Bryan Wawzenek is a freelance journalist who writes for Diffuser.fm and Ultimate Classic Rock. He learned more from a three-minute record than he ever learned in school. His mind is racing, as it always will. Don't start him talking, he could talk all night. The sunshine bores the daylights out of him. Don't touch him, he's a real live wire. Most things he worries about never happen anyway. But he's been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come.
Bryan Wawzenek
How the Cars Balanced Rock and New Wave on ‘Shake It Up’
They bounced back after the critical and commercial failure of 1980's 'Panorama.'
Why Billy Joel Hated His First Album, ‘Cold Spring Harbor’
Featuring 10 original songs, the record was titled after a town on his native Long Island, N.Y.
5 Reasons Steppenwolf Should Be in the Hall of Fame
Despite decades of inductions, it’s not getting any easier to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
50 Tribute Songs for Dead Musicians
What better way to immortalize your heroes than in a song?
When Styx and REO Speedwagon Decided to Volunteer for America
The concerts raised funds for the Red Cross, victims, families, police officers and firefighters in the wake of 9/11.
Bach and Roll: 28 Best Rock and Classical Crossovers
Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" framed the yawning early distance between rock and classical. But things quickly changed.
Inside John Mellencamp’s Long Battle to Escape ‘Johnny Cougar’
Learn how John Mellencamp became Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, John Cougar Mellencamp and finally John Mellencamp again.
When Alice Cooper Returned With ‘Welcome 2 My Nightmare’
Three and a half decades later, he circled back to the realm of Steven, the underworld and bad dreams.
How Bob Dylan’s ‘Hard Rain’ Live Album Went Wrong
If the Rolling Thunder Revue is still remembered poorly, it's mostly because of this project.
When Neil Young and Stephen Stills Paired for ‘Long May You Run’
They’d never branched off as a twosome before 1976's 'Long May You Run' – and they never would again.