Only 17 Rock Hall Bands Can Claim This Rare Distinction – and KISS is One of Them
(October 20, 2025) – When former KISS member and guitarist Ace Frehley died suddenly on Oct. 16 at age 74, the original members of the group were on an elite…
Forbes recently declared Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin” the “biggest” song all time, using a dubious metric. But is it?
(March 27, 2024). When Journey released their album Escape in 1981, Columbia Records issued four singles from it: “Who’s Crying Now,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms” and “Still They Ride,”…
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Out with the new, in with the old: Nearly two-thirds of the albums on the Billboard 200 are more than a year old! A look at why…
(September 25, 2021). Whatever happened to what’s new is in? One glance at this week’s Billboard 200 Albums chart and music fans will notice a growing trend—one that the word…
The Classic East Rock Concert in NYC, July 29-30, 2017…A Brother’s Perspective
(July 31, 2017, Flushing NY) There are only a few situations where I don’t mind being the only black guy in a crowd of 60,000 white folks where there’s lots…
Here’s The Only Thing Wrong With The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (and it has very little to do with race)
So earlier in October, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its nominees for the Class of 2017; nineteen acts, all of whom meet the only objective eligibility criteria:…