ROCK-on Worldwide

DECEMBER 21ST 1940 TO DECEMBER 4TH 1993

“Rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, in order to provide articles for people who can’t read.”
Frank Zappa

I thought I’d start with that quote from the great man himself to put the piece in perspective. Never short of a few words on any given subject, Rock’s most opinionated man, was not known for mincing his words. He would most certainly found it ridiculous that some sixteen years after the fact he was being commemorated on the anniversary of his death on a website dedicated to classic rock. After all this was the man who once said, “I don’t give a fuck if they remember me at all.” The pigeon holing of his music into one category would also have irritated him. Understandable, given that much of his music wasn’t even Rock, and for that matter, defied categorisation to the point that the only term it could be lumped under was “Zappa.”

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I still play loud as fuck, cuss and spit and blow shit up. My balls have not shrunk but definitely grown. I know they have dropped… but that’s an age thing.”

Nikki Sixx of MotleyCrue to Journalist Mick Wall

So, I’m still very close to my parents and I’ll always be their little baby, you know? It’s just really funny. In other cities I’m just like ‘Rock & Roll!’ and fucking crazy and partying and then I come home to Boston and I’m just like ‘Mom, can you make me my favorite sandwich?’”
Hugh Ferreira of Tantric

“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are.”
Alice Cooper

“There’s nothing more boring than a rock’n'roll star. Someone who has been on the road for 10 years, expecting attention wherever he goes, drinking himself stupid, who is obnoxious, incoherent, uncreative, and has a massive ego. There’s nothing more pointless.”
Thom Yorke

Remember when you used to watch TV in the Sixties and you’d see Perry Como in a cashmere sweater? That’s what rock’n'roll is becoming. It’s your parents’ music.”
Neil Young

“I’m dealing in rock’n'roll. I’m, like, I’m not a bona fide human being.”
Phil Spector

20:30 Rock ‘N’ Raw
Episode 1: The Rock ‘n’ Raw show presents a line-up of classic rock and blues legends, performing live renditions of their biggest hits and album tracks.

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This Month’s featured artiste is Steve Miller. See if you can connect Steve Miller to Mick Ronson in exactly SIX steps through SIX bands.

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Best attempt as judged by an independent Rock journalist and Rock historian WINS.

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STING – 58 on 2nd October 2009
World famous, vastly talented, hugely rich, happily married and good looking; is there anything about this man to like – well yes, Roxanne, Message in a Bottle although female partners (mentioning no names) seem to like the later less Rocky stuff too!

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JOHN OTWAY – 57 on 2nd October 2009
Anyone who doesn’t know this wonderful eccentric needs to bone up on his career with Wild Willy Barrett – after all Pete Townshend produced him and his absurd hit, Cor Baby That’s Really Free still sounds manically fresh even after 30 years in this 2007 gig:

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To support his comeback 2003 album, Meat Loaf toured the world. In February of 2004, the tour took him to Australia where he performed in Melbourne backed by the Symphony Orchestra. The concert featured 13 songs from his catalog including 7 songs that comprised one of rock’s all time best selling classic albums, “Bat Out Of Hell.”

Always looking for another extravagant gesture to make, Meat Loaf outdoes himself once again with this spectacular live concert performance. Taking to the stage with the backing of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Meat (or should that be Mr. Loaf?) works his way through a number of his classic hard hitting rock tunes. Among the tracks performed are “Dead Ringer For Love,” “Life Is A Lemon (And I Want My Money Back),” “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That),” and of course the ubiquitous “Bat Out of Hell.”