Rock Scene Remembers
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John Corabi talks about his Rock Scene…
“I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking”–IGGY POP
“Thirty Days In the Hole” a Classic sharing the stage with his bandmate Peter Frampton in Humble Pie.
“My Rock Scene is in the streets of New York. I just live Rock & Roll..Rock and Roll is in my heart, it’s in my spirit it’s forever it always it was there probably since the day I was born…
Photos and text by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Kurt Jefferis with his buddy Tom Winnick in fromt of the MTV lear jet at Philadelphia airport On April 5th, 1984 I was picked up in the MTV limo between exit 11…
Skid Row – Midnight/Tornado, Giants Stadium, NJ – 1989 Skid Row (full show) performs on June 11, 1989 at Giant Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey (you may want to fast forward 3 minutes).
AC/DC perform on November 17, 1983 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan – Guns for Hire (from Plug Me In)
On August 18, 1986 BON JOVI released their third album would be the album that made them a household name selling over 28 million records worldwide. That January, Bon Jovi went to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver to start work…
Punky Meadow the guitar player in Angel talks about his ROCK SCENE growing up.
TOM KEIFER talks about NIGHT SONGS COVER SHOOT Tom Keifer of Cinderella
Check out Steven Adler talking about his ROCK SCENE growing up, getting his first drum set, and the first record he bought, KISS ALIVE 1. He reminisces about how he met Slash in history class when he was 12 and…
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…
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…
Check out the December 1978 issue of ROCK SCENE magazine
Zakk Wylde and Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss perform “Born To Be Zakk Wylde” at Mark’s 60th birthday party in Rumson, New Jersey. Three decades ago Zakk was playing in a small club in New Jersey when Dave Feld aka “Face” approached the…
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…
Chris Stein talks about his ROCK SCENE Check out this Classic Rock Scene magazine from January 1982 Blondie at the Count Bassie Theatre – June 22, 2019
Danger Danger singer Ted Poley actually got his start in music as a drummer. He would beat on pillows around his bedroom with drum sticks, and eventually he sold his baseball card collection and bought himself a drum set. The…
Jerry Gaskill talks about his early days Jerry Gaskill – Kings X
Frank Zappa on sin, guilt & “dirty” words, 1969: CBC Archives | CBC
Carmine Appice talks about his ROCK SCENE
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Steven Van Zandt talks about his ROCK SCENE Steven Vanzandt
David Ellefson of Megadeth talks about his Rock Scene growing up. David Ellefson talks about his new band SLEEPING GIANTS with his singer Thom Hazaert. Thom Hazaert and David Ellefson checking out a couple of classic ROCK SCENE…
Quiet Riot – “Picking Up The Pieces”
Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest talks about his ROCK SCENE
Ziggy Marley at the age of 16 at Tuff Gong Studios at his home in Jamaica in 1981 with his first car. Ziggy Marley looks back on the day his father died Tuff Gong studios in Jamaica – 1981
A.J. Pero A Tribute in Photographs by Mark Weiss AJ Pero interview with drum solo from New Zealand – 1985 Adrenaline Mob – A Tribute to A.J. Pero
Tesla Little Suzi music video Photo by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss on the set if Little Suzi
Sammy Hagar, who has fronted bands including Van Halen, Montrose, and Chicken Foot, was introduced to music at a young age. When he was four years old he saw Elvis Presley on TV. He first saw a guitar at his…
David Lee Roth on the David Letterman show in 1985. 1978 interview with Van Halen on Australian TV show called Countdown Photography by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss…
Celebrating the birthday of John Lennon each year on Q104.3 FM Breakfast With The Beatles. The Rockit Academy was invited to perform live on air at The Cutting Room NYC October 7, 2017. Hosts, Ken Dashow, Steven Van Zandt and…
Interview with Johnny Ramone from the “End of the Century” The Story of the Ramones” Home video Photography by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY NOW photographs. Use…
Nina Blackwood interviews John Mellencamp aired on MTV in 1982 John Cougar Mellencamp — Jack and Diane music video Photography by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY…
Brian Johnson & Geordie – 1973 “All Because of You” Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY NOW photographs. Use coupon code: RSMFLASHBACK50 at checkout (Two per customer, excludes auction listings) …
Photography by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY NOW photographs. Use coupon code: RSMFLASHBACK50 at checkout (Two per customer, excludes auction listings)
Charlie Rose interviews Tom Petty in 1999 talking about his songs. Photography by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY NOW photographs. Use coupon code: RSMFLASHBACK50 at checkout…
