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 uncle's house and it quickly peaked his curiosity. He fell in love with music and started playing guitar. He saw The Rolling Stones in concert when he was a teenager and immediately knew he wanted to be like them. Photography…
Blondie drummer Clem Burke grew up influenced by bands like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, and other bands of the British Invasion. “From my early teens I was always in rock & roll bands. It was kind of like my social scene.” He would play in the battle of the bands in high school and spend his weekends gigging. In addition to playing with Blondie, he has recorded with various artists including Pete Townshend and Bob Dylan.
Ted Nugent, born in 1948, first picked up the guitar when he was five years old. He grew up in the era of Motown, and was mesmerized by the energy of artists like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and especially James Brown. He would put bands together with schoolmates during the 50’s when he was still a young child. Since then he has gained fame through the Amboy Dukes and his own solo material. Ted is having the…
SAY WHAT! (7 minutes in) Another 13,000 feet we go higher and higher and Cleopatra has this beautiful raven hair and what are you supposed to do man except lay there and play the part. And so I’m laying there playing the part and the grape chokes me almost, but I can’t let the joke come out. Because you know I have to be together, right? So, I say, “Oh, groovy great wine there Cleo. Hell, I mean, let’s get it…
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…
Alice Cooper performs ‘I Love The Dead’ from their 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. This was the band’s sixth record, and it was their best selling one yet. Their stage show was unlike any other. To this day, when played live, the song features the decapitation of Alice, via guillotine. The film Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper, documented and featured live footage from different stops on the tour. (YouTube) ALICE NEVER ORDINARY "My parents really like this whole…
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 sets a night, and jam with local musicians. He moved to England in 1975 and the scene was very different over there. He would show up at pubs and ask to jam, but would get rejected. “They were all playing original…