The worst Kiss songs are usually made when they try to sound like someone else. Apparently not content with simply being one of the biggest rock bands on the planet, Kiss has reached for an even wider audience or attempted to resurrect their flagging commercial fortunes by incorporating whatever musical trends were most popular at the […]
John 5 said the hardest part of joining Motley Crue was telling Rob Zombie about the move. The guitarist spent 17 years in the shock rocker’s band before agreeing to replace Mick Mars in Moltey Crue last year. In a recent interview on Sirius XM’s Trunk Nation, 5 said he still worried that he’d damaged […]
Bryan Adams has released a new anti-war song titled “What if There Were No Sides at All.” You can watch the video below. The plaintive, acoustic ballad features languid slide guitar and Adams’ simple pleas for peace. “Don’t make me hate, don’t make me choose,” he implores. “Why should one side win and the other […]
When U2 opens the new MSG Sphere venue in Las Vegas in September, it will become the most expensive entertainment building in the state of Nevada, costing $500 million more than its owners originally expected. It’s now expected to cost $2.3 billion. Announced in 2018, the spherical construction was to cost the Madison Square Garden […]
RATT singer Stephen Pearcy has called out the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, claiming the institution has a bias against bands from the ‘80s. “They don’t give a shit about us, the ’80s groups, at all,” the rocker declared during an interview with Detroit radio station WRIF (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “The Hollywood scene; […]
Queens of the Stone Age will release a new album, In Times New Roman … , on June 16. As described in a press release, In Times New Roman … is “raw, at times brutal and not recommended for the faint of heart.” It marks the band’s first LP in close to six years, with their most […]
John 5 says he and Mick Mars have a “great respect for each other,” and that his predecessor even reached out after John 5 was officially named Motley Crue‘s new guitarist. “Me and Mick, we talk all the time,” John 5 noted during an appearance on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation, his first interview since joining the Crue […]
Duff McKagan has just released a three-track EP, This Is the Song, in recognition of mental health awareness month. “This Is the Song was written in the middle of a panic attack,” the Guns N’ Roses bassist said in a press release. “I couldn’t breathe and couldn’t see straight, and lately, I have thankfully found […]
Peter Frampton raised his hand to be on Dolly Parton‘s upcoming Rockstar album and wound up doing double duty on the upcoming set, which comes out Nov. 17. Frampton will be the only artist of the myriad guests to be featured on two of the album’s 30 tracks, performing a duet with Parton on his 1975 single “Baby, I Love […]
Most music fans are familiar with the feeling of wishing a song could last forever, extend whatever feeling the song inspires into infinity and never leave the soundscape it creates. This, of course, isn’t logistically feasible, but it hasn’t stopped many rock musicians from making the most of time itself. Several have pushed the boundaries […]