It was 1978 and the alien Mork had just landed in American living rooms. There was a genuine buzz right from the beginning. This Robin Williams guy was something completely different, and whether you liked him or not, you had to watch him on the Mork and Mindy TV show. But we in the San Francisco Bay Area knew that the guy playing Mork actually lived, in real life, among us. In the mid-1970s, there were regular sightings of [...]
If you are not in the age demographic that immediately knows the name Grace Slick, please let BAM introduce you to the undisputed “Queen of San Francisco Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Grace grew up in Palo Alto, California- just a stone’s throw from Stanford University. In 1967, she got her first break in music singing with a band that had the ironically political name “Great Society.” (Back in 1964-65, the Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the [...]
SUMMER OF LOVE PROCLAMATION By Boots Hughson There are moments in time when a word or thought has such power it changes history; a generation so involved in the moment it becomes unstoppable; a spiritual awakening so profound that its very conception shatters perceptions, halts the world and makes people from all nations take notice. It began with a simple four-letter word – LOVE! In the 1960’s this word became synonymous with a generation and city called San Francisco. It was a [...]
From 1983 through the early 1990's, KFOG-FM in San Francisco had a legendary disc jockey on the air known as M. Dung, (Mike Slavko on his birth certificate.) M. passed away peacefully on June 30, 2017 at UCSF Medical Center in the City after a long illness, according to his girlfriend Judy Crum. "Dung Boy," as many of us called him was just as much a unique radio personality as "Wolfman Jack" was in his heyday during the 1960's over the Mexican radio [...]
Steven Seaweed, currently the mid-day DJ on 107.7- The Bone, San Francisco is hanging up his headset after spinning records, compact discs, and MP3 files of music for over 44 years on Northern California radio stations. His final day on the air will be on Friday, June 30, 2017 but there is a special announcement planned for Steven on his show on Thursday, June 29 during his noontime hour on the air. BAMmagazine.com and BAM Radio are going to induct Steven Seaweed into the [...]
Everyone at BAM, past and present, send a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to our friends and colleagues in one of the most successful bands to ever come out of the Bay Area, JOURNEY!!! They will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Friday night, (April 7, 2017) at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Train’s Pat Monahan will have the honor of inducting Journey into the hallowed rock hall founded in 1983 by Rolling Stone Magazine’s [...]
Travel back in time! We're going back to from 1984 to 1992 when KFOG 104.5 FM had a real "Wild and Crazy" DJ doing the morning drive time hours. His name was M. Dung and he was as unique and different as Wolfman Jack was in the 1960's on the AM dial. "Dung Boy" as we affectionally called him got his foot in the KFOG door by hosting what he called "The Sunday Night Idiot Show!" He pulled all [...]
BAMmagazine.com's contributing writer and photographer, Cheryl Alterman has been selected to have an exhibit of her fine works displayed at Daredevils and Queens Salon, in Santa Rosa's Historic Railroad Square District. On display are hand picked photographs taken throughout her career of rock icons, such as Robert Plant, Green Day, Tom Petty, and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Each photograph showcases Ms. Alterman's unique style, is signed and fused onto metal. "The metal format is a different medium to showcase my photos, [...]
Bay Area punks release their twelfth studio album Revolution Radio to world-wide critical acclaim...
ALBUM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY FIRST SINGLE, "BANG BANG," NOW AVAILABLE August 11, 2016 - (Los Angeles, CA) - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day will release their 12th studio album, entitled Revolution Radio, on October 7th via Reprise Records. The album is available for pre-order today at www.greenday.com. Those who pre-order will receive an instant download of the first single, "Bang Bang," which is now available. Watch a lyric video for the song exclusively via Facebook HERE. Produced by Green Day [...]
The founder of Jefferson Airplane, one of the original five bands that made up the “San Francisco Sound"...
