Category Archives: Monday Rock City

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll’s Dark, Beautiful Heart

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Sean Murphy

How Lou Reed’s appetite for risk and a complete indifference to other people’s definitions of success and failure painted him as the most influential artist of our generation. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Shine a Light | Tagged Lou Reed, monday rock city, rock n roll, Sean Murphy, Sweet Jane, tribute. music, Velvet Underground, Venus In Furs | 4 Comments

Rock and Roll Coffee: A Conversation with Dave Wyndorf of Monster Magnet

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Joe Daly

“The bands that I like, they got to play with the Stooges and Hawkwind, I get to play with fucking Pearl Jam! That’s not cool.” Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Rock and Roll Coffee | Tagged Black Sabbath, Dave Wyndorf, Donovan, Joe Daly, Kyuss, Monster Magnet. Space Lord, Music, music industry, psychedelic, Riffs, rock n roll, Stoner Rock, The Last Patrol, Three Kingfishers, touring | 3 Comments

Love Letters from a Groupie: A Conversation with Pamela Des Barres

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Joe Daly

Wherein we sit down with Pamela Des Barres, bestselling author and rock and roll’s most famous groupie, to talk about her books, her loves and the fallout from sleeping with Mick Jagger. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Rock and Roll Coffee | Tagged drugs, gram parsons, groupie, Hollywood, I'm With the Band, jimmy page, Joe Daly, keith moon, Memoirs. rock and roll, pamela des barres, rock n roll, Sex | 5 Comments

Rock and Roll Coffee: A Conversation with Myles Kennedy

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Joe Daly

Alter Bridge frontman Myles Kennedy discusses the band’s heaviest album to date and the considerable risks they faced to make it happen. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Rock and Roll Coffee | Tagged All I Was, Alter Bridge, Apocalyptic Love, Blackbird, Creed, Florida, Fortress, interviews, Joe Daly, Mark Tremonti, Metal, Myles Kennedy, rock, Slash | 10 Comments

Power Trio: Three Songs, One Name

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Gloria Harrison

Gloria Harrison relates the exquisite agony of sharing a first name with not one, but three iconic songs. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Power Trio | Tagged bad jokes, choir, gloria, laura branigan, lyrics, monday rock city, Music, Power Trio, songs, The Weeklings, Them, van morrison, verbal threats | 13 Comments

The Mind-Blowing Odes of L.A.’s Hardest-Rocking Poet

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Joe Daly

“So when somebody comes up to me and says, “You know what? You made me like that again,” I just think, ‘Hell yeah..'” -Rich Ferguson on the reactions to his jaw-dropping live performances. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged Los Angeles, monday rock city, of wishbones & gunfire, poems, poetry, rich ferguson, the los angeles book of the dead, The Weeklings, we voice sing | 4 Comments

“Beatles vs. Stones”: The Mythology of Rock’s Greatest Rivalry

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Tyler McMahon

Author John McMillian has unearthed the real story behind the rivalry between rock and roll’s two greatest heavyweights. Author (and longtime Stones man) Tyler McMahon turns in his review to let you know if it’s time to raise the lighter or to head for the exits. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged andrew oldham, Beatles, brian epstein, John Lennon, john mcmillian, keith richards, mick jagger, Music, paul mccartney, rock biographies, rolling stones, truth, tyler mcmahon | 4 Comments