Yes I Was There!

memories from the very first concert of the American Monsters of Rock tour

Metal Origins: Black Sabbath? Yes! — But Who Else Was Involved?

getting past the…

The Ship Of Theseus and No-Original-Member Metal Bands

Video Flashback — Black Sabbath, “Trashed”

analysis of alternate videos for a classic 1980s Sabbath…

Remembering Ken Kelly’s Metal Album Artwork

He painted his portion of our collective metal imagination

Classic Metal Class Session 8— American Metal in the 1970s

so many great bands to talk about from that…

Classic Metal Class Session 10 — Heavy Metal In Germany in the 1970s to Mid-1980s

it was time to…

Expanding My Metal Collection — The Columbia Record Club

back in the 1980s, they’d ship you a slew of…

Recording of Classic Metal Class Session 1 — Early Heavy Metal (1970–1974)

Here’s where the whole…

Classic Metal Class Session 12 — Classic Metal and Cover Songs

what makes for a great metal cover of a…