What’s The Rockbrat Listening To Today ? NEW TOYS – MADE IN BUFFALO CD (2011)

For the uninitiated, a short history lesson. New Toys were the premier melodic punk band from upstate New York in the late 70’s – from Buffalo to be precise. Heavily influenced by the burgeoning NYC punk scene, both in look and sound, the New Toys gigged for three years throughout Western NY and Southern Canada, [...]

What’s The Rockbrat Reading Today ? Kevin K – How To Become A Successful Loser

So who is Kevin K, and why would you buy this book? Kevin K is a Florida based rock ‘n’ roller who for 30 + years has been playing street punk, NYC style rock ‘n’ roll. He counted Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Syl Sylvain from the New York Dolls as his peers and friends, [...]

Rockbrat Introduces You To: KEVIN K – ‘Joey And Me’ CD

In recent years, Florida based singer/songwriter Kevin K has penned albums that have largely reflected his experiences of touring throughout Europe, and Germany in particular. 2009’s ‘Deutschland’ and last year’s ‘Firestorm’ CD gave the listener strong thematic images of cold war Europe and post war Germany. With consistently strong, original and evocative material, these albums [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: Alan K (1955 – 1996)

Alan K – Gone But Never Forgotten by Ted Alan Sterns As the old saying goes, ‘Gone but not forgotten,’ is definitely how I feel about Alan K, close friend and former lead singer and founding co-member of Lone Cowboys, and later Circumstantial Recording Artists Road Vultures.  I won’t go into all the details of [...]

Classic Album From The Rockbrat Collection: Kevin K Band – Nightlife

KEVIN K BAND   NIGHTLIFE  (Circumstantial) Strong yet reflective, smooth around the edges and definitely durable. This effectively sums up the classic rock n roll songs on Kevin K’s first solo outing from 1995 – ‘Nightlife’. A very solid collection of melodic, mid tempo rock n roll tunes with enormous appeal to any cat who digs [...]

Classic Album From The Rockbrat Collection: The Road Vultures – Ride

THE ROAD VULTURES RIDE (Circumstantial) To the untuned ear of the collective majority, the Road Vultures were just another glam looking rock band who rode on the tails of the pretentious late 80’s/early 90’s heavy metal movement. They were in fact, one of the most criminally ignored rock n roll bands of the 90’s. The [...]