Billy Squier

Squier may have become something of a novelty -- after all, the guy wrote "The Stroke" -- but there's no denying that when it comes to marrying Jimmy Page's spray of hot licks with the shiny ching-ching sound generated by VH drummer Alex Van Halen, Squier is the best. "My Kinda Lover" is as perfect a rock song as anyone has ever written.

Boomph omph Bdumph dumbph ouch. That's the sound of Billy Squier's "The Stroke"
clanking mercilessly through the summer. Like a construction site beneath your window
that's on permanent overtime. Like the throbbing little blood vessel somewhere in the
general vicinity of your forehead that tells you the very next stage of your really terrible
hangover will be – yes, that's right–throwing up. What is it about "The Stroke" th... More >