Ozzy Osbourne is returning to television with a new show called Home to Roost. The upcoming BBC miniseries will chronicle the Black Sabbath and solo star’s move back to his native England with wife Sharon Osbourne, according to Deadline. They announced the decision to leave the U.S. in March, citing California’s high tax rate as […]
The gun as used by Harrison Ford during the “Han shot first” scene in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope has sold at auction for more than $1 million – twice the expected price. Based on a German pistol from World War II, the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol prop was one of three […]
As R.E.M. sprinted toward a long-developing commercial breakthrough in 1987, they came to more fully understand their powers as a band – both musically and socially. They also came to terms with everything they’d left behind, a workaday existence where nothing is guaranteed. And all of that happened within “Finest Worksong,” the opening cut on […]
The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward reflects on youthful innocence with his folky new single, “Living for Love.” “I’m driving through the land we knew to find that sacred ground / Where moonlight on the innocence, wildest dreams were found,” he sings over strummed acoustic guitar and airy synth pads. “We lay there ’til the break of day, […]
Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy shot down the possibility of reuniting with his three surviving classic-era bandmates, saying he’d rather tour as a solo artist than launch a halfway reunion. The 66-year-old singer recently discussed the prospect of working with guitarist Warren DeMartini, bassist Juan Croucier and drummer Bobby Blotzer, who were all part of the classic Ratt lineup that released […]
Producing an album is a lot of work, but someone’s got to do it. From inception to finished product, the making of an album involves a number of both creative and technical moving parts: selecting session musicians, guiding the arrangements, ensuring the quality of the recording, etc. The end result, hopefully, is the fruition of […]
Metallica‘s classic “Enter Sandman” topped a list of songs with misheard lyrics, while Mick Jagger was named as the singer people struggle most to understand. A survey of 1,000 Americans by WordFinder also suggested that 65% of people, on discovering they’ve been wrong for years about a favorite rock or metal song, decide they prefer the […]
Chuck Leavell recalled the “tense” experience of joining the Rolling Stones just when relations between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had reached their lowest ebb. The former Allman Brothers Band pianist became part of the Stones’ lineup 40 years ago, having auditioned the previous year and believed he didn’t get the job. “I got a call from [road […]
A legal representative for Prince’s heirs warned corporations to respect the late artist’s rights or “suffer at your own peril.” Entertainment lawyer L. Londell McMillan spoke out after beverage company Bang Energy failed in a bid to trademark a product range called “Purple Rain.” A U.S. Patent and Trademark Office tribunal ruled last week that the brand […]
Sticking around for more than one album is never a guarantee in Megadeth. Not only has lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro cleared the hurdle, but he’s also flourished as a formidable songwriter over the past seven years in the Dave Mustaine-fronted outfit. Now, as Megadeth prepares to release The Sick, the Dying … and the Dead! on Friday, […]