“Lou is one of those great guys.. an incredible guitar player. He’s known as a man of a million chords” — Keith Richards Keith Richards talks about working with Lou Pallo. Lou Pallo acceptance speech at the Rockit Live Foundation…
Meat Loaf talks about his ROCKS SCENE in the early days 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…
In the end it doesn’t matter If you got music if you got something thats it like if your gunna win your gunna win.. When asked about his background Bruce replies “Screw up, in like a small town, ran away…
“I wanna certain sort of fame, when they write the ultimate Rock & Roll history book . I want my name to be there standing for something like being one the first females to really play Rock & Roll and…
Marq Torien singer of the BulletBoys talks about his ROCK SCENE Photographs by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss Marq Torien – BulletBoys
Extreme in New York City – 1989 photo by Mark Weiss Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme
As a young child, Lita was more drawn to the guitar rather than her Barbie dolls, which she soon rejected after receiving her first guitar. It was an acoustic guitar and she couldn’t get the sounds she wanted out of…
The singer and guitarist of the Cars has died today September 15, 2019 in New York City at the age of 75. Artists share their thoughts and Memories on social media.. “So sad. Such a great writer, singer, player, producer.…
Eddie was a one of a kind guy. I first started photographing Eddie in 1979, he was on top after his self titled 1977 debut album Eddie Money with his classic hits “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Baby Hold On”. …
Joe Perry talks about his ROCK SCENE Joe Perry backstage before performing with Aerosmith in Atlantic City, 2015 Joe Perry performs with Aerosmith in Atlantic City, 2015 Joe Perry performs with Aerosmith in Atlantic City, 2015
Gene Simmons talks about coming to America when he just turned nine years old. Although he didn’t speak any English, hearing Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Sam Cook, Otis Redding and James Brown on the radio made perfect sense to him. The music moved…
On August 18, 1986 BON JOVI released their third album would be the album that made them a household name selling over 28 million records worldwide. That January, Bon Jovi went to Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver to start work…
The Magic Bus”McGhee christened the chartered Boeing 757 he hired “The Magic Bus,” and planned to fly all the festival’s acts over together, with a stop in London to pick up Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions. Stas Namin, co-organizer, Moscow…
A “scholar of metal and all that rocks!”, Eddie Trunk got his first taste of “heavy music” around the age of ten. A band called the Raspberries was playing on A.M. radio. Eddie was immediately hooked and had his parents…
On August 2, 1986, CINDERELLA released NIGHT SONGS often praised as one of the best rock records of the 80s. “We shot the cover in the historic district of Philadelphia. But the most interesting thing that I remember is that the…
Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath talks about his Rock Scene growing up. Check out more at Geezer Butler’s website
Johnny Thunders Death 1952-1991 (MTV Report) Johnny Thunders – You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory (1978)
Marky Ramone talks about his Rock Scene growing up….
Disco Demolition was a promotional event held at Comiskey Park on July 12, 1979. The Chicago White Sox were playing a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers. Radio Personality Steve Dahl asked his disco-hating listeners to bring records to the ballpark…
“I had just become aware that a person from my past was in the band The Grass Roots that formed in 1965, A band who had countless hits including three top 10 singles in the Billboard charts.”Sooner or Later”, “Midnight…
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Wolfman Jack Born on January 21, 1938 died at the age of 57 of a heart attack. An article on page 28 describes his involvement in the film, “Wolfman isn’t just a DJ, he’s involved with the pop media.” Go to page…
Yngwie Malmsteen talks about his Rock Scene
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30 years ago this week Skid Row released 18 and Life the albums second single of there debut album “Skid Row” it hit # 4 on the top 100 Billboard hot 100 charts in the U.S. The song went gold…
ON JUNE 6, 1977, LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED THE FIRST OF 6 SOLD-OUT NIGHTS AT NYC’S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. PHOTOGRAPHER MARK WEISS WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THOSE MAGIC PERFORMANCES. Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY…
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…
Lemmy from Motorhead with Wendy O. Williams in 1984 backstage in NYC at a Motorhead concert. Jean Beauvoir talks about Wendy O. Williams and playing with the Plasmatics.
