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My Rock and Roll Journey: Joe Cotela – DED – Chapter 1

June 11, 2017 by AW Leave a Comment

My Rock and Roll Journey: Joe Cotela – DED – Chapter 1
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By Joe Cotela (DED) I’ve been told that I used to run around singing “Born in the USA” by Bruce Springsteen when I was three years old, but I don’t remember it.  I guess that would be the first hint that I would someday become a musician. As early as I can remember, my parents used […]

Filed Under: Joe Cotela My Rock and Roll Journey, My Rock and Roll Journey Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Black Sabbath, Chapter 1, Ded, Joe Cotela, Korn, Led Zeppelin, MTV, My Rock and Roll Journey, Pantera, Rage Against The Machine, The Beatles, White Zombie

Why April 5th is a Tragic Day in Rock History

April 5, 2017 by AW Leave a Comment

Why April 5th is a Tragic Day in Rock History
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By Adam Waldman In 1971, Don McClean released his most successful song – “American Pie,” featuring the poignant lyric…“the day the music died.”  The reference is about the tragic plane crash that took place on February 3, 1959, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson. On October 20, 1977, another plane […]

Filed Under: Feature Stories, In Memoriam Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Cozy Powell, Don McClean, Emerson Lake and Powell, KISS, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mark St. John, Nirvana, Rainbow, The Day The Music Died, Why April 5th is a Tragic Day in Rock History

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/25/17

February 28, 2017 by AW Leave a Comment

HRD Radio Report – Week Ending 2/25/17
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HRD RADIO REPORT  The HRD Radio Report showcases the weekly Active Rock Mediabase Charts (compiled by AllAccess.com), and appears every Tuesday on HardRockDaddy.com.  The HRD Radio Report digs deeper into the weekly Active Rock charts, providing commentary, reviews, recommendations and predictions.  It also features opinion pieces on chart action and the music business in general. Many of the artists featured […]

Filed Under: HRD Radio Report Tagged With: Active Rock Mediabase Chart, Alice In Chains, AllAccess, Black Sabbath, Dream No More, How Did You Love, HRD Radio Report, Metallica, Shinedown, Songs Played On Octane

Billboard Top 25 Hard Rock Albums – 12/17/16

December 7, 2016 by AW Leave a Comment

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Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart for the week ending 12/17/16.  Top 25 albums ranked by sales data and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. THIS WEEK’S TOP 25: METALLICA – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA – The Ghosts Of Christmas Eve AVENGED SEVENFOLD – The Stage SKILLET– Unleashed ICON FOR HIRE – You Can’t Kill Us KORN – The […]

Filed Under: Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, Beasto Blanco, Disturbed, Five Finger Death Punch, Highly Suspect, Jimi Hendrix, Megadeth, Metallica, Shinedown, Sixx: A.M., The Pretty Reckless, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Volbeat

Hard Rock Music Time Machine – 8/18/16

August 18, 2016 by AW Leave a Comment

Hard Rock Music Time Machine – 8/18/16
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Hard Rock Music Time Machine – 8/18/16 Each Thursday, Hard Rock Music Time Machine takes a journey back in time to feature a variety of songs that date back as far as the ’70s, the ’80s (the glory days of hard rock), hidden gems of the ’90s and hard rock/metal songs of the new millennium (as […]

Filed Under: Hard Rock Music Time Machine Tagged With: Alice In Chains, Black Gives Way To Blue, Clutch, Danzig, Elton John, Firehouse, George Lynch, Hard Rock Music Time Machine, Humble Pie, Jaded Heart, Magnum, Ray Gillen, Throwback Thursday

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