Foreigner vocalist Kelly Hansen had blistering words for bands that use backing tracks: “Tell them to go fuck themselves.” He’s not alone when it comes to that opinion. Yet for decades, it’s been rumored that some of classic rock’s most beloved artists — such as Aerosmith, Kiss and Ozzy Osbourne — were guilty of enhancing their stage performances. Bands augmenting […]
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Green Day is selling shirts with Donald Trump’s recently taken mugshot on them. The shirts’ design borrows from the cover of the band’s 1997 album, Nimrod, but with Trump’s photo placed in it. According to an Instagram post from Green Day, the merch will be available for a limited time only, and proceeds will be donated […]
Alice Cooper‘s vindication was short-lived. The singer born Vincent Damon Furnier survived all sorts of peril on Thursday at Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion during the opening night of his Freaks on Parade co-headlining tour with Rob Zombie. Cooper handled a venomous snake with ease, outsmarted a towering Frankenstein and gritted his teeth as a guard electrocuted him. He […]
Lita Ford has looked back at her early days with the Runaways, noting that the all-female band had to push past sexist prejudices to make a name for themselves. “We were before our time, for sure,” Ford explained during an appearance on The Kenny Aronoff Sessions podcast. “There were no women in the audience at […]
Former Foreigner singer Lou Gramm claims material he recorded with his ex-bandmate Mick Jones is being kept from him. “Those are some really very, very good ideas,” Gramm noted during an interview with radio station WBAB (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “Mick and I were really on the same level at that point, same page. And […]
They say great minds think alike. This has proven true many times throughout rock ‘n’ roll history when it comes to naming songs. There are, after all, only so many words in the English language, and copyright law doesn’t extend to protecting song titles. There are bound to be some repeats every once in a while. […]
Legendary shock-rocker Alice Cooper has voiced his concerns regarding gender-affirming care, opining that it may have become a “fad.” “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad, and I’m afraid there’s a lot of people claiming to be this just because they want to be that,” Cooper […]
Nostalgia without narrative is the kiss of death for film and TV — look no further than the endless stream of IP-based catastrophes that have flooded movie theaters in recent years. But when That ’70s Show premiered on Aug. 23, 1998, it transcended cheap nostalgia by incorporating its bell-bottomed jeans and classic rock cameos into a whip-smart, ribald sitcom with a […]
Stewart Copeland wants you to be his tenant for a cool $25,000 a month. The Police drummer has listed his nearly 2,400-square-foot Montecito, California home as being available to rent. According to Trulia.com, the home is currently estimated to be worth a little more than $6 million. The website reports the it was was sold for […]