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The following is a list of upcoming Rock festivals with ticket & accommodations links. Sonic Temple Dates: May 16th – 19th Location: Columbus, OH Headliners: Disturbed, Pantera, Slipknot & The Original Misfits FAQ: Historic Crew Stadium is located in the north of the city of Columbus, about 3.5 miles from downtown Columbus and not far…
Voting is underway for the RockinTown Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to be Announced in December. View the Complete Nominees List & Vote for a Hall of Fame Nominee When Smashing Pumpkins were inducted into Hollywood’s RockWalk guitarist/vocalist Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (the only two original members still in the band) were…
Voting is underway for the RockinTown Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to be Announced in December. View the Complete Nominees List & Vote for a Hall of Fame Nominee Foo Fighter: A World War II term used to refer to mysterious aerial phenomena. Following Kurt Cobain’s death and the demise of Nirvana, the band’s…
Def Leppard played their first gig in ’78 and were recording the following year. While doing passably well in their native U.K., they didn’t have much impact elsewhere and found themselves stuck in the “opening act” slot. Enter Robert John “Mutt” Lange who had built a reputation as a highly successful producer. His main function…
Voting is underway for the RockinTown Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to be Announced in December. View the Complete Nominees List & Vote for a Hall of Fame Nominee Alice In Chains did everything a Grunge band should do. They formed in Seattle, landed a recording contract (Columbia Records), had drug problems (singer Layne…
Was Robert Smith ever happy? At age fourteen, The Cure frontman, stated his ambition was to “sit on a mountain and die.” Don’t set the bar too high there, Robert. Just a scant seven years later (after failing to locate a suitable mountain) he was quoted saying he “didn’t see that there was much point…
“Silver Surfers,” the final book from late Rush drummer Neil Peart, has arrived. The book chronicles his lifelong passion for cars, the joy of collecting exquisite, rare, and important sports cars, and the joy of driving them. Cars featured in the book include a 1969 Lotus Europa; 1964 Aston Martin DB5; 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray and a…
Voting is underway for the RockinTown Hall of Fame Class of 2025 to be Announced in December. View the Complete Nominees List & Vote for a Hall of Fame Nominee In every pre-fab Rock outfit there is usually some glimmer of talent. The Runaways, created by producer Kim Foley, to be the female version of…
“Urgent” started with what sounded like Led Zeppelin’s “Rock N’ Roll” riff slowed down and shot through massive reverb. Then came Lou Gramm’s “urgent” vocals. Instead of a guitar solo there was wailing sax delivered by Soul legend Jr. Walker. A killer track. Also, “Foreigner 4” had the ultimate guitar-destiny song “Juke Box Hero.” It…
Blink-182 is the story of a cancer survivor, UFO enthusiast and a publicity maven. Blink formed in Poway, CA. After releasing an EP and a couple of indie CDs, “Buddha” and “Cheshire Cat,” Blink found there was an Irish band with the same name. On top of that, the Irishmen had lawyers and were ready…