“…Almost everyone on the stage that night had something in their blood, in their DNA, in their artistic heritage and…
“The Real 1989”
IN THE SPACE BETWEEN HAIR METAL AND GRUNGE, THE DINOSAURS CAME BACK, AND CLASSIC ROCK BECAME “CLASSIC ROCK.” By Mike…
“The Night I Was Shot at White Castle and Died in the Shower”
By Mike Derrico Taken from …AND THE CATHEDRAL FELL TO THE GROUND: Tales of Rock & Roll Suburbia Long before…
Why Rock Fans Really Hated Disco: A Conversation With Alice Echols
by Mike Derrico In mid-December 1976, a long series of repeated days of below-zero temperatures caused Lake Erie to freeze…
The Disco Years Pt. 1 (with Alice Echols)
Originally published on the Rock Under Fire podcast on July 22, 2017
77 Not 77
Remembering 1977 in our own warped fashion with my co-host Pat Ivanitski and a couple of girls I went to…
The Counterculture and Rock and Roll
Originally published on the Rock Under Fire podcast, June 27, 2017
A Chat with the Legendary Bob Gruen
Originally published on the Rock Under Fire podcast, May 1, 2017
How the Guitar Became Uncool
Originally published on the Rock Under Fire podcast, March 25, 2017
Who the Hell is Ed Sheeran and Why Are We Talking About Him?
Originally published on the Rock Under Fire podcast on March 12, 2017
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