Welcome to Rock Bands of L.A.

The New Roses and The Glory Road

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, Music

Certain genres of music start as a mystery. Usually, a body of bands at a specific time begin experimenting with certain similar sounds or themes. Once the genre is established, fans then spend eons arguing who really started it, or which band epitomized that scene. Sometimes, these bands are fillin ...

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Cat Mother and The All Night Newsboys

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, Concerts, Music, News

Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys were one of those classic rock bands that oldies music fans will probably remember. The band was founded in New York City. They are known for their only hit and charting single “Good Old Rock and Roll”, which almost made it ...

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Peter Fonda… Born To Be Wild

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, News

Peter Fonda, the Oscar-nominated actor whose roles in Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider and Roger Corman’s The Trip made him remembered as an emblematic hippy rebel in the late 1960s, died Friday at the age of 79. The cause of death was respiratory failure due to lu ...

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The Rembrandts Return “Via Satellite”

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, Music, News

Rock and roll stars can be awfully crass… And at times they carry a certain arrogance.. sometimes perceived.. sometimes invented and at times genuine. As the L.A. music scene evolved from the kaleidoscope sounds of the late 60's there was the burgeoning echo reminiscent of British pop along ...

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The Allman Betts Band.. Retrograde.. Down To The River

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, Music, News

Don’t roll back your eyes back! I know what you’re thinkin’! What’s next? Give me a fuckin’ break! Oh.. Mercury must be in retrograde.. The term retrograde comes from the Latin word retrogradus, which literally means “backward step.” retrograde is when a planet appears to go backward ...

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Tony Joe White..Polk Salad Annie… Turns 50

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, Music, News

I just caught the tail end of the Summer of Love.. I was never into drugs but I did love music.. I would listen to the local radio stations and I began to hear this song called, “Polk Salad Annie”… I don’t know why.. but I fuckin’ loved it.. I would crank it up and beat th ...

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Natural Born Boogie…The Jacks

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, Music, News

It may be hard to believe, but Los Angeles has a great raw and exciting rock n’roll band.. The Jacks… They are bluesy- boozy- and they romp like nobody’s fuckin’ business! They have proven it all and could earn them the rightful place at the altar of loc ...

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World Famous L.A. Rock Club Was Onced Owned By Jewish Gangster, Mickey Cohen

By: Jeff Laufer

Categories: Articles, General, News

in 1947, renowned Jewish mobster Mickey Cohen purchased the Viper Room (then known as the grocery store Young's Market) and transformed it into a jazz joint called The Cotton Club. The club served as a front for the headquarters of his mob operations, which took place in the buildin ...

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