Jane’s Addiction‘s Friday night show in Boston was cut short when singer Perry Farrell shoved and then punched guitar player Dave Navarro. The singer flew into a rage afterwards and had to be restrained and escorted off stage by several crew members. You can see numerous videos of the altercation below. According to JamBase‘s social […]
Pearl Jam put their own spin on Ted Nugent’s 1975 single “Stranglehold,” changing the lyrics to make it an anti-gun anthem. The moment took place during Pearl Jam’s concert in Baltimore on Thursday, Sept. 12. Roughly halfway through their set, guitarist Mike McCready launched into “Stranglehold”’s familiar opening riff. Frontman Eddie Vedder then joined in, […]
Eric Clapton is the only person inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times, but that didn’t stop the famed musician from sharing some choice words about the institution. “I think of it as a frat boys club that happened to lure [me] in,” the guitar god declared during a recent interview […]
Tony Levin has decades of experience playing the music of King Crimson. But you’d be correct to think that the act of performing it is no walk in the park. “It’s some heavy lifting, the bass legend confirms during a conversation with UCR. “It’s a lot of difficult material.” But as he details in the […]
He’s not just a legendary rock star, Jon Bon Jovi is a bona fide hero literally helping a distraught woman off the ledge of a bridge. According to the Good News Movement Instagram page, Jon and his team were in Nashville, Tennessee shooting a music video. It was Bon Jovi himself that noticed the woman on the other […]
In 1972 Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show sang about longing to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, but for rock stars, it’s a much rarer feat to appear on the cover of Time. The popular news magazine launched in 1923 and has been published every week for most of the rock era, switching […]
Kansas turned to a familiar figure when replacing bassist and co-lead vocalist Billy Greer, who retired last week after nearly 40 years in the lineup. Dan McGowan, a recent sub for Greer, will take over. A native of southern New Jersey, McGowan previously played bass with Kansas keyboardist Tom Brislin’s band Gold Rotation. His promotion […]
Judas Priest will release a remixed and remastered version of their debut album Rocka Rolla to commemorate the LP’s 50th anniversary. The digital remaster arrives on Friday, and vinyl and CD copies will hit shelves on Nov. 22. “It’s great to look back and see our future unfurl — from little metal acorns mighty metal […]
One of the towering presences in movies, television, and theater — not to mention one of the most distinctive voices of the 20th century — has died. James Earl Jones passed away on Monday morning at his home in New York. He was 93 years old. His death was confirmed by Deadline. They did not list a […]
Heart has announced rescheduled North American tour dates for 2025 after postponing them in July after it was revealed singer Ann Wilson had undergone an operation to treat a cancer diagnosis. The upcoming tour will start on Feb. 28 in Las Vegas and conclude on April 5 in Quebec. Heart will perform 19 dates in all. You […]