Stanley Simmons have released their fourth single, a trippy blast of ’60s-styled guitar pop named “Cellophane.” You can watch the song’s video below. “Cellophane” is the fourth song that Evan Stanley and Nick Simmons – respectively the sons of Kiss stars Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons – have released since announcing that they were working together […]
On Thursday evening in Manhattan, under the shadow of the World Trade Center, Peter Frampton and his longtime bandleader Rob Arthur sat for a conversation that followed the global premiere of a new documentary, Frampton. When Arthur, the film’s director, began conceptualizing the film and inviting various industry folk to speak about Frampton, he found there […]
Bret Michaels guitarist Pete Evick had a simple message for fans who disavowed the Poison frontman after learning of his scheduled (and now-canceled) participation in President Donald Trump‘s Freedom 250 concert series: “FUCK OFF.” Michaels was booked to perform at the concert series in Washington, D.C. as part of the Great American State Fair, which runs from […]
Paul Simon‘s ongoing comeback will be the focus of a new album and film. Paul Simon: The Quiet Celebration Concert premieres on June 26 on Disney+ and Hulu, with the companion LP following on Oct. 9. He returned in 2025 followed a seven-year hiatus from the road, with much of it spent dealing with a […]
With the new Masters of the Universe movie hitting theaters June 5th, ’80s kids are about to fall face-first into an awesome pile of plastic nostalgia. He-Man action figures lived up to the marketing language invented to avoid boys owning dolls, because they really did things. The engineers at Mattel brilliantly built mechanical, genuinely ingenious […]
Choosing the Big 4 of guitar solos? Provocative is one word for the task. Thankless is another. As we know, most any rock song worth its salt has a guitar solo. That means there are hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, of them out there. Even on the most elite, iconic level there are scores […]
Kiss will release a new book entitled Kiss Destroyer: The Definitive Visual History on Oct. 27. As you can probably tell by the title, the 272-page book takes an in-depth look at the creation of the band’s first platinum-selling studio album, 1976’s Destroyer and the tour that followed its release. Kiss Destroyer: The Definitive Visual History was […]
Let’s be blunt: Van Halen hasn’t released nearly enough live albums. In fact they just might be the most popular band in rock history without an undeniably great live album that sums up their entire career. Of course, that’s a uniquely difficult challenge for a group that had two different eras of massive commercial success […]
Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson got booed after he reportedly replied sarcastically to audience members chanting “U.S.A.” during the band’s Sunday night show in Tampa, FL. According to TMZ, the trouble began when an image of the band’s black crow mascot dressed as Uncle Sam appeared on a screen behind the stage, prompting some members […]
UCR is giving away an autographed copy of Van Halen‘s newest live album. One lucky reader (or listener) will receive a brand-new double-vinyl edition of Live in New Haven, CT 1986, signed by Sammy Hagar. A vinyl slipmat featuring the Hagar-era Van Halen logo is also included. The album features a show from the 5150 […]