PHOTOGRAPHER MARK WEISS DISCUSSES PHOTOGRAPHING GUNS N’ ROSES BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS
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Greg Prato of Songfacts spoke with photographer Mark “Weissguy” Weiss about photographing Guns N’ Roses before their huge commercial success. Potions of article appear below. Weiss shot the band for Hit Parader magazine, and stated, “[At the time] No one outside of LA had heard of them. They didn’t even have an album out, but […]
QUIET RIOT DRUMMER FRANKIE BANALI PASSES AWAY AT AGE 68
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As first announced on TrunkNation on SiriusXM Volume 106: Frankie Banali, drummer for Quiet Riot has passed away from his battle with pancreatic cancer, he was age 68. Additionally, Eddie will be on live today till 4P ET remembering Frankie and his wife is expected to call in. Banali is most known for his lengthy […]
GUITARIST ADRIAN SMITH RELEASES “MONSTERS OF RIVER & ROCK MY LIFE AS IRON MAIDEN’S COMPULSIVE ANGLER” ON SEPTEMBER 3RD
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Adrian Smith, the legendary lead guitarist of 100-million- album-selling band Iron Maiden, is well known in the Maiden community as a celebrated angler whose fishing gear travels with him as he tours across the world. In his first, very personal riverside memoir, Monsters of River & Rock, Smith takes us with him on an incredible journey […]