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 talks Crue
John Corabi 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 and at the same time, Nikki…
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/
Happy Birthday to Carl Palmer of ELP -Born March 20, 1950
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 school, he left school played in numerous orchestras. He could read music very well & found too easy. He desired a path more exciting and was invited to join a rhythm and blues band called the King Bees, which he…
Happy Birthday to JASON FLOM – CEO OF LAVA RECORDS BORN FEBRUARY 17, 1961
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 on seeing Twisted Sister in front of 3000 kids at the Mid Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY. After singer Dee Snider riled up the audience, everyone in the audience had Twisted Sister t-shirts on and were chanting “TWISTED FUCKIN’…
Happy Birthday to Rickey Medlocke Born February 17, 1950
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. He started playing the banjo when he was three years old, started playing guitar at the age of five, and even learned drums when he was eight. Rickey was involved with Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1971 to 1972, then left right…
The New English Rock – Peter Gabriel and Genisis – July 1973
Read the full article 0n page 18 in the third issue of Rock Scene magazine July 1973. (Photos by Bob Gruen) https://youtu.be/CubzEiY42zk Genesis I Know What I Like (Live 1973 Shepperton Reworked) Peter Gabriel during the performance