Magnolia Thunderpussy. The name alone was enough to make you want to walk to Columbus backwards on your hands. Just one of many Columbus,...

* This interview originally appeared on themusicroom.com in 2014. Special thanks to Tony Keefer! Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips...

I didn't go to a lot of parties in high school and I could probably count on one hand how many I actually attended. It may sound like...

It was only in retrospect that anyone ever considered Diver Down to be a divisive record in the Van Halen catalog. I was 15 years old in...

1985 brought with it the arrival of the first CDs. Originally they were packaged in the long box blister packs and all of us at Record...

I was 12 years old when this album came out 42 years ago today on May 20, 1980. In my young mind, KISS could do no wrong. In retrospect,...

This is installment #5 from my Dad's life story, taken from a 30-page document he wrote in 1999 and added to here and there until the...

"Eruption", Edward Van Halen's signature, was actually the first thing I ever heard by Van Halen, as WEBN had their debut LP in heavy...

This is the 4th installment of my Dad’s life story. He wrote 30+ pages back in 1999, adding and embellishing a few more stories in...

Todd Rundgren's fourth LP A Wizard, A True Star was released on Bearsville Records on March 2, 1973. At the time of its release in 1973,...

During that first Christmas season of working in the mall back in 1984 I was exposed to many different kinds of people, music, and...

Last time I saw Paul, We got low but we stood tall We did shots, Smoked a lot, But we did not fall As I recall, Last time I saw Paul We...

I had graduated the previous June but my best friend, bandmate and brother from another mother Christopher David was in his Senior year...

This is the 3rd installment of my Dad's life story, taken from a 30-page document he wrote in 1999. Before he passed in 2015 he added a...

This is the 2nd installment of my Dad's life story from about 30 or so pages that he wrote in 1999. He lived until 2015 and added a few...

My 17th birthday was in August 1984. That was the same month when I saw Frank Zappa in concert for the first and only time in my life. I...

MY LIFE written May-November 1999 by Ray Dean James With italicized contributions in RED by Ric Hickey in Sept-Oct 2021 When my Dad got...

Cheap Trick’s self titled debut album was released in February 1977. Before cutting their first record, reputedly armed with a repertoire...

This was a great night for a couple of reasons. I had been dating this hypocritical narcissistic cheating woman who shall remain nameless...

Sunday November 9, 1986 was the first time I saw Robyn Hitchcock in concert. He played at Bogart's and at the time I was already a huge...