By “Tampa” Earl Burton Now into their third year of the M72 World Tour, Metallica has continually wowed their devoted fans and converted many to the metal faith. Over the weekend, the band brought dual […]
By “Tampa” Earl Burton For some reason (the second year in a row), Disney forced the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to announce the inductions for 2025 on a live edition of American Idol. […]
By “Tampa” Earl Burton Recently I opined on the bands that are the current standard bearers for the world of rock and roll. There was no mention of the “classic rock” bands whose time ended forty […]
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida–April 4th, 2025 Gypsy Star: Web, Facebook, Instagram, Spotify, Youtube I hadn’t realized it’s been since August 2017 that I last […]
By “Tampa” Earl Burton “Rock and roll” has now been in existence for almost seventy-five years. Going back to 1951 and the original “Rocket 88” (originally attributed to Jackie Breston and His Delta Cats, the only […]
ROCK HISTORY Rock At Night likes to look at rock history just for laughs. This little nugget by notable conservative William F. Buckley, Jr. was printed in the Boston Globe on September 13, 1964. It […]
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: Jannus Live, St. Petersburg, Florida–February 28th, 2025 They Might Be Giants stomped into the Tampa Bay area as part of their mostly-sold-out Big Tour, […]
By “Tampa” Earl Burton Many things can be laid at the feet of “rock and roll.” It is the joyous, rebellious spirit of youth. It is the spirit of protest, of effecting change in society. […]
By today’s standards, this is really ridiculous but Alice Cooper was banned in several countries in the 1970s. Yes, he was not allowed to perform in countries like the UK, Germany, and Australia. Check out […]
By “Tampa” Earl Burton If you got our tenth-anniversary edition of Rock at Night, you saw the list of artists that I felt were the best choices for nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall […]
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