Points of View
These articles examine and opine on the state of rock music as well as trends, issues and other matters of consequence related to classic rock and its business and culture.
Woodstock 50 Debacle: No Peace. No Love. No Music
A 50th anniversary doesn’t just sneak up on you. So how did the plans for a worthy celebration of the 1969 festival fall apart?
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Dave Edmunds Shares Two Chuck Berry Stories
“I don’t know if Chuck recognised I was copping his licks, or whether he was just feeling lazy, but he had me play all the guitar solos – to every song”
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Mad Magazine: Required Reading For Generations
Many of its articles exposed staples of American culture—nothing and no one was safe from its pointed humor, from hit movies to products to the media.
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When a Label Chief Threatened to Cancel Metallica Signing
An Elektra Records senior executive paints a great picture of an industry legend: “You have to get out of here. That guy is crazy”
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Before Judas Priest’s 2022 Rock Hall Induction, Rob Halford Was Gracious About Their Prior Rejection
Before finally being selected, one of the world’s top metal bands was turned down by the Hall’s voters.
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Paul McCartney: The Beatles’ ‘Other’ Consummate Guitarist
The Beatles had three guitarists. One of them doesn’t get nearly as much credit as he deserves. We look at Paul McCartney’s guitar work.
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John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’: Love Is the Answer
After a career worst release on the charts, his next solo effort redeemed him, in the eyes of the author of ‘The Beatles Top 101 Solo Songs’
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Deaths of Older Rock Legends Continue to Shake Us
A wave of deaths of older rock legends has given boomers reason to pause. Is 67 or 70 the new 27? “I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.”
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On Being Music Mogul Walter Yetnikoff’s ‘Rabbi’
The passing of the colorful executive elicited plenty of memories from those who worked with him. Here’s one from a journalist who was hired to write a speech
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Handicapping the Rock Hall’s Class of 2021
Now that the Class of 2021 has been selected, we’ve looked back at the predictions we made when the nominees were announced
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