REVIEW: Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks (+ bonus tracks)
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS – The Cosmos Rocks (2008 Hollywood Records, iTunes + Amazon bonus tracks) I was surprised as anyone else when, in 1997, Queen continued on as a three-piece (sans the retired John...
View ArticleREVIEW: Queen + Paul Rodgers – “Fire and Water” (The Cosmos Rocks bonus track)
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS – “Fire and Water” (The Cosmos Rocks Amazon.com bonus track, 2008) When I reviewed the full album, The Cosmos Rocks, I was frustratingly missing one song: “Fire and Water”, their...
View ArticleREVIEW: Rock Aid Armenia – Smoke on the Water: The Metropolis Sessions
ROCK AID ARMENIA – Smoke on the Water: The Metropolis Sessions (2010 Edel CD/DVD set) When some of the biggest names in both British and Canadian rock combined together to re-record “Smoke on the...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal by Eddie Trunk, 2011, Harry N. Abrams publisher Here is a book that I heartily endorse — for beginners. I bought my best bud Peter a copy of this for...
View ArticleREVIEW: Queen + Paul Rodgers – Live in Ukraine (2009 CD/DVD)
QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS – Live in Ukraine (2009 Hollywood 2 CD/1 DVD set) The show was dubbed “Life Must Go On”, with funds raised going to AIDS research. Queen had never played in Ukraine before....
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