RetroZest

Sammy is the RED ROCKER!

How will I know when it's love?

There's only ONE WAY TO ROCK!

Mysteries of the days of old; you'll find the key you got the gold.

On the 1984-1985 VOA tour, Sammy Hagar wore a set of coveralls with straps affixed to it everywhere. The strap pattern on this shirt looks like the part of the coveralls which covered his torso.

Sammy eats Z28 in his TRANS AM (Highway Wonderland)!

I EAT Z28!

From East Coast to West Coast, both the Bandit and the Red Rocker EAT Z28!

The Bandit's License Plate - 1976.

She's still dishin' it out! Susie McIver Ewing as Hot Pants Hilliard in 1977's Smokey and the Bandit!

Starring a Porsche 928 as the U-Boat.

Formerly named “Village Record Shoppe”, Phase II Records & Tapes was a record store at Brannon Square in Roswell, GA (Atlanta metro area).

Chapter 3 Records was a small record store chain in the Atlanta area from the '70s to the '90s. In Atlanta, there were three locations; Buckhead, Smyrna and North Springs. There were also locations in Morgantown, WV, Greensboro, NC and Gainesville, FL. Chapter 3 had the atmosphere of an independent store, even though it was technically a chain. It was dubbed "The Lowest Priced Record Chain in the Southeastern United States."

Chapter 3 Records was a small record store chain in the Atlanta area from the '70s to the '90s. In Atlanta, there were three locations; Buckhead, Smyrna and North Springs. There were also locations in Morgantown, WV, Greensboro, NC and Gainesville, FL. Chapter 3 had the atmosphere of an independent store, even though it was technically a chain. It was dubbed "The Lowest Priced Record Chain in the Southeastern United States."

The infamous BOGUS OTIS (roadrunner) tattoo on Sammy Hagar's arm!

This is based upon the original logo used by VH on their first album before they got the recording contract. It has been revised as VAN HAGAR!

Music so good, it's criminal.

Manimal TV show by Glen A. Larson!

Everybody Wants Some!

Everybody Wants Some! Might as well jump!

Instead of Van Halen, what if PINK FLOYD would have been the band featured in the Pig Burgers scene in the 1985 movie Better Off Dead? How many Pig Burgers could you order? THREE DIFFERENT ONES!

Everybody Wants Some! Lookin' good today, pal; lookin' real good!

Everybody Wants Some!

Rich's Cobb County was enlarged in 1968. Meanwhile, by 1970, the official name of the shopping hub had morphed to COBB CENTER. In 1973, the new shopping center on the block was CUMBERLAND MALL. This superregional complex dwarfed COBB CENTER. Cobb County's first mall did a quick "keeping up with CUMBERLAND" renovation, whereby it was renamed COBB CENTER MALL. As part of the early '70s makeover, open shopping concourses at COBB CENTER MALL were roofed-in and climate-controlled. The remodeling was completed in November 1973. The shopping hub then covered approximately 409,600 leasable square feet. It was demoted to a Clearance Center before being shuttered in early 2004.

Along with Turtle's Records and Tapes, the Time Zone arcade was the place to be at Hawthorne Plaza in Mableton, GA in the early 1980s! The arcade moved to Mableton Parkway close to Pebbblebrook High School in the mid-80s.

Charley Magruder’s, the north Atlanta club owned by Butch Weaver from the early 1980s through its demise in 1996, was the spot that attracted a motley procession of familiar faces, from Tommy Shaw of Styx to Lemmy of Motorhead to Butch Patrick (aka Eddie Munster) to members of Metallica — all of whom would swing by. It was a launching pad for many successful bands. The now defunct WKLS 96 Rock would host events there. Along with places like Turtle's Records and Tapes, CM was a safe haven for many an Atlantan to get their ROCK on!

Baby Doe’s Matchless Mine was a three-story restaurant and bar jutted out over I-285 above the Chattahoochee River in the 1980s.With its tin roof, water tower, and tipple cars, the ramshackle wooden structure looked like a theme-park attraction. The entrance resembled a mineshaft, which led either up to the dining room or down to the bar and dance floor. Decor was fringed Victorian lampshade–meets–rusting pickax. This location at Powers Ferry Road was actually part of a seven-city national chain named for Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor, an infamous gold-digger (silver, to be accurate) who married a wealthy Colorado mining mogul twice her age in the late 19th century.

Debra Winger was a rockstar before Kip Winger was.

John was Winger before Kip was.

The Ad Lib Club was located on the 4th floor of 7 Leicester Place over the Prince Charles cinema in Soho, London. It opened in December 1963. The Beatles had their own table at the club, and John Lennon was spotted wearing a shirt like this one. It was also where Ringo proposed to Maureen Cox.

Kowalski Lives!

Fast Times was a short-lived 1986 TV show based upon the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It starred Claudia Wells, Courtney Thorne-Smith, James Nardini, Dean Cameron, Patrick Dempsey, Kit McDonough, Vincent Schiavelli and Ray Walston.

Felix the Cat

In 1982, SR&D (founded by Boston guitarist and founder Tom Scholz) designed and developed the Rockman headphone electric guitar amplifier, claiming to replace $10,000 of studio gear. The first generation Rockman combined multiple effects with high quality components and construction in a hip-worn enclosure using a built-in attached belt clip.

Franklin Music was a store chain originally founded in 1968 by former Sam Goody employee Albert S. Franklin. The very first Franklin Music was opened inside Philadelphia's Echelon Mall. Hi-Fi equipment, Musical instruments, sheet music and records/tapes (8-track and cassettes) were sold in the store. The chain expanded to New Jersey and then to the Atlanta area. It dissolved into Camelot Music eventually.

WMMS Buzzard air surfing on a V-neck!