Rockbrat News Flash: Rockbrat Radio #17 – Satoshi Silvers Tribute Radio Show – 3 JULY, 2011

Satoshi Silvers was a guitar player with 1990′s Japanese glam punk band The Golden Arms. He passed away on 17 June, 2011. To honour his memory, in this special show we will talk about the man and play nothing but Golden Arms rock ‘n’ roll. If you are a fan of Johnny Thunders or The New [...]

Rockbrat Remembers: Johnny Thunders who died 20 years ago today

I can still remember when Thunders died.  At that time, I had only recently re- read Nina Antonia’s ‘In Cold Blood’ autobiography, so news of his death, although somewhat expected, still came as a shock. Anyway, it’s hard to believe taht 20 years have passed since that time. Since then. there’s been a bunch of re issues, the [...]

Guess What The Rockbrat Found On eBay ? Johnny Thunders 1978 Amsterdam Poster

What: Johnny Thunders 9 July 1978 Amsterdam Gig Poster Winning Bid: $51 GBP Sale Date: 8 July 2007 Always great to see Thunders rarities and this one is quite unique. Not sure how many of these were printed but 1978 was an amazing year productively in the career of Johnny Thunders so gig posters like [...]

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 News Flash: Kevin K autobiography OUT NOW!!

The last great rock n roller left alive, Mr Kevin K finally has his autobiography published and it is now availalable for sale. The book is entitled ‘How To Become A Successful Loser’ and if you are a fan of the Rockbrat blog, this is considered ESSENTIAL! This is the rock and roll life story of Kevin [...]

Rockbrat Introduces You To: Alison Gordy

Alison Gordy is a New York actor, singer, model and radio voice.  As a musician she is perhaps best well known for her collaboration with Johnny Thunders as part of his backup band, The Odd Balls. Yet in the early 90’s she was also leading her own band called Blonde & Blue who released a [...]

Rockbrat Wonders: What are Cowboy Col’s Desert Island Discs?

Howdy Rockbrat disciples. You know Mr. Rockbrat and Cowboy Col began collecting records in 1979/80. I remember Mr. Rockbrat buying Slade’s –‘Sladest’ LP, I remember catching buses all over Sydney in search of  second hand book and record stores in that eternal search for those early KISS albums. I remember buying 45’s of KISS’ Talk [...]

Lifting The Lid On The Rockbrat Treasure Chest: Johnny Thunders 1986 Sydney gig adverts

I’ve owned about 350 Johnny Thunders bootlegs, and have recently I have been going through and sorting through them, when amongst them I found these gig  adverts for a couple of Thunders dates in Sydney in late September, early October 1986. Interestingly, only one booteg exists from this tour that I know of, Le Rox in Adelaide [...]

Rockbrat Introduces You To: Freddy Lynxx

Can’t get no satisfaction with the rock n roll radio ? Does it leave you feeling frustrated, as you frantically flick the dial in a vain search for something cool ? You’re thinking “Man, there has to be something out there better than this !” as you begin to slide into a state of rock [...]