The Rolling Stones proved they weren’t out of surprises yet as they delivered their second Hackney Diamonds tour show in Chicago Sunday night. Amid a 20-song set at the city’s Soldier Field stadium came another tour debut, “Before They Make Me Run” – from the 1978 album Some Girls – with Keith Richards performing lead vocals. […]
There are plenty of artists out there who have made a very good living after releasing just one hit single. But as Norman Greenbaum or Dexys Midnight Runners can tell you, it’s pretty hard to string together two, three or especially four. Many of the artists below have track records that pose an opposite and […]
He may be synonymous with country, but you’d have to be high to say Willie Nelson doesn’t know a thing or two about rock ‘n’ roll. The Texas icon, older than the genre itself, built a career off the back of his own legendary country songbook as well as a knack for turning songs of all genres into something […]
For nearly the entirety of his career as a performing and touring musician, Bruce Springsteen had had an issue with taking his show to bigger venues. His reluctance was well known, and he had historically been slow to make such moves, even as the number of people who wanted to see him grew. “When we […]
W.A.S.P. frontman Blackie Lawless has been honest about using backing tracks in the band’s concerts. Still, questions have persisted — with some even suggesting that the group isn’t performing live at all. “Well, if they’re crazy enough to believe it, that’s their business,” he tells UCR. “But if they genuinely feel like that, then don’t […]
Don Henley wants his stuff back. He’s filed suit asking for the return of handwritten ’70s-era Eagles lyrics that were the subject of a recent criminal trial. “These 100 pages of personal lyric sheets belong to Mr. Henley and his family, and he has never authorized defendants or anyone else to peddle them for profit,” […]
Pete Townshend says he’d never been happy with the 1979 movie version of Quadrophenia. The Who guitarist explained that was one of the reasons why he’d developed a ballet version of the storyline, which was first exposed via the 1973 album. “I was never happy with the film,” Townshend told NME in a recent interview. […]
Tracking Aerosmith‘s career trajectory from the beginning to the end of the ’80s reveals one of the most remarkable comebacks in rock history. The band was washed-up and left for dead at the turn of the decade, with Joe Perry having quit in 1979 and Brad Whitford following suit in 1981. Drugs and dysfunction had […]
Bill Wyman has announced the release of a new album. Drive My Car marks his first album in nine years and the ninth solo album by the Rolling Stones‘ former bassist. The album, which is due on Aug. 9, features 10 songs, with two additional tracks on the CD and digital versions. In addition to covers […]
Alice Cooper ruffled a few feathers in 1969 when his fans killed a live chicken at Toronto’s Rock and Roll Revival Festival. “The audience tears it to pieces,” Cooper recalled this week on A&E’s Biography: Alice Cooper. “It was the peace and love festival. They tear it to pieces and throw it back up on […]