“Sober” marked the Tool’s breakthrough to mainstream audiences, but its origin could be traced back several years earlier. In the late ‘80s Maynard James Keenan was fronting a band called Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty, an industrial-rock group from Grand Rapids, Mich. The band built a small local following and self-released two cassette EPs, but […]
Garth Brooks recently revealed that he once shared a shower with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler. Speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the country singer-songwriter recalled the time he and Tyler both played the very last concert at Shea Stadium in New York City in 2008, spearheaded by Billy Joel. (Other guests included John Mayer, Roger Daltrey, John […]
In the second act of the Cheers finale, “One for the Road,” Sam Malone lashes out. Addressing the ever-present gaggle of barflies, employees and collected denizens of the former Red Sox pitcher’s sports bar landing pad, Sam, defiant in the face of his friends’ understandable skepticism of his six-year-later reunion with former on-and-off love interest […]
Sometimes it seems nearly impossible to keep a band together. Like any relationship that puts people in close proximity for extended amounts of time, members of rock bands must deal with egos, stubbornness and the occasional general incompetence. It’s no surprise that drama within bands like Kiss and Motley Crue has provided a steady stream of headlines for years now. […]
There’s no question Journey fans still love the band. Just look at attendances for shows this past year as proof that they still connect a quarter century after parting ways with Steve Perry. It’s the songs, not the singer, that make the music move along in this case. But there are a lot of Journey songs that have […]
Peter Gabriel returned to the stage with a performance at the Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland. The show marked Gabriel’s first headlining gig since 2014. More recently, he embarked on the Rock Paper Scissors collaborative tour with Sting in 2016. The Poland concert was the first in Gabriel’s highly anticipated world tour, and the legendary […]
Kansas members Rich Williams and Phil Ehart admitted they still can’t understand what pop impresario Don Kirshner saw in them. In a recent interview with Billboard, the two remaining founders said Kirshner, who signed them in 1974, was the only person who showed an interest in their prog-edged music, even though he was better known […]
Metallica continued mixing up their set lists during a performance in Paris, giving “Blackened” and “I Disappear” their tour debuts. “I Disappear” was the first debut of the evening, arriving as the fourth song of Metallica’s set, wedged between “Holier Than Thou” (from 1991’s the Black Album) and “Lux Æterna” (from the recently released 72 […]
Lou Gramm announced a series of dates with his All Stars band, with new music expected near the beginning of the road trip. The singer is joined by bassist Tony Franklin plus two fellow former Foreigner members: saxophonist and guitarist Scott Gilman and keyboardist Jeff Jacobs. The lineup is completed by lead guitarist Alex Garcia and drummer Ben Gramm. The […]
Willie Nelson’s star-studded 90th birthday concerts will be shown in theaters as part of a special limited release. Titled Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, the concert film will hit screens across the country on June 11, with special encore presentations on June 13 and 14. Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration took place on April 29 […]