Ongoing History Daily: A new book on hair metal
Back in the 80s, the dominant form of rock was hair metal: guys with big hair, wearing spandex, and sometimes
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Hair Metal
Random Music News for Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t want to go through that again, do we,
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Random Music News for Friday, May 19, 2017
Sorry. Still trying to process the whole Chris Cornell story. Here’s what else is making music news on May 19.
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The Sexist Hell Endured by Female Rockers in the 80s
For decades, women were told that they couldn’t rock. Sure, there were exceptions–Janis Joplin and Grace Slick come to mind–but
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The Big Book of Hair Metal
Martin Popoff, the Canadian music expert (especially on all things metal) has a new book featuring the oral history of
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