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"...
An historic event forged from the classic counter culture...
METALLICA FOR THE MILLENIUM By Kenny Wardell The night before last Sunday’s “Super Bowl 50” featuring the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers battling it out in the biggest NFL game of the year at Levi’s Stadium, some 45 miles south of AT&T Park in San Francisco, there was a major rock concert in our City By The Bay that you may have heard about. The great Bay Area heavy metal rock band Metallica performed before a sold-out crowd in the cathedral/temple/mosque/stadium [...]
