Got into the music business in 1970 on FM radio in California, hosting his Eurock radio program. In 1973, created the first issue of Eurock Magazine, which published until 1990. Concurrently helped found two of the leading import music companies in the USA, Intergalactic Trading Co. & Paradox Music. From 1980-2009 Eurock evolved from being one of the first Indie distributors and promoters of Euro Rock with its own D.I.Y. Cassette & CD label into one of the earliest WWW distribution networks. Recently, in 2010, Eurock morphed into a Webzine featuring Multimedia Podcasting, Interviews & Reviews.
I was a young Anglo-rock radical back in the halcyon days of the late 1960’s and took a road trip up to San Francisco to see The Move in concert at the Fillmore West. The bill also featured Joe … Continue reading
“It’s the sound of 4 puppies in a pet store, all competing for your attention to be the one who gets taken home.” -Iggy Pop 2010 [Raw Power LIVE - In the Hands of the Fans] “1970 rollin’ in sight…” … Continue reading
Emerson Lake & Palmer 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert, High Voltage Festival – July 25, 2010 It has been a long and interesting journey for ELP. Formed in 1970, the UK music press dubbed them the first supergroup. They were a … Continue reading
Post Fukushima – News of Japan has Subsided… In the past two weeks however I learned while talking to old friend Hiro Kawahara that the air, water, rice and meat are all now above safe radiation levels in Tokyo. Over … Continue reading
Eurock / Archie Patterson Media Blitz: Beware of the Blog Interview WFMU Radio Program KBOO “La Ruleta” Interview “In the past year Eurock has begun a new era reincarnated as a Webzine and media portal. Recently long time supporter Tony … Continue reading
“Similarly to how their heroes in the Velvet Underground initially worked with Andy Warhol, the PPU worked in conjunction with an artistic director, the art-historian and critic Ivan Martin Jirous, a.k.a. “Magor” (translation: “Blockhead”). In 1976, Magor and the PPU … Continue reading
The Plastic People of the Universe were a band who made music as an act of creation for a less material “second culture”, not centered on marketing and selling. In the process, they were banned by the Czech government and … Continue reading
Gil was a man who will and should be remembered for the strength of his convications, poetry and the truths of which he spoke in his songs. I saw GS-H live, many years back at the Pine Street Theater venue … Continue reading
“In 1970, there was no German record companies interested in German music. We showed the German people that they can trust their own music.” R-U Kaiser [Mojo, April 2003] There is perhaps no one from the era of “Krautrock” who … Continue reading
Throughout the history of music, as well as other forms of art and entertainment there have always been celebrities. Behind the scenes are the dealmakers who sometimes get attention as well (for better, and for worse). Occasionally there are those … Continue reading
“Une Histoire Personnelle de la Musique Underground en France et d’autres Aventures Musicales…” If there ever was a man, who lived and breathed music it’s the International vagabond Giorgio Gomelsky. Born in the former Soviet-Georgia, his parents fled Stalin and … Continue reading
There’s been much discussion about wither rock and roll, there’s too much music & too much of it is bad. What happened and why? Did creativity fall prey to commerce and/ or technology? Has diminishing returns truly set in? Michael Beinhorn began … Continue reading
It’s been a strange summer of 2010 in the US. You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows what with 35 days over 90 degrees in NYC, and a collapse of will in Wash, DC by … Continue reading
In the beginning there was scant mainstream media and little else when it came to rock ’n’ roll journalism. “Rolling Stone” & “Creem” pioneered rock genre coverage and in their wake came a host of “fanzines” published by others who weren’t insiders, … Continue reading
A year has passed since the US election. The great hope for change people had has gone down the drain along with almost a trillion dollars that has flowed from the US Treasury into the mega-banks coffers. The venerable Who played … Continue reading
GENTLE GIANT Re-Visited Derek Shulman Interview 11.11.09 The Gentle Giant catalog has just been reissued digitally this week on iTunes and other digital outlets. It will become available for the first time on re-mastered CD, along with a DVD of previously … Continue reading
It has been a looong summer over the pond in the USA… So much happening that boggles the mind literally on the political front… The one writer who keeps setting the record straight is Matt at Rolling Stone. The music … Continue reading
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Replacing the old cliché of fame lasting 15 minutes, we now live in a new reality where our sense of historical perspective in terms of real events and social … Continue reading
“The old joke about ‘if you can describe the 60’s, you weren’t there….’ Well that’s not true. How can you describe loving a song, except just to love it?” Continue reading
The past couple years have been like heaven for those in the Move musical fandom community. Rob Caiger of Face the Music spent years searching out the original masters of the bands music. He then made arrangements for their being … Continue reading
“You’ve made a very happy man, feel very old” ~ Van Morrison NOV 2008 The career of Van Morrison has spanned 45 years. His first recordings were demos done with Them during the time they played weekly at the Maritime … Continue reading
On the heals of my piece comes the real story about the situation in the USA now. A hard hitting news story in Rolling Stone Issue 1075 April 2, 2009 by political correspondent Matt Taibbi entitled “The Truth Aboout the … Continue reading
Whilst plying my musical trade over the past 40 years, late in the game I entered into the real world of economics when a friend in need drafted me to work in his office during tax season. Some theoretical background … Continue reading
