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By Johnny Zapp Ah, the ‘70s.  If you are old enough to not only remember vinyl, but to have had a collection that you dragged with you each time you moved, begrudged to part with the dead weight despite the evolution of technology; then Chris Epting’s la...

Article by Nicholas LaRosa Photos by Jeff Serpa ONTARIO, CA—Last night marked San Bernardino’s X103.9 FM’s second annual Merry Meltdown, and a merry night it was, indeed. From opening band Assuming We Survive to headliners Stone Temple Pilots (with Chest...

Article by Keith Valcourt Photos by Kimberly Annette We’ve all heard the joke: “What do you call a guy who hangs out with musicians?”  “The bass player!” Sometimes referred to as the “wannabe guitarist” or the “guy in the band groupies sle...

 Review & Photos by Kimberly Annette HOLLYWOOD, CA, October 19, 2013 Runnin’ with the wolves to the light of the full moon, it’s Saturday night in Hollywood. I step out of my cab. Struck by the slightly odd chill in the air, I can feel the playful...

Article & Photo By Chris Epting  So the first time I ever saw Lou Reed, I was about 13 years old, riding in the back of a taxicab in New York City over on the west side by the Port Authority, back when there were still tons of prostitutes and dope dealer...

Concert Review by Danny Coleman Photos by Vernon Webb PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 22—“Happy birthday to us!” With that, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder chugged from a champagne bottle, and the band broke into “Alive,” song number 32 of an amazing 3...

Beware of Darkness Kyle Nicolaides Article by LA Butler Photos by Kimberly Annette Before I jump into the  Beware of Darkness review, I want to give you a heads up on female duo who opened for them. Last night, taking the stage directly before  BOD, was te...

Review by Johnny Zapp Photos by Kimberly Annette PHOENIX, AZ, October 16, 2013—Few bands have the work ethic, staying power and well, the songs that Cheap Trick does. On tour since 1974, the quartet stopped by Veterans Memorial Coliseum as part of the Arizon...

Article by Marianne Heath  •  Photos by Kimberly Annette LOS ANGELES, October 10, 2013—When Korn took the stage at the Wiltern in LA Thursday night, it didn’t feel like fans showed up to reminisce about a band that had hit their highest commercial suc...

Article by Marianne Heath Photos by Kimberly Annette AGOURA, CA, The Canyon Club, September 21—On a typical end-of-summer warm evening in the San Fernando Valley, I went to check out a band I’d never seen before, playing in a venue I’d never visited. Wa...

By Chris Epting Photos by Kimberly Annette If you haven't yet heard of Dead Daisies, one of the best bands that played at Uproar, you soon will. Lead singer Jon Stevens, keyboardist Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus on guitar. ROCK RAG sat down with this amazingly ta...

A Glimpse Into Los Angeles Based Band, Beware of Darkness By Johnny Zapp Alternative Rock.  What does that even mean really?  Wouldn’t “alternative” rock be an alternative to rock?  So essentially, not rock?  I hate labels.  I’m sure I sound like...

From Night Songs to The Way Life Goes BY CHRISTIAN HOLMES | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF SERPA A MILLION YEARS AGO, I had the opportunity to meet Tom Keifer. We met in 1988 during the Long Cold Winter tour when his band Cinderella was opening for Judas Priest. We w...

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