WJRR’s annual Earthday Birthday is a daylong, sweat-soaked, outdoor concert celebration – featuring some of the biggest bands in the biz. Christopher Long found much to love on the smaller stages.

One of progressive rock’s figureheads has died. Gail Worley remembers Keith Emerson.

With enough bad blood between the bands to make Keith Richards envious following a transfusion, the Mötley Crüe/Poison/New York Dolls Tour was more of a Deathmatch than a good-time, glam revival. Chris Long snuck in on the action.

Gail Worley chats with Sevendust’s drummer and gets the real scoop behind their label switch, upcoming projects, and Rose’s physical non-regime.

Just how can you keep your drum patterns fresh? Gail Worley speaks to master rhythm chef Stephen Perkins about that and cooking with Tommy Lee, in this second part of her two-part interview.

A clothing line based on his tattoos. A new band. A new dedication for his instrument. Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx skips the past and talks about present projects and a future of cracking coconuts on the beach. Gail Worley digs up the dirt.

From Motley to Mayhem, Tommy Lee has done it all, and Gail Worley gets him to tell all.

Never a Dull Moment (MCA). Review by Joe Frietze.

Honk The Horn (Mint). Review by Marcel Feldmar.

We get all kinds of strange mail here at Ink 19. Here’s a random sampling from this month’s virtual mailbag.

Jailhouse Blues: Songs of Love and Devotion (Shitfuck). Review by Gregory Schaefer