Some of rock’s greatest albums feature someone other than the band on the cover. In some instances, artists have found ways to incorporate loved ones on their album artwork — like the children on the front and back cover of Brothers and Sisters by the Allman Brothers Band, or the man sitting astride a motorcycle on […]
Ace Frehley name-checked a series of British musicians as he discussed the influences that made him want to become a guitarist. In a recent interview with Classic Rock, the former Kiss guitarist discussed how it had all started for him when he began to play as a teenager. “There was Elvis [Presley] and Chuck Berry on the […]
Metallica kicked off their M72 World Tour at Amsterdam’s Johan Cruyff Arena on Thursday, beginning a sprawling road trip that will run through late 2024. You can see the set list and videos from the performance below. The metal giants kicked off their 16-song set with “Orion” — their first time using the Master of Puppets instrumental as a show […]
“What I like about this is it’s a very creative time,” Alice Cooper tells UCR. And rest assured these are creative days indeed for the king of shock rock. Cooper is just days away from launching his Too Close for Comfort tour on April 28 in Mount Pleasant, Mich., debuting a brand new stage show […]
When President Joe Biden announced his reelection bid this week, he naturally drew his share of supporters and detractors. Those in the latter camp questioned the president’s physical and mental faculties, claiming he’s not fit to occupy the highest office in United States. Those in the former camp argued that Biden is not too old […]
Roger Waters has been permitted to perform in Frankfurt after city officials attempted to have his concert there canceled on the grounds of his alleged antisemitism. He will now be allowed to perform his scheduled show at Frankfurt’s Festhelle on May 28. In an earlier statement, the city council described the Pink Floyd co-founder as “one of the world’s most well-known […]
Those in whom we invest so much of our emotional capital have the greatest capacity to disappoint us. Imagine being a Billy Joel fan in 1989 when the local DJ announced there was a new Billy Joel song he was going to play and you, the Billy Joel fan, felt the anticipation rise within you. It had […]
Micky Dolenz is not sure he has fully grasped the idea of being the last member of the Monkees hanging around after the deaths of his three bandmates, most recently Mike Nesmith at the end of 2021. He’s in the middle of his latest Micky Dolenz Celebrates the Monkees tour, during which he pays tribute to Nesmith, Davy Jones […]
Rock ‘n’ roll has always been rebellious by nature, which is why it’s no surprise that some of the genre’s biggest names have spent time behind bars. In many cases, drugs have played a role. The long list of famous musicians who’ve seen the inside of a jail cell due to drug-related arrests includes Mick […]
Cheap Trick released one of the all-time great debut albums and its terrific follow-up in a span of less than six months. The group then delivered a rock ‘n’ roll triple play with the release of Heaven Tonight in May 1978. Cheap Trick had already hit the road with Kiss, the Kinks, Queen and Be-Bop Deluxe, […]