Urbandale police say 38-year-old Paul Dedrick Gray, the bassist for the Grammy-winning Iowa metal band Slipknot, has been found dead in a suburban Des Moines Town Plaza Hotel room by a hotel employee. Foul play wasn’t suspected and the Polk County… more »

Musical Musings by Paul Bourgeois I keep saying performance makes me self-conscious. I feel like everybody is looking at me. But nobody gets the joke.  So take your shoes off and wiggle your toes a bit for this one. Because you’ll need all your… more »

by Dan Grigor Monday Morning again and I have been pretty busy. I was sifting through NAMM footage this week and I learned that there is a tape missing from our time in the Fender room. Great stuff, but it’s all gone. All I have left is the… more »

by Dan Grigor By the third day of NAMM I was exhausted. NAMM was a nonstop run for us. I got there first and, suffice to say, I was not yet wide awake. I was making a beeline to the coffee in the press room as I walked through the door. I went through… more »

By Michelle Mills I remember when I discovered Ronnie James Dio. MTV was on the television in the living room and, as I walked through it on my way to another part of the house, something caught my attention. A thin man with a big fluff of black hair… more »

KISS are a band who could buy Las Vegas and show us what entertainment is really all about. Arriving in their platform boots on a platform from rock 'n roll heaven high above our heads, KISS descended onto the stage in an explosion of pyros from hell… more »

I have been trying to have a new Monday Morning blues song for you each week. This week I had a wacky Monday. Took some time to sleep, then I took a nap and an afternoon snooze, played some guitar with Frank. By the time I got to recording something for… more »