Simon Le Bon said his SirusXM co-hosting role during lockdown helped him learn to appreciate new music more than he had in years. Not only did the Duran Duran singer experience a renewed enjoyment of music in general, it also informed some of the ideas that appear on the band’s latest album, Future Past, as […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith said producer Rick Rubin was brought to tears while working with the band on its latest material. It’s turned into a prolific year for the funk-rock legends. After releasing their 12th studio album, Unlimited Love, in April, Red Hot Chili Peppers are readying another LP, Return of the Dream Canteen, […]
Kirk Hammett lamented Metallica’s slow progress when it comes to making albums, with the band having released 10 titles during their 40-year existence. Their most recent title, Hardwired… to Self-Destruct, arrived almost six years ago, and there had been an eight-year gap between that record and the previous one, Death Magnetic. Band members have discussed […]
Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer admitted he had no idea that the show’s use of Kate Bush‘s “Running Up That Hill” would lead to an explosion of interest in the singer and her song. The 1985 track appeared in the show’s fourth season in May, leading to an almost 10,000% increase in streaming. It went on to top the […]
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have both talked up the possibility of Kiss continuing without any of the original members. But in a recent interview, Simmons went into more detail, outlining his own idea of how a next-generation show could be staged – and allowed the possibility of the founders making guest appearances. “Kiss will continue […]
Robert Plant said he advised Joe Elliott against warming up his voice before concerts and admitted he doesn’t do much pre-show preparation himself. In a Los Angeles Times interview alongside collaborator Alison Krauss, the Led Zeppelin icon referred indirectly to his Def Leppard counterpart after being asked how he took care of his voice. “I don’t. I just go […]
Pink Floyd were pioneers of weird, infiltrating the mainstream with radical experiments — from the psychedelic madness of the Syd Barrett era to the widescreen filmic soundscapes of The Dark Side of the Moon. Decades later, most of these moves (the lavish studio effects, melding rock and electronics) have been endlessly copied and re-contextualized. But these guys were typically ahead of the curve. […]
For most people, the first thing that comes to mind about George Thorogood & the Destroyers is “Bad to the Bone.” The song. But not the album of the same name. Thorogood’s iconic hit, part of enough movie and TV soundtracks to buy him much more than one bourbon, scotch or beer, serves as the title track […]
Organized religion was not high on Motley Crue‘s list of priorities by the time they released their fourth album, Girls, Girls, Girls — but Nikki Sixx did receive some divine inspiration for the album’s second single, “Wild Side.” By his own account, the bassist had transitioned to part-time musician and full-time dope fiend by 1987, laying […]