Mike Tramp – White Lion
Mike Tramp grew up in Denmark in a musical house—he recalls being a young boy and wrestling with his two brothers over who would get to play their mom's acoustic guitar. He got his foot in the door in the music industry at the age of 14 when he began working for a man who published teen music magazines in the basement of the apartment building where he lived. The next year, 1976, Tramp went to his first concert—the Bay…
Tracii Guns – L.A. GUNS
In this exclusive interview with Rock Scene, Tracii Guns looks back on his early experiences with music. He remembers being a young boy and sitting in the back of his mother’s boyfriend’s car in 1971 and hearing Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” for the first time. “It was overwhelming audio fear,” he recalls. “I remember thinking, I have to recreate that noise right now!” On the way to the airport, they stopped by a newsstand. Tracii saw Jimmy Page, decked…
Steve Vai
https://youtu.be/wK4xVGj_0KY Upon discovering his aunt’s piano at the age of four, Steve Vai had what he describes as two epiphanies. The first one being that when he played notes to the right, he noticed they got higher. When he went to the left, they got lower. “Right at that moment, music just became very clear to me. That’s how music is created.” The second epiphany was realizing the infinite nature of the creation of music. “I was immediately flooded with…
John Corabi – The Scream -Motley Crue – Dead Daisies
https://youtu.be/0sbnDLB5pAg John Corabi talks about his Rock Scene John did one album and tour with Motley Crue called "MOTLEY CRUE" released in 1994. Releasing "Hooligan's Holiday" a top ten hit on mainstream radio in the US. Watch John talk about his times with Motley Crue and how he got in the band. John talks about how Nikki Sixx gave him a mention at the end of a Spin magazine interview which led him to call Motley Crue's management to thank him…
Josh Todd – Buckcherry
Check out the vintage ROCK SCENE magazine from October 1974 with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones on the cover. https://rockscenemagazine.com/today/keith-nelson-of-buckcherry/
Anthony Corder of Tora Tora
https://youtu.be/724XdZiq710 Anthony Corder singer of Tora Tora talks about his Rock Scene.
Mickey Finn – Jetboy
https://youtu.be/IWsqSogH0m4 Mickey Finn of Jetboy talks about his Rock Scene