Category Archives: Monday Rock City

Monday Rock City: A Conversation with Greg Renoff, author of Van Halen Rising: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy Metal

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

So you thought you knew Van Halen? I did. But I had no clue they’ve been around in some form since 1971, or that the brothers basically hated David Lee Roth but let him in because it was cheaper than … Continue reading →

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Monday Rock City: A Conversation with Def Leppard Guitarist Phil Collen

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Def Leppard founder and co-guitarist Phil Collen is one of the only human beings who can say: “My band has sold over 100 million albums.” While most of those sales came in the band’s 80s heyday, the working-class quintet is still rocking, touring, and making records, and Phil has sat down to write a memoir of his own incredible journey. He sits down with our own scribe de rock, J.M. Blaine, to talk about his memoir, his band’s upcoming 11th album, and just how in the hell a 57-year-old vegan kickboxer can get so jacked. Continue reading →

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John Sebastian and the Younger Generation, 2015

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Amanda Nazario

Amanda Nazario takes us along as she gets to see and meet one of her musical idols, the legendary John Sebastian. Despite the show being in a tiny Boston club with a noisy kitchen, iPhone wielders, and an irritating waitress, Nazario’s superfan heart illuminates the under-appreciated genius in his well-deserved glory. Continue reading →

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The Job of a Lifetime

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

Former Christmas tree salesman/child wrangler/fire escape painter Robert Burke Warren realizes the day jobs are a significant part of the story. Continue reading →

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WannaBowies: The Top Twenty Bastards of Bowie

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

David Bowie, like the Beatles and Bob Dylan, long ago achieved the status of adjective. For Monday Rock City, Robert Burke Warren lists the Top Twenty Bowie Bastards, i.e. the most Bowie-esque soundalikes, stretching from the 70s to the ‘aughts. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, David must be feeling pretty special right about now. Continue reading →

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Hasten Down the Wind: Adventures in Babysitting, 1977

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Robert Burke Warren

What to do when you’re 12 and a mysterious, beautiful, troubled woman moves in next door with her four-year-old? You babysit, of course! RBW offers some more summertime musical memoir. Continue reading →

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Monday Rock City: A Conversation With Lamb of God’s D. Randall Blythe

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Sex, drugs, rock & roll and… a Czech prison? Lamb of God singer D. Randall Blythe’s memoir Dark Days has it all. Our own JM Blaine caught up with the newly sober wild man to talk about the road to Hell… and back. Continue reading →

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