The man who damaged David Bowie’s eye during a teenage disagreement said he still worries about the moment to this day. George Underwood met David Jones – later Bowie – when the pair were 9 years old. Long after settling their dispute over a potential girlfriend, they traveled the world together, and Bowie made frequent use of […]
Michael Schenker achieved a rare feat on his star-studded new album, My Years With UFO: He lured Axl Rose into the studio to record a guest vocal on an updated version of UFO‘s “Love to Love.” In fact, Schenker tells UCR, he didn’t even have to ask Rose to participate — the famously elusive singer requested to be part of the project. Schenker […]
Foreigner has released the first new song with Lou Gramm in three decades – and no one is more pleased than the singer. “Turning Back the Time” was part of demo sessions held with Mick Jones for a potential follow-up to 1994’s Mr. Moonlight that never happened. “I had given up on those songs that […]
British rock legends Uriah Heep have announced their farewell tour. In a video message to fans, Mick Box, the band’s last surviving original member, revealed the news. “Who can believe next year is 55 years since the band started, and that’s just so amazing. I know many of you have been with us since the beginning, and we […]
October promises deep dives into key moments in rock history, the return of a seminal punk band and some exciting live recordings. Queen‘s 1973 debut album has been renamed and expanded for a six-CD/1-LP collector’s edition reissue. Now dubbed Queen I, the set boasts a revised track listing featuring “Mad the Swine,” which was originally […]
Eagles have released a statement honoring J.D. Souther, their cowriter and collaborator who died on Tuesday at the age of 78. “We have lost a brother, a friend and a brilliant collaborator, and the world has lost a great songwriter, a pioneer of the Southern California sound that emerged in the 1970s,” the band’s message […]
In a career spanning more than 50 years, the Eagles have delivered their fair share of memorable concerts. The group was founded in 1971 and almost instantly began developing a reputation for captivating live performances. Led by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, the Eagles saw their crowds grow year after year, eventually placing them among […]
The one and only album Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks made together, 1973’s Buckingham Nicks, has long been out of print and never released digitally. But on Oct. 18, singer-songwriters Madison Cunningham and Andrew Bird will release their own reimagined version of the album, titled Cunningham Bird. Produced by Mike Viola, the album features only the […]
Sebastian Bach isn’t just one of rock’s most powerful vocalists and vivacious performers — he’s also the foul-mouthed king of pull quotes. Case in point: In a recent conversation with UCR, the famously outspoken singer had a simple message for critics of his left-leaning politics and vocal support of the Democratic Party: “Go fuck yourself.” Bach’s free-speech advocacy […]
Among the best reissues and archival albums that came out during the summer of 2024 are releases that continued the series and themes of other acclaimed records from the previous few years. New releases include a massive collection that gathers every recorded concert from Bob Dylan‘s historic comeback tour with the Band in 1974 (following a similar collection that […]