Steel Panther In 1985, rent cost $375 per month, gas was $1.09 per gallon, and movies were $2.75 per ticket. A-ha, Simple Minds, and Madonna topped the pop charts. Heavy Metal bands wore as much make up as their Day-Glow-wearing girlfriends and Aqua Net was as important as their guitars, mics, and drums. On January […]
Capitol Hill Block Party finished the 3 days of mayhem with the heat on the stage only rivaled by the heat of the blazing Seattle sun. It took 4 stages to contain the frenetic enery of: The Posies, Campfire OK, My Goodness, Battles, and The Cave Singers. The Posies Campfire OK My Goodness Battles The […]
It was a typical day at work when at 1:45 P.M. I got a call from my buddy Tom exclaiming that the KISS Army was a man down. Major Tom insisted that I join the fight. After 40 years of hard livin’ and even harder rockin’, KISS still packs the house with wild and colorful […]
Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart reunited for a terrific concert playing for a packed house at KeyArena in Seattle on April 23rd. Photographer John Rudolph enthusiastically covered the show for Back Beat Seattle. Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart Photogapher: John Rudolph