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Caught on Tape: Joan Jett, 1984

Caught on Tape: Joan Jett, 1984

Rob Hoffman September 8, 2009 9

For his latest Caught on Tape, Rob Hoffman reaches into the vaults for his 1984 interview with Joan Jett

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Caught on Tape: Red Hot Chili Peppers Interview Each Other, 12/6/1984

Caught on Tape: Red Hot Chili Peppers Interview Each Other, 12/6/1984

Rob Hoffman August 18, 2009 14

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

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Caught on Tape: New Orleans, Van Halen Style

Caught on Tape: New Orleans, Van Halen Style

Steven Rosen August 11, 2009 7

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

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Caught on Tape: Getting Sleazy With ZZ

Caught on Tape: Getting Sleazy With ZZ

Steven Rosen August 4, 2009 5

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

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Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Disappear in Front of George Harrison

Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Disappear in Front of George Harrison

Steven Rosen July 21, 2009 11

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

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Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Throw Up on Paul McCartney

Caught on Tape: The Day I Didn’t Throw Up on Paul McCartney

Steven Rosen July 14, 2009 9

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

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Caught on Tape: Slash and Burn

Caught on Tape: Slash and Burn

Steven Rosen July 7, 2009 0

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

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Caught on Tape: Jimmy Page and the Plane Truth

Caught on Tape: Jimmy Page and the Plane Truth

Steven Rosen June 30, 2009 15

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

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Caught on Tape: Ritchie Blackmore — Happiness Is a Warm Bun

Caught on Tape: Ritchie Blackmore — Happiness Is a Warm Bun

Steven Rosen June 16, 2009 3

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

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Caught on Tape: Paul Kossoff, Free Man at Last

Caught on Tape: Paul Kossoff, Free Man at Last

Steven Rosen June 9, 2009 5

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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