Gary Sperrazza!
Gary Sperrazza! was the founder and editor of the great Shakin' Street Gazette. In addition, he has written for Bomp, NME, New York Rocker, Trouser Press and Time Barrier Express. Gary passed away in May 2016.
29 articles
List of articles in the library
Roy Wood: Boulders (United Artists)
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 18 October 1973
‘There are solo albums and there are solo albums...’ Melody Maker ad. ...
The Revival of Teenage Music – It's About Time
Comment by Gary Sperrazza!, Strait, 18 October 1973
"Yeah, you got that somethin' I think you'll understand, When I feel that somethin' I wanna hold your hand." ...
Hawkwind's Space Ritual and Kosmik Muzak
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Strait, 15 November 1973
AS YOU ALL KNOW, the prime force, the "essence" if you'll permit, of good rock has always been Energy. Rock Energy is created through two ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 29 November 1973
Well, Alice is rich. ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 28 February 1974
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1972: 10,000 people rockin' and reelin' with the feelin'. Onstage is Humble Pie, who, by this time, have worked their set into ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 14 March 1974
OK, HERE'S THE STORY: Alex Chilton, fresh from his Memphis residence with the Boxtops ('The Letter', 'Cry Like A Baby', 'Sweet Cream Ladies') heads to ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, April 1974
GERMANY IS HARDLY the center of the rock universe. So the only rock and roll that seeped in during the late 60's were from those ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, May 1974
No, Mott hasn't changed and yes, Ariel doesn't fit in ...
Roxy Music: Songs from Europe: Roxy Music's Stranded
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, May 1974
"Eno once busied himself amplifying the travel of earthworms.""Thomas Mann in Buddenbrooks characterizes the decline and dissolution of a prominent family with the increase in ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, June 1974
FROM THE PUBS of England and Wales they come, weaned on the music of early rock 'n' roll, playing for pittance and sweat. till all ...
Rick Derringer: All American Boy
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, June 1974
AND THE PATTERN continues: to rock music cultists, the real excitement and spotlights do not always lie with the finished product, the hit single. It ...
Edgar Winter: The Edgar Winter Group: Shock Treatrment
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, June 1974
LET'S FACE IT: why do they call this the Edgar Winter Group? ...
Sweet: The Sweet: Sweet Fanny Adams (RCA)
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 11 September 1974
AS YOU'VE DOUBTLESS read by now, Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman are two British songwriters who hit on a tried-and-true success formula: injecting rock and ...
Traffic: Where The Eagle Flies
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 10 October 1974
RECORD COMPANIES amuse me. As soon as their bands get an established name, the corporate mouths start watering as they see visions of dollar signs ...
Hawkwind: Hall Of The Mountain Grill (United Artists)
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 7 November 1974
WHEN LAST WE visited our resident space-age hippies (Shakin' Street No. 3), they had completed their lengthy and powerful Space Ritual, exploring what Tom Bingham ...
The Dudes: The Moustache, Montreal
Live Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Phonograph Record, December 1974
WHILE THE FREE world lies in wait for the "next big thing," Montreal is living and growing to the status of musical hot-bed of the ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Phonograph Record, February 1975
FOR A BAND prophesied to be one of the major forces in pop in the Seventies, the Sweet still remain the most misunderstood band of ...
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Phonograph Record, March 1975
LITTLE DID THE Henman brothers and Myles Goodwyn realize at the time that their Halifax-born band would fall prey to the ins-and-outs of record distribution ...
Dave Edmunds: The Classic Tracks 1968-72
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Phonograph Record, March 1975
AH, DAVE EDMUNDS! The Welsh producer-songwriter-rock 'n' roller and guitarist extraordinaire. ...
The Stranglers: Stranglers: Black & White
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, Trouser Press, July 1978
THERE'S A STORY floating around the A&M offices concerning the Stranglers that will probably never see print in the English pop weeklies. ...
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty: The Great White Hope
Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Trouser Press, December 1978
Tom Petty Takes On Disco Menace ...
Angry Samoans, Vom: The Metal Mike Saunders Interview
Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Big Star, Spring 1978
In the early '70s, Mike Saunders was one of the leading and best writers around, especially when he was writing about the topics most near ...
Phil Seymour, Dwight Twilley: 24 Hours From Tulsa: Phil Seymour Speaks... And Twilley Don't Mind
Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, New York Rocker, January 1979
"EVERYTHING WE recorded was part of a definite pop concept with planned goals. The Twilley Band was THE thing." That's Phil Seymour talking about the ...
Bomp Records' Greg Shaw (1979)
Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Rock's Backpages audio, May 1979
The legendary publisher of Bomp talks about the struggles of his indie label of the same name: ungrateful musicians, dodgy business partners and thieving distributors, all of which led to the label's near collapse in 1978.
File format: mp3; file size: 43.7mb, interview length: 47' 42" sound quality: ****
Millie Jackson - Rappin' with Millie J
Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, Black Music, September 1980
"So now ladies and gentlemen it is star time...ARE YOU READY FOR STAR TIME!!!...(yells, applause)...Thank you and thank you very kindly...It is indeed a great ...
The Dictators: Back From The Bronx
Report by Gary Sperrazza!, New York Rocker, February 1981
NEW YORK– "You know how Teddy Pendergrass only lets women into his concerts? Next time we play here, we're only gonna allow 300 Ib. men ...
Julian Leal, R.E.M.: Crib•Death
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, New York Rocker, September 1981
It's... it's... it's Gary Sperrazza! ...
The Morells: Midwest's Mighty Morells
Profile and Interview by Gary Sperrazza!, New York Rocker, May 1982
WHO? THE MORELLS are/were the Skeletons are/were the Symptoms, also known as the Original Symptoms. They have 4 singles, an EP, an LP, and have ...
Bob Segarini, The Diodes, Teenage Head: Teenage Head, Diodes, Segarini: Toronto Punk Albums
Review by Gary Sperrazza!, New York Rocker, January 1984
Teenage Head: Frantic CityDiodes: Action/Reaction Segarini: On The Radio ...
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