By Adam Waldman Forty years ago today, Pat Benatar released her debut album, In the Heat of the Night. A few months later, around the time of my eleventh birthday, I heard “Heartbreaker” on Long Island’s premier rock station, WBAB. I was instantly hooked on that voice and the energy of the song. I can […]
Hard Rock Music Time Machine – 1997: The One That Got Away!
While working for Billboard Magazine in 1997, I attended the now defunct, Philadelphia Music Conference. The conference was geared towards the more indie side of the business, and for the most part, it was fairly lackluster. Truth be told, it wasn’t really set up very well for performances, with bands playing in stark, fluorescent-lit conference […]
