Bandmembers Music Blog

Welcome to the Music Blog of Bandmembers.org. At our music blog you will find the excellent writings of Matt McKay along with interesting topics containing for instance stories about real life encounters with the members of many great bands. Here you will also find blog posts from live shows, record releases and many other topics evolving around music.

Music Blog

Meeting Jimmy Page by Matt Mckay

While playing guitar for the popular Boston group “The Rick Berlin Band” in the late 1980’s, we enjoyed a surprise visit from Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page one evening... Read More

Aerosmith’s Joe Perry: The Joe Perry Project by Matt Mckay

An often overlooked blip in Aerosmith’s 40-year reign occurred in 1979, with the departure of the band’s guitarist Joe Perry. Joe formed the Joe Perry Project, and... Read more

Whatever Happened to Extreme? by Matt McKay

Formed in 1985 by singer Gary Cherone and drummer Paul Geary, Extreme recorded their self-titled album on A&M records in 1989. Along with guitar hero Nuno Bettencourt and bassist Pat Badger... Read more