Tag Archives: Jamie Blaine

Monday Rock City: A Conversation with Ed Piskor, Creator of Hip Hop Family Tree

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Acclaimed comic book artist Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree series details originator Kool Herc’s revolutionary rec room parties in the summer of ’73 up to the rise of super stars the Beastie Boys and RUN-DMC. Our own JM Blaine catches up with Piskor straight off the Copenhagen Comics Festival to, uh, rap about the past, present, and future the still-growing Hip Hop Family Tree.
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Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged 2 Live Crew, beastie boys, Ed Piskor, Fantagraphics, Grandmaster Flash, Hip Hop Family Tree, ice-t, Jamie Blaine, Kool Herc, monday rock city, Nas, NWA, RUN DMC, The Fat Boys, The Weeklings | Leave a comment

Monday Rock City: The Gospel According to Black Sabbath — A Conversation with Geezer Butler

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

In a fascinating conversation with our own JM Blaine, hugely influential Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler confirms that, yes, Black Sabbath were – and are – actually more Christian band than “Devil worshippers,” and always have been. Holy shit, indeed! Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged After Forever, Bass Guitar Magazine, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath Christian, Geezer Butler, Heaven and Hell, Jamie Blaine, Joel McIver, Master of Reality, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, War Pigs | 7 Comments

Monday Rock City: A Conversation with Duff McKagan

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Bass player of the biggest, most controversial and contentious band in the world becomes… finance expert? Only one name you can attach to that story: Bestselling author, dad, and respected journalist Duff McKagan, a one-of-a-kind rock n’ roll Phoenix. He kicks back with our own J.M. Blaine to talk pinball, martial arts, being a middle aged gym rat, his old band Guns N’ Roses, and his new advice book: How to Be a Man (And Other Illusions). Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged Appetite for Destruction, Axl Rose, Cameo, Duff McKagan, Guns N' Roses, Guns N' Roses Pinball, How to Be A Man, It's So Easy, Jamie Blaine, Mark Weiss, monday rock city, Prince, Rocket Queen, Slash, Steven Adler, Velvet Revolver | 1 Comment

Simple is Best: The Secret of AC/DC’s Success — A Conversation With Biographer Susan Masino

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

AC/DC biographer Susan Masino, also a longtime band friend, is perhaps the only writer to enjoy the honor of an actual shout-out in one of the band’s early tunes. (See below.) If that doesn’t give a biographer cred, nothing does. Masino’s Let There … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged ac/dc, angus young, back in black, Barry Taylor, Bon Scott, brian johnson, highway to hell, Jamie Blaine, malcolm young, phil rudd, Susan Masino | Leave a comment

Monday Rock City: The Return of Eddie Trunk

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

He’s the official ambassador of all things rock and metal; articulate, approachable, the author of not one but two sources of required reading in the form of Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Vol. I & II. Jamie Blaine catches up with Trunk on the eve of his return to VH1 for the 14th season of That Metal Show, dishing on Axl & Slash, Def Leppard, reunions, and who, but who, is gonna fill the shoes of the rock and metal giants who still walk among us? Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged ac/dc, aerosmith, Axl, Eddie Trunk, Guns N' Roses Reunion, Jamie Blaine, Jennifer Gottlieb, KISS, Michael Anthony, monday rock city, Mutt Lange, Punky Meadows, Slash, Starz, Ted Nugent, That Metal Show, The Godz, The Weeklings, Van Halen Reunion, Vh1 | Leave a comment

Popped Culture #7: Vegas Edition

Posted on March 11, 2015 by The Editors

Each of The Weeklings’ editors respond to a single pop culture question in this wildly popular parlor game that only has one rule: complete honesty Continue reading →

Posted in Popped Culture | Tagged ashley perez, baby, blackjack, caesars palace, chloe pantazi, donnie and marie, gambling, go go, greg olear, hunter thompson, Jamie Blaine, Jana Martin, Janet Steen, Joe Daly, Julius Caesar, Las Vegas, Popped culture, Sean Murphy, steve wynn, Strippers, swingers, Vegas, you're money | 1 Comment

Metallica Rock City: A Conversation with “Into the Black” Authors Paul Brannigan & Ian Winwood

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Jamie Blaine

Metallica have plowed their way to the top, selling over 100 million records worldwide and becoming quite possibly the most successful heavy metal band of all time. Or have they? Monday Metallica Rock City talks the rise, fall and return of East Bay’s finest with the authors of the comprehensive two volume biography, Birth, School, Metallica, Death and Into the Black. (Da Capo Press) Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City | Tagged Cliff Burton, Death Magnetic, Hammett, Hetfield, Ian Winwood, Into the Black, Jamie Blaine, kill 'em all, Lars, Metallica, monday rock city, Newsted, Paul Brannigan, Slayer, The Weeklings, Through the Never | 5 Comments