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Mick Ronson appears on “Old Grey Whistle Test” and performs his song “Angel number 9″on November 4, 1975 from his second solo album “Play Don’t Worry” released in 1975.
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Kelly Hansen talks about his ROCK SCENE
ROCK SCENE FLASHBACK Buy a Piece of Rock & Roll History! Get 50% off all Mark Weiss BUY NOW photographs. Use coupon code: RSMFLASHBACK50 at checkout (Two per customer, excludes auction listings. ) This photo of Joey was shot in this video. Find Joey…
Canadian rock guitarist Pat Travers started playing guitar in his early teenage years. He grew up in Ottawa, and started playing in local clubs, covering popular rock music by the Beatles & Jimi Hendrix. He would often play five…
Sam Kinison at Giant Stadium in New Jersey on June 11, 1989 Bon Jovi w/ Skid Row, Billy Squier, Sam Kinison – “Wild Thing” – 6-11-89 – Giants Stadium, NJ Sam Kinison – “WILD THING” video
Izzy Stradlin And The Ju Ju Hounds – Shuffle It All
Steven Tyler MTV interview (1985) Aerosmith – Let The Music Do The Talking
Elton John John Lennon Live at Madison Square Gardens in 1974 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – 1973
The Cars – “Hello Again”. The song was released in 1984 as the fourth single from the album Heartbeat City.
Eddie Money performs “Two tickets to Paradise” on the MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (1978)
Carl Palmer started playing drums at the age of 11 years old. He comes from a long line of musicians in his family going all the way back to his great grandmother who was a classical guitar player. While in…
Record executive Jason Flom talks about his career in A&R at Atlantic Records in New York in the early 80’s. His first signing was a band from Long Island called Zebra, they played a show with Twisted Sister Jason reflects…
Watch this exclusive Rock Scene interview from 2013 with Rickey Medlocke of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackfoot talking about how he learned to play many instruments during his childhood. He learned a lot from his grandfather, who was a professional musician.…
Van Halen’s self titled first record was released on February 10, 1978. Check out the article in the July 1978 issue of Rock Scene magazine Van Halen “Zero” demos 1976 From Wikipedia: “According to a January 4, 1977, L.A.…
Rachel Bolan sings the Ramones “Pshycho Therapy” from the 1992 Skid Row release “B-Side Ourselves”
Vince Neil performs at the “US Festival” May 29, 1983 Motley Crue on the set of “Too Young to Fall in Love” 1984 A very emotional Vince Neil as he performs “Hme Sweet Home”L at the performs “Home Sweet Home”…
Guns N Roses manager Beta Lebeis comes out sings Happy Birthday to Axl at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on February 2, 2012 Go to ROCK SCENE AUCTIONS and bid on Axl photo signed by Photographer…
Dave Sabo of Skid Row Skid Row guitarist Dave “Snake” Sabo talks about his Rock Scene growing up. Go HERE to bid on photographed by Mark “WEISSGUY” Weiss
Alex Lifeson and Geddy Lee – 1981 photograph signed by photographer Mark Weiss now only $300 (coupon code RUSHFAN) Alex Lifeson – 1983 photograph signed by photographer Mark Weiss now only $300 (coupon code RUSHFAN) Check out the official trailer…
Kid Rock at the filming of AMERICAN BAD ASS photos by Mark “WEISSGUY”Weiss
Peter on top of the world! Watch this live concert at Oakland Coliseum Stadium (Oakland, CA) on July 2, 1977. This is the tour that made Peter a superstar after the release of FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! on January 7, 1976 in…
2005 Interview for Headbanger’s Journey | Raw & Uncut. Interviewed by Sam Dunn from BangerTV. More on BangerTV . All photographs by Mark Weiss Lemmy and Wendy O Williams in 1984. Motorhead performs Donnington Festival 1986. A must see Lemmy classic…