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Caught on Tape: Joan Jett, 1984
For his latest Caught on Tape, Rob Hoffman reaches into the vaults for his 1984 interview with Joan Jett
Read More »Caught on Tape:Â Red Hot Chili Peppers Interview Each Other, 12/6/1984
The Caught on Tape series continues with new author Rob Hoffman this week, as he reminisces about some backstage shenanigans with the young Red Hot Chili Peppers
Read More »Caught on Tape: New Orleans, Van Halen Style
Steven Rosen's series of journalistic remembrances continues with a look back at a wild weekend spent in the company of the one and only Edward Van Halen
Read More »Caught on Tape: Getting Sleazy With ZZ
This week in Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen looks back on a fateful week in 1979, a meeting of two guitar legends, and the start of a beautiful friendship
Read More »Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Disappear in Front of George Harrison
It was a day of unmatched California beauty; a startling and fiery sun perched high above in a crystal blue sky and blazed down promise. It was an essential day, a meteorological marvel meant
Read More »Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Throw Up on Paul McCartney
In this week's edition of Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen travels back in time to 1973, and moments spent in the company of Paul McCartney
Read More »Caught on Tape: Slash and Burn
The interview is set for 2:00 PM. At a quarter ‘til, the black hat, cascading curls, and nose ring saunter through the management office’s front doors. The receptionist raises eyes from a computer monitor
Read More »Caught on Tape: Jimmy Page and the Plane Truth
In this week's edition of Caught on Tape, Steven Rosen journeys back to 1977, and his time spent in the eye of the Led Zeppelin hurricane
Read More »Caught on Tape: Ritchie Blackmore — Happiness Is a Warm Bun
November 1974, St. Paul, Minnesota – In the fall of 1974, Creem magazine flew me out to the Twin Cities to interview Ritchie Blackmore. There had been a renewed interest in Deep Purple after
Read More »Caught on Tape: Paul Kossoff, Free Man at Last
January 1976, Hollywood, California – The first time I saw Paul Kossoff play was back in 1969. Free were opening for Blind Faith on their first (and only) US tour. They were appearing at
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