Once upon a time, KROQ was truly the ROQ Of The 80’s. It morphed overnight from the best free format station in Los Angeles into an outlet that played all those English new wave cuts KMET and KLOS refused to spin, like Human League’s “Don’t You Want Me” and Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” it became […]

VIRGINIA Come out Virginia, don’t let me wait You Catholic girls start much too late There was a real Virginia. Who never gave Billy the time of day… Until she saw him onstage performing. Not when he was “Billy Joel,” just the keyboardist in the local band. Remember local bands? There used to be clubs, […]

This album is INCREDIBLE! I’m reluctant to write about it. Because of the influx of hate I’m gonna get from people who think Nickelback is meritless and are still laughing at Creed. You see this is not that different from those bands. But Lynyrd Skynyrd was not that different from the Allman Brothers, they too, […]

“Among The Leaves” Sun Kil Moon I couldn’t take one more play of “Touch Of Grey.” That’s what they were spinning on the Spectrum, SiriusXM’s Gen X adult alternative. Aren’t some tracks too burned out to EVER play? So I pushed the button for the baby boomer alternative station, the Loft, and heard this. And […]