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Craig Hammons Covers Punk ‘Moon Landing’ at the Redwood in Los Angeles

May 17, 2022 News Comments Off on Craig Hammons Covers Punk ‘Moon Landing’ at the Redwood in Los Angeles

By CRAIG HAMMONS LOS ANGELES – The American Wasteland Tour finally made it to town after barn storming across America bringing  the message of Rock N Roll to the people. These Rock N Roll road […]

Classic Rock

Craig Hammons Review: Hollywood Vampires Pay Tribute to The Rocking Dead in Indio

June 1, 2019 News Comments Off on Craig Hammons Review: Hollywood Vampires Pay Tribute to The Rocking Dead in Indio

Photos and Review by CRAIG HAMMONS The supergroup Hollywood Vampires featuring Alice Cooper, Joe Perry and Johnny Depp finished up their 7-date tour in support of their magnificent new album Rise out on June 21st […]

Gary Numan - Photo by Craig Hammons
Live Reviews

CRAIG HAMMONS: Gary Numan Electrifies at Teragram Ballroom

December 1, 2017 News Comments Off on CRAIG HAMMONS: Gary Numan Electrifies at Teragram Ballroom

Review By CRAIG HAMMONS Gary Numan rolled through town in support of his brilliant new album Savage: Songs from a Broken World with two sold-out shows at The Teragram Ballroom and one at the Observatory […]

Live Reviews

Craig Hammons: The B-52s With Pacific Symphony Create The ‘Cosmic Party’ in Orange County

July 25, 2017 News Comments Off on Craig Hammons: The B-52s With Pacific Symphony Create The ‘Cosmic Party’ in Orange County

Pacific Symphony Joins B52s By CRAIG HAMMONS After almost four decades of shaking and shimmying their way around the world The B-52s landed at the Pacific Amphitheatre on this cool summer night to get the […]

Peelander Z
FILM AND TV

Attention Earthlings: The Peelander-Z has Landed, Craig Hammons REVIEW

April 23, 2016 News Comments Off on Attention Earthlings: The Peelander-Z has Landed, Craig Hammons REVIEW

By CRAIG HAMMONS Peelander Z,  interplanetary purveyors of everything fun, happy, and crazy have landed on earth to make it make a better place and to put a smile on our face, so they say. […]

concerts

Hammons Review: Acid Mothers Temple Crash Lands in Long Beach to Blow our Minds

May 19, 2019 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: Acid Mothers Temple Crash Lands in Long Beach to Blow our Minds

By CRAIG HAMMONS There is another dimension beyond which is known to man.  It is a dimension as vast as space that lies between sonic sounds and man’s ability to hear.  This is a dimension […]

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Hammons Review: Juke Box Hero Tour Wraps to Rock and Roll Satisfaction

August 13, 2018 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: Juke Box Hero Tour Wraps to Rock and Roll Satisfaction

By CRAIG HAMMONS The Juke Box Hero’s tour wrapped up in Irvine to a crowd of happy Rock and Rollers. What more can you ask for on a hot summer night but to be outdoors […]

Reviewer Craig Hammons and the Turbojugend - Photo courtesy of Turbojugend
Live Reviews

Hammons Review: Turbonegro Navy Sails Strong, Rocks The Regent

June 3, 2018 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: Turbonegro Navy Sails Strong, Rocks The Regent

By CRAIG HAMMONS Turbonegro, the madcap lads from Norway, recently landed in Amerika to promote their ninth studio album RockNRoll Machine. Since 1988 when these six punks from Oslo started a band called Turbonegro, little did […]

Live Reviews

HAMMONS REVIEW: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Rocks the Faithful in OC

November 22, 2017 News Comments Off on HAMMONS REVIEW: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Rocks the Faithful in OC

Photos and Review By CRAIG HAMMONS I knew it was going to be a good night when I pulled into the parking lot and “Night Songs” by Cinderella came on the radio.  Then as I […]

