A band’s most disappointing album, as this list shows, isn’t always a band’s worst record. More often, they arrive at the end of a period of creative momentum or rebirth. They’re also found at those times when rock’s biggest bands took the first stumble toward a period of prolonged struggle or even into irrelevancy. Sometimes a key group […]
Lee Rauch, an early drummer for Megadeth who played on the band’s 1984 demo, has died at the age of 58. The rocker’s death was confirmed by his brother, Chris, via social media. “Today is a very sad day, we lost my brother William Lee Rauch,” he wrote. “Lee was a very strong man of […]
Mick Mars predicted he’ll be dead within eight years — and he knows what he wants done with his body. In a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone, the embattled Motley Crue guitarist discussed the circumstances that led to his retirement from touring last year, his ongoing lawsuit against his bandmates, his long-awaited solo album Another Side of Mars and his […]
Mick Mars outlined some details of his solo album, to be titled Another Side of Mars, and hinted that one song was about his former Motley Crue bandmates. The guitarist recently launched a lawsuit against them, claiming his decision to retire from touring last year had been manipulated into a scheme to deny him payments […]
Motley Crue had a lot to prove when they roared back with Saints of Los Angeles, released on June 24, 2008. It was the glam-metal hedonists’ first album since 2000’s underperforming New Tattoo, and their first since reuniting with drummer Tommy Lee in 2004. It was also loosely tied to the band’s 2001 memoir The Dirt, a salacious […]
Tony Iommi confirmed that Black Sabbath turned down an offer to perform as part of Power Trip, taking place in October. The festival’s lineup features some of the biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal history, including Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and Iron Maiden. In an interview with SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, Iommi explained […]
The Cure often keeps fans guessing about what they might do musically. Now the band’s frontman Robert Smith is adding a new layer of intrigue as he wears a different T-shirt each night on the Cure’s ongoing 2023 tour. There are Easter eggs to be found each time. Sometimes, it’s as simple as a local angle: Smith wore […]
At their best, Pink Floyd was many things: whimsical psychedelic pranksters, agitprop moralizers, weirdo experimenters, space-rock bluesmen and album-length social commentators. Traveling such a broad musical expanse inevitably led to a few blind alleys. A few of their albums went further still, with songs that flew right past the warning signs only to smack into […]
A posthumous live box set from Jeff Beck, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice titled Live in Japan 1973, Live in London 1974 will arrive on Sept. 15. The collection is available to preorder now in four-CD and four-LP configurations, with the options of black or purple vinyl. You can see the full track listing and preview the […]
Lynyrd Skynyrd’s final concert with founding guitarist Gary Rossington will screen in movie theaters across the U.S. in July. The concert film, titled The 50th Anniversary of Lynyrd Skynyrd, will celebrate the band’s enduring legacy, while also honoring Rossington, who died on March 5. “We are excited to share this special night and celebrate 50 […]