During the 1960s the Inland Empire was a hotbed for garage rock bands. That music scene also showed the important role Latino groups played in the area. Although they never recorded, one of those ...

I’ve always been transparent about the fact that the Secret History of Chicago Music relies on other people. I get leads from the musicians I write about, from my knowledgeable friends, and from ...

In Pomona, they’re getting the bands back together, and the audiences too. The city’s homegrown music scene of the early rock era was dominated by Mexican American teenagers, who were inspired by ...

American bands like Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, and The Black Crowes are built on the foundation of 1960s British rock bands. The punk bands, too. In 1970s New York, the groups emerging from Max’s ...

This one should certainly appeal to the Ponderosa Stomp set as most listeners would be hard pressed to identify even one of the bands on this 23-song anthology. Certainly this set proves garage bands ...

The 1960s may not have been the greatest decade in rock & roll history but it’s hard to argue that any decade was more exciting. It was all new. Every kid who plugged in an electric guitar or flipped ...