The Weirdos
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HAMMONS REVIEW: Woolly Bandits and The Weirdos Bring Old Style Punk Back to ‘Destroy All Music’

June 7, 2017 News Comments Off on HAMMONS REVIEW: Woolly Bandits and The Weirdos Bring Old Style Punk Back to ‘Destroy All Music’

Sweet But Wild Reunion at Echo By CRAIG HAMMONS After being held captive by my Uber driver I finally made it to The Echo for the long awaited homecoming of Hollyweird’s own premiere punks, the […]

Tommy McLoughlin the original lead singer of The Sloths - Photo © 2017 Craig Hammons
Live Reviews

Hammons: With New Album, ‘Back From The Grave,’ The Sloths Connect With Young Audience

April 8, 2017 News Comments Off on Hammons: With New Album, ‘Back From The Grave,’ The Sloths Connect With Young Audience

Tom McLoughlin: ‘Fifty Years Later We Are Living The Dream’ By CRAIG HAMMONS Sometimes you find rock and roll and sometimes rock and roll finds you. I got up early on this Sunday morning, grabbed […]

Rod Stewart gets wild a Caesar's Palace - Photo by Craig Hammons for California Rocker
concerts

Hammons Review: Sir Rod Stewart Makes A Knight To Remember in Knockout Caesars Palace Performance

March 29, 2017 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: Sir Rod Stewart Makes A Knight To Remember in Knockout Caesars Palace Performance

By CRAIG HAMMONS The curtain was drawn and anticipation was running high.  At 7:30 P.M. sharp the theme to The Magnificent Seven came roaring out of the public address system.  The curtains then opened to […]

California Rocker®

Hammons Review: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Still Amazes the Fans Almost a Half Century Later

February 19, 2017 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Still Amazes the Fans Almost a Half Century Later

By CRAIG HAMMONS When growing up one of the first records I ever bought that changed my life was The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.   Little did I know that almost a haft of […]

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Live Reviews

Hammons Review: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Brings Blues to Life for Packed Crowd @ Coach House

February 8, 2017 News Comments Off on Hammons Review: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Brings Blues to Life for Packed Crowd @ Coach House

By CRAIG HAMMONS Guitar slinger Kenny Wayne Shepherd came barnstorming into the Coach House on this cold rainy night to raise the roof of this juke joint.  This was the second night of his 2017 […]

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Live Reviews

Hammons Reviews: Thievery Corporation Still Keeps The Fans Dancing Under the Black Moon

October 9, 2016 News Comments Off on Hammons Reviews: Thievery Corporation Still Keeps The Fans Dancing Under the Black Moon

By CRAIG HAMMONS Thievery Corporation brought their hypnotic grooves, intricate rhythms and mystical funk to the Santa Barbara Bowl on this cool summer evening.  This is the 20-year anniversary of a band that continues to […]

Yo Yo Ma - Photo © 2016 Craig Hammons
Live Reviews

Hammons Reviews: Yo Yo Ma and Friends Show at Hollywood Bowl Brings Music Worlds Together

August 27, 2016 News Comments Off on Hammons Reviews: Yo Yo Ma and Friends Show at Hollywood Bowl Brings Music Worlds Together

Global Ensemble Make Beautiful Noise at Hollywood Bowl By CRAIG HAMMONS Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble bring the world together in music and song as they end their 17-date run of the […]

Live Reviews

HAMMONS: The Fixx and The Psychedelic Furs Touring and Bringing Back That 1980s Feeling

July 26, 2016 News Comments Off on HAMMONS: The Fixx and The Psychedelic Furs Touring and Bringing Back That 1980s Feeling

By CRAIG HAMMONS We all got into our time machine at the Pacific Amphitheatre on a cool summer evening and went back to the 1980s.  A time when the songs of the Psychedelic Furs, The […]

Musicians

US Rocker Photo Editor Luis Moreno Named Finalist for SoCal Journalism Awards

May 16, 2023 News Comments Off on US Rocker Photo Editor Luis Moreno Named Finalist for SoCal Journalism Awards

