Category: Rock

For more than a decade, “Renaissance” has been churning out their unique brand of rock music. The group has recently switched record labels, leaving Sire, for I.R.S. Records, and a new album release titled, “Camera Camera”. Changes in “Renaissance”, include the departure of drummer Terry Sullivan and keyboardist John Tout, and the addition of Peter Gosling and Peter Barron. Currently on a U.S. tour, we spoke with lead singer Annie Haslam about the “Renaissance” of today. Q – As I recall, when “Renaissance” played in Syracuse four years ago, you…

The departure of Peter Criss from Kiss, stunned the entire rock world. Since leaving, Criss has released his first non-Kiss solo album on Casablanca Records titled “Out Of Control.” Criss’ replacement is twenty-seven year old Eric Carr. Kiss with Peter Criss, recorded sixteen albums, sold forty million records, and enjoyed sales of up to $100 million dollars a year worth of Kiss related products. It was back in 71 that Peter Criss placed an ad in “Roll­ing Stone” Magazine that would change his life. It read “Drummer willing to do…

What can you say about a guy who played drums in one of the most successful bands in all of rock’s history? Plenty. It’s been more than a decade now since Peter Criss left Kiss. During that time, he released a solo album “Out of Control” – joined the group Balls Of Fire and married a playboy centerfold. (Debra Svensk) Peter’s been working on his autobiography titled “A Face Without A Kiss”, which he hopes to have published in the very near future. He’s also looking to produce up and…

“They’re a good band. All these guys need is a gimmick” – Alice Cooper, after seeing Kiss in February, 1974, in Los Angeles. While Alice Cooper was only joking, rock fans have taken Kiss quite seriously, making them one of the most successful rock bands of all time. To date, Kiss has sold somewhere between 60-80 million records worldwide. From 1976-1979 Kiss was voted “Most Popular Group in the World”, over the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Kiss also holds the record for the most albums in the Top 100 Simultaneously,…

Kiss has to be one of the most enduring groups in all of rock ‘n roll history. They’ve sold over 40 million records, performed to S.R.O. audiences throughout the world and have served as an inspiration to many of today’s leading rock acts. You may recall that back in 1976, Kiss was noted the most popular group in America, according to a Gallup poll. This year Kiss will release their 21st album. As finishing touches were being made on the album and tour plans were taking shape, we spoke with…

In the mid 80’s, “RATT” was hot!! They recorded 4 consecutive platinum albums!! Selling over 18 million albums worldwide and performing nearly a 1,000 shows with “RATT”, lead singer Stephan Pearcy was the driving force behind the group. Stephen Pearcy is back out front with his own band these days, supporting a new CD titled “Stripped”, which serves up acoustic versions of RATT’s biggest hits. We spoke with Stephen Pearcy about his days with “RATT” and his new band. Q – Stephen, I recall “RATT” did a show in Syracuse,…

He’s been in bands with Bruce Springsteen. His own band has been called the world’s greatest bar band. We’re talking about Johnny Lyon, better known as Southside Johnny. Johnny’s latest album “Slow Dance” can be found on Cypress Records. Q -You remarked to a L.A. reporter last year that you didn’t want to he onstage anymore and felt you were in a rut and had a big crisis. What kind of a rut were you in? What was the big crisis? A – We were playing some of the same…

He gained his reputation after people started referring to him as the fastest guitar player on earth. Between 1967 and 1974, he did 30 tours of the U.S. He knew Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. He performed at Woodstock and was featured in the film of the same name. He is Alvin Lee and his band is TEN YEARS AFTER. It’s been 15 years since the release of his last album, but make no mistake about it, Alvin Lee is back. ABOUT TIME (Chrysalis Records) is Alvin Lee and TEN…

For the past eight years, Paul Dean served as guitarist and vocalist of Loverboy, a group he co-founded in 1980. Loverboy is one of the better known success stories of the ’80’s, winning fans and selling millions of records worldwide. Well now Paul Dean has released his first solo album “HARD CORE” (Columbia Records). With friends like Paul Stanley (KISS), Bryan Adams, and Jon Bon Jovi helping you out, you just can’t go wrong. Q – You were in something like 13 bands before you met Mike Reno and formed…

Something exciting is happening in rock music these days and it’s called “Americade”. Four guys without benefit of a major recording label, have been igniting audiences everywhere with their own brand of rock ‘n roll. Based out of Brooklyn, N.Y., “Americade” has already caught the attention of famed booking agent Frank Barsalona of Premier Talent. Barsalona was responsible for booking The Beatles, The Who, Jimi Hendrix and so many other superstars. Americade’s star is definitely on the rise and this is one group that should be watched closely. We talked…