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Why So Serious? Why Has Rock Lost Its Fun?
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. […]
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Rock History: When Alice Cooper was banned
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 […]
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Announces 2025 Nominees – and Here’s Our Choices
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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Hooked Up with TBMOM at Magnanimous Brewing!
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: Tampa Bay Museum of Metal Exhibition at Magnanimous Brewing of Seminole Heights, Tampa, Florida–January 25-26th, 2025 Band members etc: All Brutality Members, Lee Harrison (Monstrosity, […]
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Orpheum divided into Seven Kingdoms, Lutharo follows Spiritual Chaos!
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: The Orpheum, Tampa, Florida–December 7th, 2024 Bands/Websites or Facebook/Social Links: Spiritual Chaos Web Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Lutharo Web Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Seven Kingdoms […]
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Were These CDs REALLY That Popular?
By “Tampa” Earl Burton Along with being a writer here at Rock at Night (and my internet radio gig with Real Rock Radio), one of my other enjoyments with music is collecting compact discs. Not […]
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The Hand of Reason Serves The Lonely Ones The Brass Mug!
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: The Brass Mug, Tampa, Florida–September 8th, 2024 Note: Hyperlinks in text usually go somewhere different from the basic links below, follow each textual link for […]
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Alex Lopez Xpress brings Memphis Lightning to Lakeland’s Union Hall, Blues-rock ensued!
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Senior Photojournalist Venue: Union Hall, Lakeland, FL August 23rd, 2024 Band Links: Alex Lopez Xpress, Memphis Lightning Note: Most in-text links do not link to the same places as […]
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Transportation Trifecta at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre: Yacht, Speedwagon, and Train!
By Brent Michael, Rock At Night Tampa Senior Correspondent Venue: MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Tampa, Florida–August 20th, 2024 Band Websites: Yacht Rock Revue, REO Speedwagon, Train Band Facebook: Yacht Rock Revue, REO Speedwagon, […]
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Rock Doc of the Month: ‘Hired Gun’ Opens the Door to the Session Musician’s Travails
By “Tampa” Earl Burton Last month here at Rock at Night we started something that turned out to be EXTREMELY popular. The presentation of rock music documentaries is often overlooked, but they often take deeper […]
