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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD Co-Founder MARK FARNER Blasts 'Fake' ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

In a brand new interview with Sofa King Cool, former GRAND FUNK RAILROAD singer Mark Farner was asked how it feels to see various rap and hip-hop a...

Grand Funk Railroad’s Mark Farner Blasts Rock Hall of Fame Mark Farner isnt showing much love for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame these days. The former Grand Funk Railroad singer, and Flint native, was recently asked in a interview his thoughts on seeing various rap and hip-hop artist be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame before the legendary band he actually co-founded more than five decades ago. In a recent interview with a magazine, Farner notes the "snub basically shows the Rock H...

We didnt feel like we ever fit in. How Alice Coopers history shaped Detroit Stories Ed Masley, Arizona Republic © Jenny Risher Alice Cooper, photographed in 2020, as he prepares to release a tribute to his other hometown, "Detroit Stories." Alice Cooper spends his latest album, "Detroit Stories," paying tribute to a city that looms large in Cooper legend for obvious reasons.  First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice ...

First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice Cooper group in Phoenix, where his family moved when he was 12, the Cortez High School track star and his bandmates were sharing a farmhouse on the outskirts of Detroit when they recorded "Im Eighteen," their breakthrough single. Theyd moved to Detroit after several years in California, where they cut their first two albums for Frank Zappas Straight Records. As Cooper, who now lives in Paradi...

We didnt feel like we ever fit in. How Alice Coopers history shaped Detroit Stories Ed Masley, Arizona Republic © Jenny Risher Alice Cooper, photographed in 2020, as he prepares to release a tribute to his other hometown, "Detroit Stories." Alice Cooper spends his latest album, "Detroit Stories," paying tribute to a city that looms large in Cooper legend for obvious reasons.  First and foremost, he was born there. And although he met the other founding members of the Alice ...

By: Andy Gensler (Fin Costello/Redferns) Leslie West performing at Londons Rainbow Theater in April 1973 as part of West, Bruce and Laing, which included Jack Bruce and Corky Laing. When Leslie West, founder of Mountain, passed away just before Christmas at the age of 75, the world lost a legendary guitarist who helped set a template for what hard rock could be. Tracks, especially the classic “Mississippi Queen,” as well as lesser known banger...

Fabulous Flip Sides of Damnation of Adam Blessing Interview with Jim Quinn Cleveland’s Damnation of Adam Blessing celebrates its 50th anniversary with their first two albums reissued on 180 gram vinyl by Exit Stencil. Jim Quinn discusses songs from these albums and shares stories about many acts he has worked with over the decades. Author: back on vinyl from Cleveland’s Exit Stencil record company. The record box was quite heavy when it arrived. JIM QUINN: Thank you. Yes, these are 180 ...

Omahan Rick Galusha has been hosting “Pacific Street Blues” as a volunteer for 30 years. Through the show, and his former job as president of Homer’s Records, he has met or talked with lots of rock and blues stars, including Bonnie Raitt, B.B. King, Maria Muldaur and Dr. John. We talk with him about the show and what’s next. Q. How did the show  come about? A. I was the president of Homer’s record store. And a new radio station had opened, the View, 105.9. At Homerâ...

Look to the Stars December 22, 2020 It’s been three decades since Ringo Starr founded his All Starr supergroup and took the stage with some of rock and roll’s biggest luminaries, creating an exceptional legacy of performances of some of the greatest hits of all time culled from Starr’s extraordinary catalog as a solo artist and as Beatle, as well as the All Starr Band members’ substantive songbook. In celebration of this milestone, and just in time for the holiday season, a new limited-...