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Brian Wheat of Tesla

Brian Wheat of Tesla first gravitated toward music when he heard Revolver by the Beatles. His older brothers were always playing records by Cream & Humble Pie, so he really took an interest in rock music. His mom bought him a guitar when he was twelve, but six strings was too many for him, and because he was such a fan of Paul McCartney, he wanted to try the bass. At the age of fourteen he traded his bicycle for a bass.…

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Kelly Hansen from Foreigner

Kelly Hansen’s first musical memories go back to riding in his mom’s convertible ’68 GTO and hearing the contemporary pop music of the times on the radio. “I accidently got into singing,” he says. A family friend that played guitar and always carried an acoustic asked Kelly to sing a song with him one day at the beach. He then asked Kelly to join his band playing in rec centers and school dances. He started making a living playing in…

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Jason Bonham

Jason Bonham was the first-born child of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham. During Jason’s childhood, having guests like Paul Rodgers, Jeff Beck & Bev Bevan over was the norm. “They were just friends of dad," he says. Growing up in the Led Zeppelin family “wasn’t as wild as one would think,” he says. The exception was when Ozzy would come over to hang out with John, which one day resulted in “two drunken men with shotguns shooting trees.” When Jason…

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Bebe Buell

 Bebe Buell talks about the impact of seeing the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show when she was in fifth grade, and how the British Invasion and bands like The Rolling Stones really "sealed her fate" and made her realize that these were the kind of people she wanted to be around. She developed a love for records at a young age, and eventually became romantically involved with artists including Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, & Steven Tyler, with…

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Cynthia “Plaster Caster”

Today, May 24, 1947, Cynthia Albritton aka Cynthia "Plaster Caster" was born.  Cynthia began her career in 1968 by casting penises of rock musicians. She talks about getting the Rock & Roll groupie bug when she met the Rolling Stones in the 60’s. Cynthia remembers, "This exciting life, was the life for me. I was a shy, fledgling, virginal, goofy girl that wanted to get laid by cute British boys with long hair and tight pants. But, I wasn't experienced…

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Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez

played on Springsteen’s first two albums, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. and The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Lopez started out in a drum & bugle corps. as a bugel player until the 8th grade. He attended a show at the U.S.O. club in Asbury Park NJ. Walking up to the club, he heard some great music coming from inside. He turned to his friend and said, “there’s a good band in here tonight.” His friend told him…

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Meat Loaf

Marvin Lee Aday later to be called “Meat Loaf” was born on September 27, 1947 was born in Dallas Texas. The first bands he had seen in the 60’s were The Kingsman who had a hit song called “Louie Louie” and Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts was a band that did sexual pun material. Meat Loaf talks about the Rock Scene in Detroit and playing on The Detroit Rock & Roll Revival with Mc5, Dr. John Ted Nugent and…

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