Before Toto enjoyed a hugely successful run into the ‘80s, some record label executives believed they were too eclectic to win over fans. Keyboardist and principal songwriter David Paich remembered constant complaints. “A lot of the comments were, ‘There’s no thread [to the music]. You guys don’t have a sound,” Paich said on the Broken Record […]
Bob Dylan has sold his Scottish mansion for $5.35 million. The reported sale price is $1.4 million more than what Dylan asked for when he put the property on the market in July. Considering the home’s incredible highlights, it’s easy to understand why it was in high demand. Built between 1911-15, the mansion features 16 […]
Rock music underwent a radical transformation in the beginning of the ’80s, and in 1983, the genre made some of its heaviest strides yet. It was a year that saw heavy metal assert itself as a viable commercial genre, with Quiet Riot‘s Metal Health unseating the Police‘s Synchronicity to become the first metal album to top the Billboard 200. It […]
All good things must come to an end, they say. And unfortunately that includes the careers of our favorite bands and solo artists. For some, the finale arrives sooner than expected. John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, to name a few, left the world early and thus their last musical releases were, well, not exactl […]
Guitarist Warren Haynes has revealed the rule Phil Lesh established following the demise of the Grateful Dead. Following the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995, surviving members of the Grateful Dead decided to retire the band. They still toured and performed the group’s material under various names, including a rotating assembly of musicians known as […]
Paul McCartney has posted a personal tribute to Moody Blues and Wings co-founder Denny Laine, who died Tuesday at the age of 79. “I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died,” McCartney wrote on social media. “I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when […]
Van Morrison has insisted he and Bob Dylan are “worlds apart”. The two musicians have often been compared but the ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ hitmaker, 78, insists what they do is different because the ‘Mr. Tambourine Man’ hitmaker, 82, is a “songwriter who sings” and he is a singer first. He told Vintage Rock magazine: “Well, […]
When Sammy Hagar announced that he would embark on a Van Halen-focused tour in 2024 with guitarist Joe Satriani, bassist Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham, many fans likely had the same question: Would Satriani play “Eruption”? Don’t count on it. The guitarist told Rolling Stone he “[doesn’t] think” he’ll tackle Eddie Van Halen‘s immortal six-string showcase. “I […]
Between Black Sabbath and his solo career, Ozzy Osbourne has been one of the most famous frontmen in hard rock for decades. We’ve found photos of Ozzy from all but one year between 1969 and 2023. We were unable to track down a picture from 1979, the year he was fired from Black Sabbath for […]
Myles Goodwyn, the singer, guitarist and primary songwriter for Canadian rock group April Wine, has died at the age of 75. Goodwyn formed April Wine in 1969 alongside brothers Ritchie and David Henman, and their cousin, Jim Henman. The group’s self-titled debut album arrived two years later, but generated only minor attention. Steadily, the band’s […]