Brad Gillis said the series of ballads released by Night Ranger in the ‘80s were responsible for killing the band. The guitarist – who co-founded Night Ranger in 1982 – blamed his record label for their choice of singles which, he said, created a public misconception of what they were about. “I don’t consider us a […]
Glenn Hughes has announced his retirement from live performances, and revealed that he requires open-heart surgery. The former Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath, Black Country Communion and Dead Daisies singer and bassist announced his “retirement from touring and live performances” on social media Tuesday afternoon. Hughes had been scheduled to play with the Purple Daisies on […]
A 60th anniversary edition of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention‘s 1966 debut album, Freak Out!, will be released next month. The collection, due on Sept. 25, will be available in several editions, including CD, vinyl and digital, with a Super Deluxe Edition featuring five CDs and one Blu-ray. You can hear a 1966 […]
Mick Jagger and Duran Duran might seem like an unlikely combination. But the Rolling Stones legend helped keep the new wave pioneers from breaking up, as the band’s Nick Rhodes revealed in an interview. “We were just sort of split in half in 1985 [working separately on] Arcadia and [the] Power Station,” the keyboardist told […]
Hearing Eagles songs any time Don Felder hits the stage is a guarantee. And fans can always count on hearing one — “Hotel California” — exactly as it was recorded. Though he’s steeped in jamming and improvising (he learned slide guitar from Duane Allman, after all), Felder tells UCR that he feels an obligation to […]
Singer Brian Johnson survived a scary close call during AC/DC’s concert at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night (Aug 1.) The incident occurred during the band’s final tune of the night. While the intro for their classic song “For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)” began to play, AC/DC wheeled out some […]
Sebastian Bach is officially ready to find out what his next album might sound like. The former Skid Row vocalist’s most recent record is 2024’s well-regarded Child Within the Man. At the time it came out, it was his first new studio album in a decade, following on the heels of 2014’s Give ‘Em Hell. […]
On Aug. 1, 1981, Rick Springfield scored the biggest hit of his career when “Jessie’s Girl” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. “I always thought every song I wrote is going to be a hit,” Springfield previously admitted to UCR. “You have to think that, otherwise, I won’t finish the song. If I […]
There have been many justifiably celebrated Eagles solo moments. Most arrived during the decade and a half between the release of 1979’s The Long Run and 1994’s Hell Freezes Over when the group was split. This was a period of intriguing experimentation for band anchors Glenn Frey and Don Henley. One displayed a surprising penchant […]
Rick Wakeman has shared the first single, “The Jezero Crater,” from his upcoming album, Return to the Red Planet. As its name suggests, Return to the Red Planet is a follow up to Wakeman’s 2020 album, The Red Planet. Once again, the songs are about Mars and its various landscapes, weather patterns and other such […]