Rock ‘N Roll Hall Of Fame

Glam Rock, Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, KISS, New York, Rock 'N Roll, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Songwriter, United States March 26, 1997

KISS Reunion of All Original Members Still Strong Two Years Later

PUBLISHED IN THE KITCHENER WATERLOO RECORD Wednesday, March 26, 1997 NICK KREWEN The Kitchener-Waterloo Record March 26, 1997   Not only are Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, KISS in make-up, but they’ve kissed and made up. A reunion during a taping of MTV Unplugged in August 1995 following the band’s groundbreaking convention swing sparked forgiveness between the seminal New York glam rock band’s founders — Stanley…

Convention, Events, Glam Rock, KISS, New York, Rock, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, United States July 27, 1995

White Lace and KISS for luck

PUBLISHED IN THE GLOBE & MAIL IN 1995 FANS / Some want to being a lifetime commitment at a rock convention   BY NICK KREWEN   Toronto   Like most impressionable music-starved teenagers growing up in the mid-seventies, Harold Gagnon spent his evenings after school in his suburban Montreal home huddled in his room. Cranking up his stereo as loud as his parents would permit, he’d spend countless hours daydreaming…

Canada, Canadian Music Hall Of Fame, Cinema, Education, Film Scores, Folk, Grammy, Guitar, Hamilton, Indigenous (Native), JUNO, Pow-wow, Producer, Robbie Robertson, Rock, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Songwriter, Television, The Band, Toronto, United States, Voice October 6, 1994

Summers at Six Nations

  Where Robbie Robertson Learned To Play At The Feet Of His Mohawk Cousin   NICK KREWEN Hamilton Spectator October 6, 1994   TORONTO:  As a kid growing up in Toronto, Jamie Robbie Robertson had little interest and awareness in music. That all changed at the age of 11, when Robertson, who would later co-found The Band, started spending his summer vacations visiting relatives at the Six Nations Reserve just…

Alt. Rock, Blues, Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, Led Zeppelin, Producer, Rock, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Songwriter, United Kingdom, Voice December 12, 1988

Robert Plant Gets the Led Out

  Nick Krewen Hamilton Spectator December 12, 1988 Robert Plant loves his music. Already elevated to the status of rock immortal for his contribution as vocalist for Led Zeppelin – arguably the mightiest and most influential of the crunch-chord dinosaur rockbands – Plant is enjoying an enormously successful career as a solo artist. His fourth and most recent album, Now And Zen , has gone platinum twice-over in this country,…

Canada, Composer, Drums, Hard Rock/Heavy Metal, JUNO, Producer, Progressive rock, Rock, Rock 'N Roll Hall Of Fame, Rush, Songwriter, Toronto April 10, 1986

Surviving With Rush

PUBLISHED IN THE CANADIAN COMPOSER, APRIL 1986     SURVIVING WITH RUSH     Drummer-lyricist Neil Peart looks forward      By Nick Krewen   The mark of longevity in the music business is originality. Usually, a band that lasts in this fashionably fickle marketplace does so by leaving an indelible imprint on audiences. For the 12 years that drummer Neil Peart has been a part of Rush with guitarist…