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In 1993, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers released their Greatest Hits album. It remains the group’s best-selling record, with over 12 million copies sold. Mitch Schneider (of the Schneider/Rondan Organization) handled publicity for Petty at the time (“I was Tom Petty’s publicist for 17 years”), so to help promote Greatest Hits, he sat d...

Review & photos by Ron Lyon (@ronlyonphoto) 

Opening night of a national tour is rarely without a few surprises, and the Rival Sons’ October 30 performance at the Knitting Factory in Boise, Idaho, was no exception. With a new bassist stepping into the lineup, a set list reaching deep into the band’s catalog, and ...

Few writers have documented the Seattle grunge explosion and the rise of Nirvana as extensively as Gillian G. Gaar. The author of Entertain Us: The Rise of Nirvana and

You have to take your hat off to Foreigner. Even as the group currently tours the world without original members, their history is celebrated in such a way so that it really comes down to the songs that define Foreigner more than its members. Fair enough. Of course, it’s still Mick Jones’ band because he calls the shots — even without being there. Original members like singer...

The closing of the Black Sabbath era, with the death of singer Ozzy Osbourne, and his final appearance with the band before his passing not long afterwards, has led many of us to wonder what will be next for the surviving members moving forward. Drummer Bill Ward has basically retired. The same with bassist Geezer Butler, although I’m pretty sure he will occasionally apply hi...