Chris recently stopped by the XPN studio — with guitar in hand — to share a story about his brother Richard, Joe Strummer, and an oddly coincidental XPN moment.
Listen here.

by Joe, Malvern, PA
There I was driving to work early in the morning sometime in the spring of ‘07 and WXPN played “Are You Alright” early in the morning. Unprompted by anything other than the lyrics, I immediately started thinking of family members and friends that had passed on and I was overcome by emotion […]

by Carson Clark, Narberth, PA
My brother’s girlfriend had a friend at work who played the accordion in a rock band. I tagged along to hear them play and I was hooked instantly. Ben’s songs were magnetic, original, funny and lyrical. No one could resist dancing and singing along. Classics like “I Dig Your Wig,” “Jerry […]

by Ned McFadden, Sewell, NJ
This concert really stands out in my mind. Frampton was on the verge of super stardom. (”Frampton Comes Alive” was not yet released, but he had gained a deserved reputation for his phenomenal live shows. Frampton would return to JFK the following summer as the headliner.) And Yes was at the […]

by Martin Wallace, Pennsauken, New Jersey
This is one of those moments that you seem to remember no matter how old you are. Music wasn’t really a part of my life until that fateful Sunday evening on the Ed Sullivan show, February 1964. My oldest cousin was a few years older than me and said I […]

by Michael Brown, Harrisburg, PA
It was in 1980, I believe, perhaps February, when I was walking through the Harrisburg East Mall and saw a sign outside a record store advertising a bus trip to the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, to see Pink Floyd. Somehow the record store had gotten their hands on a […]

by Michael, Pennsauken, NJ
A flippin UFO landed!!! That’s right, a UFO landed and I saw it. Though, it might not have come from space, it was just as incredible. In what was undoubtedly my most memorable musical moment, I witnessed the flaming lips land a UFO… on stage… at Bonnaroo. Well that was really the […]

by Mendi Bolognese, Havertown, PA
One of my great Rock Moments in history had to be attending the first day, May 28, 1983 (New Wave Day) of the US Festival in Glen Helen Region Park, San Bernadino, CA. The line-up (not necessarily in this order) was: The Clash, Men At Work, INXS, Flock of Seagulls, English […]

by Sonja, Quakertown, PA
When I was a senior in high school it was announced that Sarah McLachlan was starting an all women music festival. I couldn’t wait to see many of my favorites singers and be introduced to some I’ve never heard of before such as Patty Griffin. Critics all said that the Lilith Fair […]

by Sonja, Quakertown, PA
When I was four years old I loved Cindy Lauper’s music, she was all I listened to. One day my mother came to me and said “Sonja, you aren’t going to kindergarten tomorrow because I’m taking you to see Cindy Lauper tonight at the Mann Music Center!” I was so excited, I […]