Steven Stancell

(This excerpt was originally published in Rap Whoz Who: The World Of Rap Music, Performers, Producers, Promoters by Steven Stancell in 1996 Schirmer/Simon & Schuster.)

Producer Larry Smith was responsible for some of the early hits on the Def Jam…

Glad to see someone actually did a documentary on Kathleen Hanna. Known for her work with the group Bikini Kill, and the whole Riot Grrl movement, I was first turned on to Hanna by way of Carla DeSantis’ publication ROCKRGRLback…

One of the most revolutionary places for a gearhead to get a car back in the day (late 1960s) was at the Motion Performance shop in Baldwin, Long Island, New York, headed by Joel Rosen. Rosen, who raced on the…

I met Frankie Crocker at a party many years ago, and you wanna know what we talked about? His program directing at WBLS-FM? No. His VH-1 VJ gig? No. His professional beginnings in Buffalo,…

(Fred Neil, Bruce Langhorne, Felix Pappalardi, and Jack Nitzsche) photo Fred Neil website

Bet you didn’t think that when Bob Dylan wrote his iconic piece, “Mr.Tambourine Man,” that a Mr. Tambourine Man actually existed.…

Walking to the yearly Indian Larry Grease Monkey block party to see heavy metal band Judas Priestess, I heard the band’s lead vocalist MilitiA, three blocks away, above the Williamsburg din of cars and horns and trains I hear over…

Stefanie Eulinberg. Drummer and vocalist. Been with Kid Rock’s Twisted Brown Trucker band for over 10 years now. One of the hardest working drummers in the business today. She’s played cruise ships, lounge circuits,…

Seems like people have forgot about Phil Lynott. He headed the group Thin Lizzy, the band known for its dual lead guitars. If you’re not familiar with the band, you can hear elements of…

Yeah, that’s the title. ‘Cause while we appropriately condemned him for the widely disseminated accounts of abuse he bombarded on the great Tina Turner, we have forgotten his real place in rock ‘n’ roll…

Fats Domino (L) and Dave Bartholomew, Courtesy of Franck-Bertacci Collection The Historic New Orleans Collection

Woke up this morning thinking about Dave Bartholomew for some reason. Dave Bartholomew: a legendary historic figure in rock…