Interview with Bill Aucoin – Rock ‘n Roll Manager
Interview with Bill Aucoin from 2003 for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. Writer’s Note: In 2003 I was working on a personal project related to the music industry when I was graciously steered towards former Kiss, Billy Idol and Billy Squier manager Bill Aucoin. As a young fan of Kiss in
Interview with Bobby Blotzer of RATT
Bobby Blotzer of RATT Interview for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOUSE OF HAIR ONLINE: You have your son Michael out on the road teching for you. You’ve been on the scene for quite some time and now your boy’s following in your footsteps. What a thrill, huh? BOBBY BLOTZER: Yeah,
Interview with Blackie Lawless of W.A.S.P.
Interview With Blackie Lawless for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOUSE OF HAIR: I’d like to start by talking about you growing up on Staten Island. There are so many notable musicians from the area I feel like there ought to a book written on it! Maybe it’s the across-the-pond element
Interview with Age of Evil
Interview With Jeremy Goldberg of Age of Evil for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair Online: I’ve always said you can’t necessarily teach the old school way of playing heavy metal to other generations; it’s up those generations to find the chemistry of eighties metal on their own and
Bruce Kulick of KISS, Interview for House of Hair Online
Interview With Bruce Kulick of KISS for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair Online: You were, of course, a part of the Big ‘80s resurrection of Kiss. It’s one thing Kiss was able to come back strong in the decade, but you all were a part of that Big
Interview With Corey Glover of Living Colour
Interview With Corey Glover of Living Colour for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. House of Hair: Tell us a little bit about this show you’ve got going on in Washington, DC tonight. Living Colour are guest performers on the “Afro Punk” show. I guess it’s been awhile since you guys were
Interview: Ace Frehley for House of Hair Online
Ace Frehley interview for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: Thank God about Peter, eh? That’s dodging a bullet. AF: Yeah, that was a shock, but everything seems to be okay. HOH: Since your self-created label is called “Bronx Born,” I wanted go back to your early days before there was
Interview: Lita Ford and Jim Gillette for House of Hair Online
Lita Ford and Jim Gillette for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: This is great stuff having the two of you together on Wicked Wonderland. Naturally everyone knows you two have been married for quite some time, but it’s a bit special to see you working synonymously on this record. JG:
Interview with KK Downing for the House of Hair
By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: Man, brother, Priest has been road-dogging quite extensively in support of Nostradamus and now A Touch of Evil…Live, plus you have a theme to this leg with Whitesnake, as in you guys playing British Steel in its entirety. I probably needn’t ask, but how’s this retro-flavored tour been going
Doro Pesch Interview for House of Hair
Doro Pesch Interview for House of Hair Online By Ray Van Horn, Jr. HOH: Obviously you’ve been pounding the pavement on tour, doing a lot of EPs and DVDs since your last record Warrior Soul, which leads us to your new album Fear No Evil. How would you describe these past few years in this
The SaltyRockz Blog – Waite Watchers
WAITE WATCHER Who’s the best rock vocalist in the world? Robert Plant? David Coverdale? Paul Rogers? Steve Perry? For me it’s none of the above. For my money the best rock vocalist in the world is John Waite. No, I’m serious. Given the body of work that he’s produced the 54-year-old Lancastrian takes the ultimate
The SaltyRockz Blog – Trust HoJo
Mark Rumble has just sent me a great photo of himself from this year’s Download Festival wearing his Saltyrockz Trust line-up T-shirt, then followed it up with a fine e-mail outlining his love for the French rockers. Now I know that French hard rock from the late ’70s and early ’80s may be an acquired
Review: IAN GILLIAN – One Eye to Morocco
Far be it from this writer to suggest what a living rock legend should or shouldn’t do with his career. After all, when you’ve fronted Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, not to mention played the lyrical role of Jesus Christ, you really don’t have to answer to anyone. Still, what is this enigma known as
The SaltyRockz Blog – Festival Frenzy
Now of course you’d expect me to be a bit of a fan of Saltyrockz tees, but I have to admit to a particular fondness for the ‘Festival Veteran’ design just now. That’s natural enough, of course. It sums up how I feel as a long-standing festival-goer, like I’ve been there in the trenches, have