Break out your flannel, scrunchies and high-rise jeans, because it’s time to revisit the ’90s with the new book 501 Essential Albums of the ’90s: The Music Fan’s Definitive Guide. Featuring contributions from Ultimate Classic Rock team members Michael Gallucci, Matthew Wilkening and book editor Gary Graff, 501 Essential Albums of the ’90s is designed […]
When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals soon meant as much – or perhaps even more – than what the song sounded like. Some bands jumped head first into the […]
Steve Lukather recalled how Quincy Jones stopped him from turning “Beat It” into a heavy metal song – even though the late producer wasn’t even there at the time. The Toto guitarist and session veteran hailed Jones’ ability to operate like a movie director, guiding his chosen musicians to bring the best out of everyone in […]
Gregg Allman and Warren Haynes shared a bond for a long time, even before they knew each other. “Gregg was one of my favorite singers forever,” Haynes tells UCR now. “Even before I picked up a guitar, I was a fan of Gregg’s voice. Once I started playing guitar, I became a huge fan of […]
Now that Kiss‘ farewell tour is over, Paul Stanley has admitted he feels a bit adrift. “There’s no way to give that up and not feel a sense of, if not lost, kind of disoriented,” he recently explained on the podcast Rock of Nations With Dave Kinchen & Shane McEachern. “It was time [for Kiss to […]
Kid Rock has offered an olive branch to Kamala Harris voters, telling fellow supporters of newly re-elected President Donald Trump that “now is not the time to gloat.” Republican nominee Trump handily defeated the Democratic candidate Harris in Tuesday’s presidential election, making him just the second person ever to be elected to the country’s highest […]
My wife spent years in higher education earning a PhD and has since helped improve the lives of countless people with PTSD and other mental health issues. I spent high school skipping as many classes as I could to read old Rolling Stone magazines, and have since written hundreds of articles about Kiss. We have […]
These days, streaming is the most popular form of listening to music, and there’s no denying its benefits. At the touch of a button — anywhere, anytime — an artist’s entire catalog can be found at your fingertips, ready for you to choose your own adventure. Presently, Spotify remains the most popular of all the […]
Lou Gramm has offered details on his decision to leave Foreigner. It was 2003 when Gramm, the group’s founding vocalist who was then in his second go-round with the band, decided to quit for good. During a conversation with SiriusXM’s Classic Rewind, he recalled the circumstances that led to his exit. “In the late ’90s, […]
Rock stars including Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach and Ted Nugent are reacting to Donald Trump‘s presidential election victory Tuesday night in very different ways. Trump, running as the Republican candidate, defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to become only the second person elected to nonconsecutive terms as president of the United States. You can see social […]