In Memoriam: Eddie Van Halen 1955-2020
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Articles by Andy Argyrakis
Australian rocker Garry Beers unveils AshenMoon, reflects on INXS
From the very beginning of INXS, Garry Beers held down the bass on such colossal cuts as “Need You Tonight,” “Never Tear Us Apart” and “What You Need,” while [More…]
“Becoming Human”: Simon Collins, a labyrinth of sounds and a famous musical father
Throughout each of his electronically-focused solo albums, then one with progressive and alternative rock experimenters Sound Of Contact, Simon Collins keeps evolving with an [More…]
Believe in Stryper and the band’s debut recording with former FireHouse bassist Perry Richardson
Heavy metal got a jolt from heaven when Stryper stormed onto the scene like “Soldiers Under Command,” making MTV history as the videos for “Free” and “Honestly” [More…]
Celestial Yes singer Jon Anderson recruits “1000 Hands” for vision three decades in the making
Even though Jon Anderson’s immensely anticipated album, “1000 Hands, Chapter One,” was a whopping three decades in the making, there’s a perfectly reasonable series [More…]
Jenny Berggren sees “The Sign” in Ace Of Base’s “All That She Wants: The Classic Collection”
Sweden’s Ace Of Base wasn’t the country’s first major pop export by any means, but the group that saw “The Sign” and made the mightiest splash since ABBA is [More…]
Voices Of Rock Radio to rev up responsibly at Jamie’s Outpost
A practically non-existent summer concert season may be single-handedly saved thanks to the safety-conscious Labor Day Classic Rock-Fest featuring Voices Of Rock Radio at [More…]
Take a trip to “Penny Lane” with The Quarrymen, the band that started The Beatles
If it hadn’t been for The Quarrymen and the voluntary departure of banjo player Rod Davis, it’s extremely possible there may have never been The Beatles. That’s because [More…]
Well worth the 29-year wait, Tim Butler talks The Psychedelic Furs’ “Made Of Rain”
From the alternative underground, to characterizing the John Hughes’ coming of age classic “Pretty In Pink,” plus additional new wave smashes “Love My Way,” “The [More…]
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Steve Hackett goes inside the pages of “A Genesis In My Bed”
Classic-era Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett isn’t just an integral shaper of the group’s experimental seasons throughout the 1970s (when Peter Gabriel sang in outrageous [More…]