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Roundly recognized as one of the top films of the '90s, A Bronx Tale first began as an autobiographical one-man play by Chazz Palminteri, who went on to star in the cinematic adaptation, which is also notable as it marked the debut of Robert De Niro as a director. Perhaps most interesting, Palminteri has continued... Continue Reading →
Musicians taking up the paintbrush is nothing new. From Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to John Mellencamp to the late David Bowie, it seems like anyone who randomly wandered into a Blick art supply store while on tour found a new hobby throwing paint on canvas. That wasn’t quite the case for Paul Stanley. The... Continue Reading →
It's fairly normal for interviews to run a bit longer than the allotted time. Not too much, but sometimes they go over to a point where I'm thinking to myself, "Alright I really need to shut this down, no matter how interesting it is to me." But with John Christ, guitarist best known for his... Continue Reading →
Next Tuesday, the hotly anticipated Alex Van Halen memoir Brothers lands on shelves, but the buzz has gotten even stronger this week after he dropped some bombshells that won’t be included between the bindings. The book tells the story of the unbreakable bond between the drummer and his younger brother, Edward, beginning with their childhood... Continue Reading →
One of the most elusive alternative rock reunions imploded this past weekend as Jane’s Addiction cancelled the remaining dates of their North American tour following an onstage scuffle between frontman Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. The group, which also features drummer Stephen Perkins and bassist Eric Avery, had been plagued by a series of... Continue Reading →
One of the more unexpected reunions in the past however many years was that of Jane's Addiction. Not because bands reconvening is anything groundbreaking in these days of Oasis and Linkin Park, but because these guys had tried it over and over and over again across decades and always had the same problems split them... Continue Reading →
Looking at pop rock albums of the '90s, very few - if any - are good as Weezer's debut, The Blue Album. Tonight at the TD Garden, the outfit led by lord of the geeks Rivers Cuomo, never afraid to pin his nerdiness - or his heart - on his sleeve, bring the "Voyage to... Continue Reading →
Backstage in the dining area last night at The Xfinity Center, I'm sitting down to dinner with Jeff Gutt, the singer from Stone Temple Pilots - which is an absolutely bonkers way to start a story, I realize this - and we're talking about the Vanyaland 617 Q&A he did with me recently. He mentions... Continue Reading →
First of all, it must be said that that headline got a chuckle out of Jeff Gutt, who has been the singer for Stone Temple Pilots since 2017. I sat down with him recently for a Vanyaland 617 Q&A where he talked about his resiliency in an unforgiving industry, one where his alternative was going... Continue Reading →
Last week, and almost exactly 15 years to the day they called it quits in wildly dramatic fashion, Britpop titans Oasis revealed they would be getting back together for a series of concerts next year in the United Kingdom. The news set off a firestorm of excitement across the pond among the media, longtime fans,... Continue Reading →
