According to Rolling Stone Magazine, “William Shatner’s 1967 debut LP The Transformed Man is perhaps the most mocked album in the history of recorded music. Released at the height of the psychedelic movement, the album mixes famous poems and Shakespeare works with pop music – all delivered with Shatner’s signature overly-dramatic speaking voice. It’s more bizarre than it sounds. Shatner claims he recorded “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds” in…
WATCH: Georgia Satellites rock “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” LIVE
Another great LIVE video! Not only do the Satellites have fun with the audience participation portion of “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” but they also transition seamlessly into the Rolling Stones classic “It’s Only Rock and Roll.” “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” was written by the group’s lead singer, Dan Baird, and was released in 1986 as their debut single from their self-titled first album which ultimately reached #2 on…
WATCH: The Cars rock “Bye Bye Love” LIVE in1979 – Rock Goes to College BBC
What a great live performance! First off, the video itself says it was recorded in 1978, but my research claims that The Cars were on the BBC’s Rock Goes to College on January 13, 1979 at the University of Sussex, although the series did run in both ’78 & ’79. But close enough. The Cars were formed in late 1976 and spent 1977 touring the east coast developing their sound and…
WATCH: Twisted Sister – “I Wanna Rock!” LIVE – 1984 – Stay Hungry Tour
What a great live performance by heavy metal band Twisted Sister, originally hailing from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey! Although the band’s roots go back to 1972, the popular version of the band got its start in 1979 when Danny “Dee” Snider joined the band, and the group took a heavier musical direction, influenced by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Slade, and Alice Cooper. It was Twisted Sister’s third studio album, Stay Hungry,…
WATCH: Very Sexy Pat Benatar LIVE @ ’82 US Festival: “Promises in the Dark” & “Heartbreaker”
Another great video from one of the US Festivals, this one in 1982. For those of you not familiar with the US Festival, they were put on by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak who believed that the 1970s were the “Me” generation and intended the US Festivals to encourage the 1980s to be more community-oriented and combine technology with rock music. Yeah, right. Benatar, dressed in black, was on the stage…
WATCH: Shirtless Ted Nugent rocks “Cat Scratch Fever” LIVE on The Midnight Special (1978)
I remember this appearance by “The Motor City Madman” on The Midnight Special back on September 6, 1978. He played both “Stranglehold” and “Cat Scratch Fever” that night, but the latter really brought the house down as I recall. “Cat Scratch Fever” was originally released on May 13, 1977 from Nugent’s thrid studio album and is well known for its signature guitar riff, which is a “3-tone minor-key melody harmonized…
WATCH: 6-Year-Old Drummer Covers “Hot for Teacher” by Van Halen
Wait, what? Yup, you read that correctly. We have video of a 6–year-old doing a drum cover of Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” and he’s really, really good! Here’s more from the YouTube description: Avery “Drummer” Molek is young growing musician. He started playing drums at age 2. He now loves to play everything: classic, rock, jazz, metal and progressive music. Avery also plays bass, guitar & piano. Maybe they…
WATCH: Sweet performs “Fox On The Run” on the UK’s ‘Top Of The Pops’ Dec. 23, 1975
We looked really hard for a true LIVE version of this song from the time it came out in 1974-75 but no luck. We did find this funky performance on Britain’s Top of the Pops TV show from December of 1975. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “Fox on the Run” is a song by the British band Sweet, first recorded in 1974. It was Sweet’s first single that…
WATCH: Quiet Riot – “Cum On Feel The Noize” Live at the US Festival, 1983
Who remembers when Quiet Riot’s album Metal Health came out in March of 1983? It wasn’t their first album, but it was the first for a reorganized version of the band after the loss of Radny Rhoads to Ozzy Osbourne, and it now featured lead singer Kevin DuBrow with drummer Frankie Banali, bassist Rudy Sarzo and guitarist Carlos Cavazo. After signing with CBS Records they went into the studio and…
WATCH: Billy Gibbons & John Fogerty jam to ZZ Top & CCR Hits!
Are you as psyched as we are about the upcoming ZZ Top and John Fogerty “Blues and Bayous Tour” as we are? Great video below of Billy Gibbons and John Fogerty swapping licks and playing each other’s hits in the practice studio. Of course it’s staged, but man is it cool to see these two rocking out! Here’s more on the tour from Rolling Stone: Just a couple of weeks…