This week, Christopher Long rummages through his own garage. In the process, he discovers a true treasure: a naked, ravaged copy of Heaven Tonight, the classic 1978 LP from Cheap Trick.

8 Days On The Road (Foghat Records / Select-O-Hits). Review by Christopher Long.

The Ninth Trip (Riding Easy). Review by Carl F. Gauze.

John 5 and the Creatures give a class in Guitar God 101 at the Social.

Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.

Charging faster than an angry Great White Buffalo, the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, unleashed a rock and roll love fest of Gonzo proportions in Orlando, nearly steamrolling Christopher Long.

The once vital city of Detroit gave us the auto industry and punk rock. Detroit Rock City shares the heights – and the depths – of the Motor City. James Mann says “Kick out the jams!”

Belgrade rocker Ana Popovic storms a castle in Italy.

First Kill (Metal Nation). Review by Vinnie Apicella.

Winter (self-released). Review by Stein Haukland.

Elva (Interscope). Review by Stein Haukland.

He’s done time with Frehley’s Comet, Cheap Trick, and Ted Nugent, yet Tod Howarth can’t get arrested. Stein Haukland talks with the pragmatic rocker about the business of music.

Event Review by George Jegadesh