This is a guest post (in blue font) from a fellow Rock N’ Roll lover. Mohib is a 19 year old who seems to know more about Rock history than most American or Englishmen do, who grew up in or near the era. He also writes for Mindcafe.org, so swing by and check his site out sometime.

Keith Moon, being one the greatest rock drummers ever, was known for his eccentric behavior and destructive lifestyle. Pete Townshend, the band’s lead guitarist, says Moon’s reputation for erratic behavior was something he cultivated. According to him, once they were on the way to …read more

Next in line for Converse’s 100th anniversary line of Rock N’ Roll classic Converse All Stars is the legendary British band, The Who. Also up this year is All Stars in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in February and Pink Floyd in March.
Garnishing the British colors, you can choose from three different selections.
With the classic white soul, a white tongue and the Union Jack wrapped around the canvas body, this pair is surely to be a popular and classic hit. A great representation of The Who’s motherland and their English pride. It’s not just a painted graphic on the should …read more

Converse is celebrating 100 years of converse with a new line of the Classic “Chuck Taylor” All Stars. 100 years, really? That’s right. Converse started up 100 years ago in 1908 as Converse Rubber Corporation. Nine years later the Converse All Star basketball shoe was born. Still a timeless classic that has survived through almost a century of changes in footwear fashion and design. Very few things have lasted so long without deviating too far from the original design.
As part of their new designs celebrating their 100th anniversary, Converse started unveiling a line of rock band inspired All Stars …read more

MSN music recently published an editorial entitled 10 Artists Who Should Stop Making Records. While there is ten of them, I’m going to weed out the Rock relevant ones and a snip of their article with my views on it at the end.
The Black Crowes
MSN Said:
”Remember the recent controversy in which Maxim magazine reviewed the new Black Crowes album before the writer had even heard it? Well, that is obviously inexcusable, but here’s the thing no one seems willing to say: He was right. (They must not have read my post at Metalmartyr)
You don’t really need to hear a Crowes …read more

Gibson.com has a pretty cool article on the 10 Greatest Live Albums From The Rock Era. The include the following in no particular order.

The Beatles: At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
James Brown: Live At The Apllo (1963)
The Who: Live At Leeds (1970)
Kiss: Alive (1975)
Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won (2003)
Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison (1968)
Bob Dylan: Live 1966 The Royal Albert Hall Concert (1998)
Cheap Trick: At The Budokan (1978)
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out (1969)
Allman Brother: At Fillmore East (1971)

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It’s very rare that you hear a band cover another classic bands song and do such an incredible job that you just can not believe your ears. Sure there are a lot of catchy cover songs out there and more often than not bands try to cover fairly easy and radio friendly songs that they know will get air play and will surely set them on their way to instant stardom. We’ve seen it a million times. What’s better is when an established band that obviously doesn’t need the help of a cover song takes it and sings and plays …read more