Baltimore Rock 1985: Larry Hinshaw Leaves Child’s Play
Larry Hinshaw, Hammerjacks bikini contest, Summer 1985 By Sue Hodges (ROX Magazine, 6/1988) PSSSST… You wanna hear some rumors being circulated about one of Baltimore’s hottest rock ‘n’ roll bands? An...
View ArticleHeavy Metal Parking Lot: The Interview
By Cale (Brightest Young Things, 2/3/2011) Cale: So give us a brief back story to Heavy Metal Parking Lot? Who are you guys? Jeff Krulik: We’re Jeff Krulik and John Heyn, long term local residents who...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Kill Rocker Steve Mach
He Rocked Until Until He Dropped by Tom Warner (Baltimore or Less) BALTIMORE, MD – On October 2, Baltimore police shot and killed former Vamps and Skin & Bones bassist Steve Mach, 52, in his South...
View ArticleBaltimore Hair Bands Then and Now
By Wesley Case (Midnight Sun, 3/26/2012) More than 25 years ago, the Baltimore hard-rock scene was almost as big as the hair. Bands such as Kix, Mannekin, Child’s Play and DC Star toured the country,...
View ArticleRIP, Brian Jack
Child’s Play Vocalist Brian Jack Has Passed Away (By Dana, Eddie Trunk.com) (Brian Giacubeno, August 16, 1965 - April 17, 2012) Reports coming out of Baltimore, Maryland reveal that Child’s Play...
View ArticleTom Warner Reminisces About His Towerlight Daze
“S’More of My Back Pages Or: One Man’s Clippings Are Another Man’s Kindling” By Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude, 4/25/2012) Artist's Representation. Actual Product May Vary. “I opened the Pandora’s...
View ArticleAC/DC –“T.N.T.” Live at the Capital Centre, Xmas 1981
An oldie but goodie from the Baltimore Or Less Christmas archives. Happy Holidays! AC/DC performed their classic “T.N.T.” live with a Christmas twist when they played the Capital Centre in Largo,...
View ArticleHarp, the Herald Angels Sing
An oldie but goodie from the Baltimore Or Less Christmas archives. Happy Holidays! The Ghost of Christmas Past: Mark Harp (1957-2004) Like Santa Claus, Mark was a Big Man Lest we forget, legendary...
View ArticlePumped-Up Kix: Baltimore’s hard-rock heroes play the hits while considering a...
Kix, pictured in 1991, had one of the top-five metal albums of all time, according to Chuck Eddy. By Al Shipley (Baltimore City Paper, 12/26/2012) In 1995, Kix decided they’d had a good run. After...
View ArticleMarble Bar Redux returns to SoWeBo 2013
Mark Harp returns in spirit to SoWeBo Fest I’m really looking forward to this year’s Memorial Weekend highlight, the 30th annual SoWeBohemian Arts & Music Festival (aka the SoWeBo Arts & Music...
View ArticleThe Mark Harp All-Stars highlight SoWeBo Fest 2013
Redux Stage celebrates music long gone but far from forgotten by Tom Warner (Accelerated Decrepitude) Keith Worz (far right) implores The Mark Harp All-Stars to pull his finger at 2013 SoWeBo Festival....
View ArticleBeware the Snallygaster!
[As Halloween fast approaches, Frederick N. Rasmussen has written an excellent capsule history of this mythical local monster that appears in today's Baltimore Sun: "Spinning the tale of the...
View ArticleBaltimore Police Kill Rocker Steve Mach
He Rocked Until Until He Dropped by Tom Warner (Baltimore or Less) BALTIMORE, MD – On October 2, Baltimore police shot and killed former Vamps and Skin & Bones bassist Steve Mach, 52, in his South...
View ArticleHarp, the Herald Angels Sing
The Ghost of Christmas Past: Mark Harp (1957-2004) Like Santa Claus, Mark was a Big Man Lest we forget, legendary Baltimore musician Mark Linthicum – better known to friends and local music lovers as...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Pat Moran!
Dreamlander Pat Moran strikes a caped pose on West Read in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. Taken next The Leather Underground shop sometime in the 1970s. More about Pat Moran on Baltimoreless...
View ArticleEarl Weaver: The sorest loser that ever lived
“On my tombstone just write, The sorest loser that ever lived.” – Earl Weaver Related: Earl Weaver: “Manager’s Corner” — Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver colorfully answers questions from...
View ArticleEarl Weaver: “Manager’s Corner”
The Orioles recently unveiled Hall-of-Fame manager Earl Weaver’s statue at Camden Yards, but for many his greatest legacy (including 4 AL pennants and a 1970 World Series championship) was his feisty...
View ArticleJackie Nickel & MLK: Champions of Courage remembered
Kevin McDonough: “Ms. Nickel taught me to fight for what I believe in.” As the nation honored courageous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this past Monday, we recall another, local,...
View ArticleJackie Nickel and MLK: Champions of Courage remembered
Kevin McDonough: “Ms. Nickel taught me to fight for what I believe in.” As the nation honored courageous civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this past Monday, we recall another, local,...
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