As one of music’s premiere record producers, Andrew Watt has worked alongside a long list of stars. Still, nothing prepared him for a collaboration with Paul McCartney. Watt – whose impressive credits include work with Ozzy Osbourne and the Rolling Stones – initially planned to have McCartney over for a get-to-know-you cup of tea. Creating […]
Mick Mars has released a new solo single titled “Right Side of Wrong,” the second helping off his upcoming full-length solo debut The Other Side of Mars. You can listen to the song below. “Right Side of Wrong” is a stomping, riff-heavy rocker with a decidedly more alt-rock feel than the bulk of Mars’ work in Motley […]
David Bowie’s former collaborator Nile Rodgers believes that the rock legend would have been cast aside in the modern music industry. Rodgers – who has also enjoyed great success as a record producer and co-founder of the band Chic – recently spoke in front of the U.K.’s House of Commons select committee investigating the music […]
Kid Rock says he’s ended his boycott of Bud Light after giving the beer company the punishment it deserved for associating its brand with diversity. Earlier this year he was seen shooting cases of the drink with an assault rifle in response to its association with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney. In a new interview with […]
Jeffrey Foskett, longtime touring member of the Beach Boys who was dubbed the band’s “vice principal” by its principal members, has died at 67 following a years-long battle with anaplastic thyroid cancer. Brian Wilson paid tribute to his longtime friend and bandmate in a social media statement. “I’m so heartbroken that my dear friend Jeff Foskett […]
The author of a book about trusted Beatles assistant Mal Evans discussed how the band members reacted to his tragic death in 1976. Once regarded as the band’s “mother” – and mentioned as “Mother Malcolm” in Paul McCartney’s original lyrics for ‘Let It Be’ – Evans descended into drug addiction and was shot dead at […]
The residential U.K. studio where Black Sabbath preferred to write and rehearse in the band’s heyday is for sale at $2.45million (£1.95million). You can see dozens of photos of the studio below. The Old Mill House was once part of the iconic Rockfield Studios complex in rural Wales. Owner Jo Riou has run it as a […]
Wolfgang Van Halen and Michael Anthony celebrated their friendship when they met at Mammoth WVH’s concert in Las Vegas on Friday (Dec. 9). It was the first time the original Van Halen bassist had met his replacement in two decades, the older man reported afterwards. The lineup change had taken place in 2006, when Eddie […]
Imagine coming home from a lovely dinner date with your spouse, turning on the TV and watching a parody version of yourself bleed to death as the Saturday Night Live audience roars with laughter. That’s exactly what happened to Julia Child on Dec. 9, 1978, as Dan Aykroyd lovingly parodied the celebrity chef in the instantly […]
John Lennon was slow to begin revealing himself through music. Once he decided to get real, however, the floodgates opened. His songs, both with the Beatles and as a solo artist, could be as frank and revealing, as angry and emotional and as sharply self-critical as any in the history of rock. Not every verse […]