Calling from Los Angeles, the biggest reason for the guitar hero’s mood is the release of Quadra, easily the band’s best album in more than two decades. ... Read More...
Testament—Return of the Titans Vinny Cecolini March 24, 2020 Features, Interviews Testament is back on April 3 with Titans of Creation (Nuclear Blast), a return to form for the thrash metal maestros. In addition to some of their best songs in years, thanks to the twin guitar attack of Eric ... Read More...
HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Gang of Four, Puss N’ Boots, Spice Girls, Bloodhound Gang, Ross the Boss Vinny Cecolini March 17, 2020 Albums, Reviews GANG OF FOUR / This Heaven Gives Me a Migraine / (Gill Music, Ltd.) It’s been barely two months since innovative, post-punk icon Andy Gill passed from a respiratory illness and we’re still mourning. That’s ... Read More...
HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Ozzy Osbourne, Green Leaf Rustlers, … And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Drive-by Truckers, Body Count, Outlaws Vinny Cecolini March 10, 2020 Albums, Reviews Ozzy Osbourne Ordinary Man (Epic Records) If this is Ozzy Osbourne’s final bow, then Ordinary Man is fitting farewell to a truly legendary career. Haunting, honest and introspective, not only is it th... Read More...
HOT ROCKS: New Releases from Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Liam Gallagher, DIO, and Sepultura Vinny Cecolini February 23, 2020 Albums, Reviews All you need to know about the latest albums—straight, no chaser! GREEN DAY Father of All Motherfuckers (Reprise/Warner Bros.) No matter your political affiliation, you must be tired of both partie... Read More...
