The history of Foreigner is nearing the 50 year mark. But as original members, vocalist Lou Gramm and keyboardist Al Greenwood, detailed in the below conversation, their entire ride might have ended if they hadn’t encountered legendary A&R man John Kalodner. Every label had passed on the future AOR superstars, including their eventual home, Atlantic […]
Alex Van Halen has explained why he refused to join his former bandmates Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony on this summer’s Best of All Worlds tour, which was designed as a celebration of Hagar’s time in Van Halen. “I’m not interested,” Van Halen told Billboard in a new interview promoting his upcoming book Brothers. “They’re […]
Nikki Sixx has offered further exposition into Motley Crue’s decision to split with founding guitarist Mick Mars. It was October 2022 when the band announced Mars was exiting the Crue. At the time, the decision was presented as amicable — Mars would be involved behind the scenes, but no longer tour due to his ongoing battle […]
Pretenders say they’ll remove concertgoers from the first row if they attend more than one show. “When we go on tour, the whole point of it for the band is that we are playing to a different audience every night. That’s why we go on tour!” Chrissie Hynde said in a social media post, garnering […]
Foreigner’s original drummer, Dennis Elliott, has announced he will not take part in the band’s upcoming induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. “Dear Foreigner Fans & Friends, Don’t look too hard, we will not be there,” the rocker began in a message posted to Facebook. “We were finally given the schedule last […]
Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman has revealed the financial troubles he faced during his tenure in the band. In an interview with Classic Rock, Wyman pointed to the rock group’s precarious situation in the early ‘70s. The Stones had reached international fame with a run of hugely popular albums — including Beggars Banquet, Let […]
In July 2021, a teenage kid tried to cut in front of me in line on Record Store Day. When I politely stopped him from doing so, he began cursing me out. When I picked up the store’s final copy of the Foo Fighters‘ Bee Gees tribute album, he lost his mind. He sent so […]
Alex Van Halen has revealed that he’s still bitter over his brother’s decision to play on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It.” It was 1982 when Eddie Van Halen, guitar god for the biggest band in the world, was approached by producer Quincy Jones to play on Jackson’s song. Eddie knew that doing so would break a […]
Jake E. Lee, the guitarist best known for playing on Ozzy Osbourne‘s Bark at the Moon album, was shot Tuesday morning in Las Vegas. According to a press release issued by his publicist, the 67-year-old guitarist was shot “multiple times” and is now recovering in a Las Vegas hospital. “As confirmed by management, legendary rock […]
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released Long After Dark, their fifth studio album, in Nov. 1982. Barely two weeks after the record was out, the band was in the studio taking calls from fans to discuss the album on the syndicated radio program Rockline. With an expanded edition of Long After Dark arriving this week, […]