45 Fridays: Kim Mitchell – “Go For A Soda”

Banner for Kim Mitchell's "Go For A Soda" 45 Vinyl Record article with picture sleeve and soda can.

Pop culture: Kim Mitchell's "Go For A Soda" is an overlooked rock gem that only Canadians know. Happy 45 Friday, today we take a look at the UK pressing of a Canadian classic, Kim Mitchell's "Go For A Soda". Kim Mitchell is pinnacle 'Hoser Rock' in our books, and in our hearts, and (here) in …

Rockwood Cinema Review: Hysteria -The Def Leppard Story (2001)

Actors playing the band Def Leppard pose for a backstage photo from the movie.

In our next Rock & Roll movie review, we take a look at the Def Leppard bio-pic, Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001). Before Motley Crue's recent Netflix movie bio-pic, The Dirt (2019), there was Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001). Before streaming, this made-for-TV-movie focused on one of the most recognizable names in rock …

Bands In The Woods Wednesday: Joe Walsh and James Gang

Black and white photo of James Gang (featuring Joe Walsh) in a snowy wooded area on motorcycles.

The photo that accompanied every copy of "Rides Again" (1970) of James Gang out in the woods on motorcycles. Joe Walsh is the only cool Eagle in my books. Just watch The Eagles documentary, History of the Eagles (which is only a little less funnier than This Is Spinal Tap) and you know that he …

Rockwood Cinema Review: Rush – Beyond The Lighted Stage (2010)

Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart) taken from the 70s with long hair laughing.

In our last rock movie review, A Band Called Death, we took a look at a documentary that exposed a relatively unknown band, Death, who gained fame more than 35 years after they disbanded: an underdog story in the truest sense. But in today's Rockwood Cinema Review we take a look at one of the …

40 Years Later: Def Leppard’s Logo Still Inspiring Greek Restaurants Across the World

Def Leppard Logo next to Greek restaurant sign with similar shaped letters

Who would have thought that Def Leppard's logo, debuting more than 40 years ago on the "On Through The Night" album, would go on to inspire countless Greek restaurants' logos?They too would adopt that pointy style font for their logos, as if to say 'Def, we hear ya.' More jokes at Rock and Roll's expense:• …

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