Rock Band is a Spanish DVD available from Netflix. It features a variety of music videos from bands that were produced during the 1980s. While the selection of videos is decent, there […]
Movie Review: Rock Band – Not Worth Purchasing As An Import
DVD Review – Bruce Springsteen: Live In NYC – Nothing Beats Springsteen Live
The most memorable concerts I’ve attended in my life have been Bruce Springsteen performances. Particularly when he is with his usual backup, The E Street Band, his marathon sessions have an energy […]
DVD Review – Essential Music Videos: 80’s UK – I Can Think of Better Playlists
The arrival of MTV and the growing popularity of music videos in the early 1980s coincided with a second “British Invasion”. These artists grew out of the punk-rock movement and were generally […]
Book Review – Wild Boy: My Life in Duran Duran by Andy Taylor – Behind the Scenes
After reading John Taylor’s biography, I was motivated to seek out the older autobiography by Andy Talyor. People I talked to said Andy was more forthcoming about some of the conflict within […]
Glenn Tilbrook: One for the Road – Obviously He’s Never Seen a Chevy Chase Film…
I’ve been a huge fan of the band Squeeze for about as long as I can remember, particularly lead singer and songwriter Glenn Tilbrook. Any time they came to New York, I […]
Pure 80’s DVD: Headbangers Rule – Bang Your Head
I was a child of the 1980s and the era when MTV actually played music videos. I know that seems alien to my kids now, and they groan every time I switch […]
DVD Review: Essential Music Videos: 80’s Hard Rock – This DVD is Anything But Essential
Back in 2003, Rhino Flashback released a series of short DVDs ostensibly to create a library of top videos in various music categories. They called the series Essential Music Videos. Most of […]
Book Review – Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock by Sammy Hagar: Sex & Drugs & Rock Music
One weekend I curled up with a bottle of wine, cranked my iPod, and settled in to read an autobiography I’d wanted to get my hands on since I first heard about […]
Genesis: Live at Wembley Stadium – What Every Concert DVD Should Aspire to Be
Although the rock band Genesis’ “official” formation date is 1967, it wasn’t until the early to mid 1980s that the band hit it big. For some longtime fans, it’s the time the […]
Book Review: Put the Needle on the Record – An Art Almost Lost
I’m a child of the 1980’s. My late teens and early 20’s encompassed that decade, and what I remember of it was a lot of fun. There’s a lot of it I […]
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