Our Writers
SblendorioMy Mom put a radio in my crib... I raided my sister's record collection... and the rest is history! I’m a Dad, Teacher, Drummer.
I ran the Buy Our Records la...
JP"Even a broken clock is right twice a day".
Vocalist, Guitarist and Percussionist for AATXE.
Lifelong musician and music fan, Weight lifting and martial arts enthusi...
The SluggerThe Slugger is the host of Slugger's Supersonic Radio Show. He was a DJ on WRSU 88.7 FM Rutgers University New Brunswick NJ. He is a songwriter, singer and guitar player...
Sid VerboseEver since I got my first Walkman somewhere around 1986 I’ve been captivated by the storytelling and expression that is music. When I’m not teaching intermed...
Winslow LeechHistorian, artist, author, former radio DJ, and world's worst guitarist. Avid collector of music, movies, books, horror memorabilia, and vintage toys.
"Normal is an illusion,...
Jaime PinaGUITAR: Los Cremators, Chemical People, Down By Law, 45 Grave, Electric Frankenstein, Punk Rock Vatos PRV13, Christian Death 1334
WORD: Fangoria, Giant Robot, Varla, Punk Globe
Jem Is My NameDrummer in the band DEAD / Label Operator - We Empty Rooms / Bullshit Artist. "I Fucking Love Music"
Freddie KatzLiving rock-n-roll 24/7. Recorded and toured extensively as both a guitarist and sound engineer, owner of Sierra Sound; Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. Produced, engineered and perfo...
AyersianLife is just a candle, and a dream must give it flame. (Neil Peart, “The Fountain of
Lamneth”)
I’m a music writer but first a music fan, and I am so privileged to ...
Stu RutherfordMulti-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast, WFMU engineer, record collector, low-rent audiophile. Former member of The Creatures of the Golden Dawn, The Royal Purple...
DJ Alex KayneLiving with Ghosts: The Delirious Rants of an Insane DJ : Metal DJ for over four decades. Well-known
DJ/VJ residency at "L'Amour the Rock
Capitol of Brooklyn." Host of ...
Su ZiPoet/writer and artist who creates and edits the poetry chapbook series, Red Mare.
Her writing has been published in multiple genres. Recent publications include an essa...
Tom LiferLifelong music fan and musician. No qualifications other than the aforementioned.
Bun E. BreadJersey bitch raised at City Gardens + CBGB. Ran away to join the circus, and once again to enjoy the silence. "There’s just some things you don’t do in this world, and...
Diane "Lifer" Farris“I Am A Goddamn Delight!”
Veteran of radio since the 80s, child of the 70s. Interviewer, DJ, Podcaster, Host. Gimme Metal Radio Show "Lifer" / WFMU "Diane's Kamikaze...
BubbernatorBubbernator a.k.a. Chicago Chris a.k.a. "Hey, asshole!!"
My mind is dirtier than the Passaic River.
So much for good, clean living.
Buzz KilbilAir Force Veteran and 27 year Airline Employee, I have been a slave to FM Radio until 2 years ago. I’m now getting my Metal legs on and ready to learn. “How many genres...
Perfect StrangerA tone-deaf music lover since his Dad put on Beethoven's 9th, and an avid film buff. Blessed to have seen many amazing artists and even hob-knob with a few. Teacher, scient...
Perfect Stranger
15 Albums that Influenced Me
- Deep Purple - Made in Japan
- Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
- ELP - Emerson Lake and Palmer (1st LP)
- Uriah Heep - Live
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1st LP)
- Girlschool - Hit & Run
- Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
- King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
- Rush - 2112
- Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
- Rainbow - Rising
- UFO - Strangers in the Night
- UK - UK (1st LP)
- Ludwig Van Beethoven - 3rd Symphony "Eroica"
- Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Articles by Perfect Stranger
CRITICAL CUT: Child In Time
June 15, 2020The first version I heard was not from In Rock, but from, what in my view is the best live rock album ever made, Made in Japan.