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Rock And Roll Roadmaps
Rock And Roll Roadmaps

Interested in the history of rock and landmarks connected with either your own favourite bands or well-known rock and roll leg-
ends? Then take a look at RockandRollRoadmap.com, a website that lists the places that musicians have played at, stayed in, where
they lived and where they died. There’s everyone from Black Sabbath to The Ramones, Bob Dylan to Tom Petty. You can find out
where they went to school, the restaurants and bars they frequented, the location of illustrious musical instrument stores and even
album cover spots. We got in touch with Rock and Roll Road Maps’ website owner to find out more.
Name, age & location: Why should peo- large amount of classic albums recorded there
Marc Harris, 63, Northern ple check it out? including Hotel California, Automatic For The
California Lots of great sto- People, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Rumours and
ries and details on Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs. Dan
Tell us about Rock And artists and bands Tana’s Restaurant is where Glenn Frey and
Roll Roadmaps and what that may otherwise Don Henley of the Eagles wrote the lyrics to
you do - or what you aim to go unnoticed. ‘Lyin’ Eyes’ on a napkin at table 4 there.
do.
The website covers the his- How many of the What do you think of music fans that want
tory of American and Cana- places listed to see where their favourite bands lived,
dian Rock and Roll. Visitors have you visited? stayed or were buried etc.?
can find the places where Which places or I think that I share a similar feeling with them.
their favorite bands played, musicians inter- It's great to see places that have been a part
stayed, lived and died. ested you the of your life in song.
most to want to visit?
How long have you been doing it for - and There are over 1,200 locations currently, and I Have you had any landmarks, business
what made you decide to start the website? estimate that I have visited about 300-400 of services, etc. contact you wanted to be on
The site was first launched in 1995. The inter- them personally. your site? Is it mostly
net was just starting to take off and I wanted rock fans that send
to create a website that could be used as an Which are the most searched- submissions in?
example of what could be done on the web. I for/visited landmarks listed on Mainly rock fans send
chose rock music history because I was fasci- your site? me details. Many of
nated by the subject and I grew up in the San ‘Hollywood Walk Of Fame – List them are added via
Fernando Valley, an area of significant rock of Rock ‘N Roll Stars’ is one of comments on individual
and roll history. the most popular pages on the locations.
website. The page breaks down
What does a general working day or week by address where the stars are Where do you go from
usually consist of? How much time do you located for all of the rock musi- here? Plans for the fu-
spend on the website? cians and bands. ‘Where Randy ture with the site or
I spend very little time creating new locations, Rhodes Was Killed In A Plane any other musical ac-
and more time updating existing ones. Crash’ has details on the plane tivities?
crash that killed Randy Rhodes, the lead gui- I'll just keep adding new locations regardless
Is it profitable at all or do you just do it as tarist for Ozzy Osbourne. ‘Shangri-la Record- of their importance, just as long as there is a
a hobby, for the love of it? ing Studio Location In Malibu’ is a very popular rock and roll connection to them one way or
It makes a nominal amount of money via location due to the large amount of classic rock the other.
Google Ads, but income was never my goal. albums that were recorded there and its ex-
ceptionally beautiful location near the Pacific Website link:
What’s the best thing about your website? Ocean. ‘Criteria Studios’ is popular due to the http://rockandrollroadmap.com

Eatin’ Ain’t Cheatin’ LIVERPOOL
VEGGIE REPUBLIC

Visiting different cities for gigs gives us the excuse to check out some of the vegan restaurants in
different parts of the world. During the Bon Jovi tour, we went to vegan diners in Liverpool, Tallinn,
Moscow, Bucharest, Tel Aviv and more. One of our faves was Veggie Republic in Liverpool, which was
about 4 minutes walk from our hotel. They made the tastiest deep crust vegan pizza with vegan cheese
(you can choose from a standard Margherita Pizza to a Big Mac Pizza, a ‘Meat’ & Chillies Pizza, Feta
Pizza, Gyro Pizza and more) as well as a whole array of comfort food such as vegan fish and chips, a
Mac Daddy Burger, vegan lasagne, vegan Philly cheesesteaks, chilli hotdogs, noodles, Raw Pad Thai
and if you’re itching for something a bit healthier, a variety of salads too. Oh, and vegan Scotch eggs!
Veggie Republic is really showing what an amazing range of cruelty-free food is out there. They have
nice prices too. If only we lived a little nearer to Liverpool we’d be there every week. You can find them
at 16 Cook Street, Liverpool, L2 9RF and visit www.facebook.com/veggierepublicliverpool for more de-
tails.

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