STAFF REPORT – US Rocker® Photo Editor Luis Moreno has been named a finalist in the Individual Blog category of the SoCal Journalism Awards it was announced. Moreno was named a finalist in the Los […]

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Slamdinistas, a Los Angeles ‘Supergroup’ Releases New Album, ‘Shoot for the Stars’

January 18, 2023 News Comments Off on Slamdinistas, a Los Angeles ‘Supergroup’ Releases New Album, ‘Shoot for the Stars’

Slamdinistas New Album: Shoot for the Stars Detroit Records Produced by: Loren Molinare By CRAIG HAMMONS Five guys walk into a studio and a band is born. We are living in a world where there […]

Alice Cooper to drop Detroit Stories - Photo by Craig Hammons
Musicians

Alice Cooper Goes Back to his Rock N Roll Roots with ‘Detroit Stories’

June 3, 2020 News Comments Off on Alice Cooper Goes Back to his Rock N Roll Roots with ‘Detroit Stories’

By CRAIG HAMMONS Alice Cooper is in the studio putting the finishing touches on his new album, Detroit Stories. The PT Barnum of Rock N Roll, Alice was born in Detroit 72 years ago and […]

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Musicians

Review: Psychedelic Furs Find Their Way Back to the Magic with New Album ‘Made of Rain’

May 17, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: Psychedelic Furs Find Their Way Back to the Magic with New Album ‘Made of Rain’

By CRAIG HAMMONS The Psychedelic Furs have not released a new album in almost three decades. Their last album World Outside was released in 1991 before they went on an extended hiatus. During that time […]

Alice Cooper
Musicians

Stream The Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Deluxe Reissue; ‘Ol’ Black Eyes’ Plays Hollywood Bowl

March 6, 2020 News Comments Off on Stream The Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies Deluxe Reissue; ‘Ol’ Black Eyes’ Plays Hollywood Bowl

By JOHN DALY Billion Dollar Babies, the classic Alice Cooper album has received a deluxe reissue and can be streamed here via Spotify. The deluxe reissue of Billion Dollar Babies celebrates the album’s 47th anniversary. […]

Spike of Quireboys - All photos by Craig Hammons
Live Reviews

Review: The Quireboys with The Raskins Tear Down House of Blues in Anaheim  

February 23, 2020 News Comments Off on Review: The Quireboys with The Raskins Tear Down House of Blues in Anaheim  

Photos and Review by CRAIG HAMMONS The Quireboys are back in America and it’s time to party. There are times when a Rock N Roll show is the best prescription for whatever is bothering you. It […]

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Live Reviews

Queens of the Stone Age, Johnny Depp, Andrew Watt and Bones UK Reign at Imperial Ball

January 23, 2020 News Comments Off on Queens of the Stone Age, Johnny Depp, Andrew Watt and Bones UK Reign at Imperial Ball

By CRAIG HAMMONS Rock and Roll was in the air at the Imperial Ball, which this year brought out veterans and bands on the rise like Bones UK, Watt Zeppelin featuring Andrew Watt and Chad […]

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Live Reviews

The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, KAABOO, The Cure: The Year in Photos 2019

December 24, 2019 News Comments Off on The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton, KAABOO, The Cure: The Year in Photos 2019

CALIFORNIA ROCKER STAFF We get a lot of photos here at California Rocker and many don’t get featured as they may deserve. From Steven Adler to Peter Frampton, from Moby and KAABOO to The Cure […]

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Musicians

Peelander Z Brings the ‘New Guy’ on Stage, Teenage Werewolves Roar at Viper Room

November 6, 2019 News Comments Off on Peelander Z Brings the ‘New Guy’ on Stage, Teenage Werewolves Roar at Viper Room

By CRAIG HAMMONS A show more fun than humans are supposed to have. Peelander Z and his madcap color-coded band members wove their magical punk rock spell on us recently, and I got to join […]

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