HOT HOT HOT! 25 Songs to Melt Your winter
HOT HOT HOT! 25 Songs to Melt Your winter Here at the Rocker office we’re getting slightly tired of looking out the window and seeing nothing but snowflakes. So we built ourselves a playlist to make us feel warmer, with songs that only have sunshine in them. And...
The Gambler: 3 Great Gambling Films to Warm Up With
The Gambler: 3 Great Gambling Films to Warm Up With At the end of 2014, Mark Wahlberg starred in a remake of the 1974 film The Gambler which was released to mediocre reviews. Quoted at Rotten Tomatoes, reviewer David Kaplan went so far as to call the...
Hardcore Devo Live! Our interview with Director Keirda Bahruth
Hardcore Devo Live! Our interview with Director Keirda Bahruth If you missed Devo performing their earliest songs on their recent tour, no worries: this new film puts you right in the action. In 2014, new wave pioneers Devo suffered a terrible loss when guitarist Bob...The Dentists Reunite! or What to do when Your Singer Won’t Do a Reunion Show
The Dentists Reunite! or What to do when Your Singer Won’t Do a Reunion Show Although we let Santa know we would have liked to see this show, we were saddened to find Rocker’s Christmas stocking devoid of international plane tickets on the morning of the...
The Dentists Reunite! or What to do when Your Singer Won’t Do a Reunion Show
The Dentists Reunite! or What to do when Your Singer Won’t Do a Reunion Show Although we let Santa know we would have liked to see this show, we were saddened to find Rocker’s Christmas stocking devoid of international plane tickets on the morning of the...
Kim Fowley: Dead Man Rockin’
Kim Fowley: Dead Man Rockin’ "Nobody cares about you" was rock's most outrageous promoter's final message to young bands. We revisit our bizarre deathbed interview with the legend. The number one rule in music marketing is “Death Sells!” Nothing increases the...
The Twelve Songs of Christmas: Our Far-Out Festive Faves!
The Twelve Songs of Christmas: Our Far-Out Festive Faves! What happens when you take a pair of Christmas music fans and add a couple of cocktails? Well if they write for Rocker Magazine, you get a round robin e-mail exchange of Christmas songs ranging from the weird...
Do they know it’s Christmasannukahtime At All? 26 Rocking Gifts for 2014
Do they know it’s Christmasannukahtime At All? 26 Rocking Gifts for 2014 Our 2014 Gift Guide! Is it that time again? PRESENT TIME? Sorry if we seem a little EXCITED, it’s just, we love us some presents down Rockerzine way. And with that in mind we...
Jim Peterik: Eye Of The Survivor
Jim Peterik: Eye Of The Survivor You may not know the name Jim Peterik but you know his songs. First, as lead guitarist and singer of Ides Of March, Jim wrote, sang and played guitar on the rock radio (and car commercial) staple “Vehicle. As the lead guitarist...Les Sans Culottes: The Gods Have Thirst… for French pop!
Les Sans Culottes: The Gods Have Thirst… for French pop! “Ooh la la” is all we can say about the newest disc from Brooklyn’s favorite Franco-phonies Les Sans Culottes. 8 releases in, “The Gods Have Thirst” find the band lingering in the sweet spot...
China Crisis: Penetrate The Consciousness
China Crisis: Penetrate The Consciousness To call China Crisis underrated would be an understatement. The eighties duo of vocalist Gary Daly and guitarist Eddie Lundon are one of music’s best kept secrets. Then again, to call them an “Eighties Duo” is...
