Category Archives: Classic Rock

Robbie Williams Restarts Neighborhood Feud With Jimmy Page

Getting along with neighbors in close quarters can be a challenge. That’s perhaps why Robbie Williams has applied to build a fence the height of a two-story structure between his London home and neighbor Jimmy Page. Williams’ application cites a lack of privacy as his reasoning for the fence, according to The Sun. “It has been […]

Aerosmith Cancel Second Vegas Show Due to Steven Tyler’s Health

Aerosmith has been forced to cancel two shows as frontman Steven Tyler recovers from an undisclosed ailment. “It is with great disappointment that we are forced to cancel tonight’s show in Las Vegas due to Steven feeling unwell and unable to perform,” the band tweeted Friday night. Though Aerosmith initially said Tyler was “expected to […]

Sammy Hagar Reflects on ‘MTV Effect’ Around ‘Three Lock Box’

Sammy Hagar recently discussed how the “MTV Effect” had reached full swing and changed his career by the time he released his 1982 album Three Lock Box. The Red Rocker’s seventh solo LP boasted the hit single “Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy,” which reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100, the best placement of his solo career. But […]

Why Bill Wyman Quit the Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones were the model of constancy as the holiday season approached in 1992. Their most recent lineup change had been nearly two decades earlier, when Mick Taylor was replaced by Ron Wood. In the interim, Bill Wyman had simply continued as before, extending as a steady rhythm-section presence alongside Charlie Watts that began […]

Noel Gallagher Recalls Moment of ‘Explosion’ at Early Oasis Jam

Noel Gallagher says a particularly memorable early Oasis rehearsal set him on his way to songwriting success. At the same time, however, he’s comfortable with knowing he isn’t as good a writer as some people believe him to be – arguing that it’s a healthy attitude. Noel’s brother Liam Gallagher and guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs […]

Lindsey Buckingham Honors ‘Musical Comrade’ Christine McVie

Lindsey Buckingham made his first comments since the death of Christine McVie, describing his departed Fleetwood Mac bandmate his “musical comrade.” “Christine McVie’s sudden passing is profoundly heartbreaking,” Buckingham began his message, posted to Instagram. “Not only were she and I part of the magical family of Fleetwood Mac, to me Christine was a musical comrade, […]

How Noddy Holder’s Wife Lives with Slade’s ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’

The 1973 glam-rock classic “Merry Xmas Everybody” continues to chart every December, creating an odd situation for the wife of Slade guitarist and co-writer Noddy Holder. “Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I would end up married to a man as synonymous with Christmas (almost) as much as Santa himself,” Suzan Holder writes […]

Christine McVie’s ‘Weird Chemistry’ With Lindsey Buckingham

Leave it to the third member of Fleetwood Mac‘s songwriting axis to define the particular musical affinity that the late Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham had both in and outside of the band. “Christine wrote most of the singles,” Stevie Nicks told this writer some years ago. “She was the pop writer and then Lindsey […]