UNCOVERED: Van zant - Caught on Camera

In 1969, Frank Van Zant began building beside a Nevada highway; 20 years later, his desert compound had more than 200 concrete sculptures

In the late 1960s, World War II veteran Frank Van Zant began creating the Thunder Mountain Monument in Imlay, Nevada, using scrap materials from the desert landscape. Designed to honor Native American history and spirituality, the monument faced challenges after his death in 1989, including vandalism. Nonetheless, restoration by his…

The Economic Times · Oct 2

“I had a creepy feeling things were going against us”: The chilling prophecy and unthinkable tragedy that overshadows one of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s greatest albums

Lynyrd Skynyrd’s final album of the 70s is forever linked to the fatal plane crash that followed – but did Ronnie Van Zant predict it?

Louder · Aug 1

“We were going for a completely different sound, and it didn’t work. We decided to make a clean album”: Ronnie Van Zant hated it. But this Lynyrd Skynyrd album is an unsung Southern Rock classic

The classic line-up’s penultimate album Gimme Back My Bullets is an overlooked Southern Rock gem

Louder · Jul 25

“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young in that song, that was kind of a joke lyric about him. We loved Neil Young!”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama

"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"

MusicRadar · Dec 30, 2025

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar · Dec 27, 2025

“He used seashells as a pick, that's where he gets all that squank from”: Brilliant players of all persuasions have earned their stripes in Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar army. Rickey Medlocke takes us through all of them, and what made them each special

Having served in Skynyrd as a pre-fame member and later as a crucial part of their reunion, Medlocke has more insight into the idiosyncrasies and genius of each of the band's six-string aces than just about anyone

Guitar World · Nov 9, 2025

Lynyrd Skynyrd's Tragic Plane Crash: Did Ronnie Van Zant Really Predict His Own Death?

Nearly 50 years after Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1977 plane crash, questions persist about Ronnie Van Zant's eerie death prediction and the tragedy's legacy.

International Business Times UK · Oct 21, 2025

“When Ronnie sang about Neil Young in that song, that was kind of a joke lyric about him. We loved Neil Young!”: The true story of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Sweet Home Alabama

"Neil wanted to play the song with us!"

MusicRadar · Oct 1, 2025

“When we went to record it, the record company said, ‘Man, they won’t play that, it’s too long.’ But we said, ‘We don’t care!’”: How the young Lynyrd Skynyrd turned a simple love song into a southern rock epic

"Ronnie said, 'Just go till I tell you to quit!'"

MusicRadar · Sep 17, 2025

"We hit the trees at what seemed like 100 miles an hour": The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd and the plane that fell from the sky

Fist fights, premonitions and a flight into hell: This is the tale of Ronnie Van Zant and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Louder · Aug 8, 2025