John Mayall, legendary blues guitarist and founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, died on Monday at the age of 90, Vanity Fair reports. Born in Macclesfield, England in 1933, Mayall taught himself to play the piano, guitars and harmonica as a kid. After graduating from the Manchester College of Art, he maintained a side hustle playing with local […]
Our ranking of Bon Jovi‘s 15 studio albums (and one box set of outtakes) demonstrates how quickly and efficiently the band achieved their goal of rock stardom, and how well they adapted to changing trends to hold onto the spot over the following three decades. Since their rise to fame in the mid-’80s, Bon Jovi […]
Whenever I hear Bon Jovi, I often think about a Mark Twain quote: “I have never tried, in even one single little instance, to help cultivate the cultivated classes. I was not equipped for it, either by native gifts or training. And I never had any ambition in that direction, but always hunted for bigger […]
“Nothing in this world is free,” Jack White declares on the opening track of his surprise-released sixth solo album – branded as “No Name” on the disc and at least for our purposes now. Call it hubris or humor, mischievousness or muso conceit. White’s Third Man Records “released” the 13-track set on July 19 in an […]
Founding Moby Grape guitarist Jerry Miller has died of unspecified causes at the age of 81. According to Deadline, the news was first posted on the Moby Grape Facebook fan page and by journalist Eric Brenner. Born July 10, 1943 in Tacoma, Miller played on an early version of the 1960 Bobby Fuller hit “I […]
Sammy Hagar’s hopes of meeting the state trooper who wrote his “I Can’t Drive 55” speeding ticket appear to be dashed following an ex-cop’s attempt to solve the mystery. The singer will bring his Van Halen-focused Best of All Worlds tour to Saratoga Springs, New York, on July 22. He’ll be close to Albany, where he was […]
On July 21, the Rolling Stones will perform the final show of their North American Hackney Diamonds Tour, a trek that has taken them across the continent over the course of just three months. If you were lucky enough to score tickets — more on luck and tickets down below — you know these were high-energy, fast-paced shows […]
The Police had the biggest album of their career with Synchronicity and then it was all over. Guitarist Andy Summers says it’s a familiar tale which led to the group’s demise. “It’s the typical process where you become incredibly famous and they throw all of this money at you and then the rot sets in,” […]
Jack White appears to have released a new album — but so far it’s only appeared as an unlabeled LP in the bags of Third Man Records shoppers around the world. A post on White’s subreddit tipped fans off to the new release, which follows a pair of 2022 albums, Fear of the Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. The post […]
Bruce Springsteen is now a billionaire. According to a “conservative” Forbes estimate, the Boss is worth $1.1 billion. Springsteen has had a lucrative last few years. In December of 2021, he sold both his masters to Sony Music and his publishing to Sony Music Publishing in a deal that earned him in the vicinity of $500 million. He’s also […]