Randy Bachman hopes that recent legal actions against the current version of the Guess Who will help other key members who’ve lost control of their original groups. Bachman co-founded the band in 1966 just before Burton Cummings joined. They combined to co-write many of the Guess Who’s best-known songs, including the Top 10 hits “These […]
Since launching in 1991, Lollapalooza has established itself as one of the preeminent music festivals in the world. It was Perry Farrell, the Jane’s Addiction frontman and an influential leader in the alt rock movement, who envisioned an event where talented artists from “fringe” genres – alternative, rap, punk, industrial, electronic, pretty much anything except […]
According to Slash, Guns N’ Roses are at work on a new album and he’s involved in the process. “Guns N’ Roses are trying to make their own record,” the guitarist recently explained to the Daily Star (via NME) when asked about why people like Axl Rose or his Conspirators collaborator Myles Kennedy did not appear […]
Especially as the years go by, the value of rock artifacts from previous decades steadily rises. Things that were at one point mere tools — guitars, drum skins, notebooks for scribbling down lyrics — have now become treasured tokens worth tens of thousands of dollars. In some cases, we’re talking millions. Sometimes items are purposefully […]
Skid Row played their first of four dates with Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale on vocals on Friday at Carterville, Illinois’ Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort. You can see video from the performance below. The band stuck mostly to classics off its first two albums, Skid Row and Slave to the Grind, according to setlist.fm. If Hale was feeling nervous or uncertain […]
Pearl Jam may not showcase much of a heavy metal influence, but guitarist Stone Gossard did indeed love metal growing up and shouted out some of his favorite metal albums as a kid during a recent interview. Gossard’s response came in a wide-ranging interview with KLOS DJ Matt Pinfield (who also co-hosts The Power Hour on […]
AC/DC launched their European Power Up tour with a performance in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 17. The European trek marks the legendary hard rock group’s first full tour since 2016, though they did perform at the Power Trip festival in 2023. AC/DC certainly got things started with a bang during the Germany gig, delivering a […]
For decades, Slash has been inspiring fans to pick up the electric guitar and crank their favorite riffs. Now, Ultimate Classic Rock is giving one lucky winner the opportunity to do so on a signature Epiphone Les Paul autographed by the guitarist himself. The contest begins on May 17 at 10AM ET, the same day […]
Details surrounding Heart’s family drama have come to light, including that Ann and Nancy Wilson insisted on separate “sanctuary zones” amid the ordeal. It was 2016 when Ann’s husband, Dean Wetter, got embroiled in an argument with Nancy’s teenage sons. Reportedly enraged that the boys had let Ann’s dogs out of her tour bus, Wetter […]
It takes a special kind of artist to make it to their 13th album. Most bands never make it that far – the Beatles didn’t; some of the best didn’t even hit double digits (see: Led Zeppelin and the Velvet Underground). But those that reach this most lucky number have long proven their commitment to the […]