Bruce Dickinson warned fans that Iron Maiden would be bringing Senjutsu to an arena near them when the metal legends resumed their Legacy of the Beast tour this year. “Everybody should know the first three tracks,” the singer said of the band’s thundering 2021 album. “And we’ll have a stage set to go with it. Once you’ve done […]
Sammy Hagar hadn’t worked with Eddie Van Halen for nearly 20 years before the guitarist’s death in October 2020. But his influence still permeates the Red Rocker’s new album with the Circle, Crazy Times. “Eddie was so special. He had a profound influence on me musically, and, you know, Mikey [Anthony], too,” Hagar tells UCR. “I think anything I’ve done […]
Rock bands, like relationships, are difficult to manage. In both cases, egos and emotions are involved, and knowing when it’s time to quit is extremely difficult to gauge. For many musicians opting to break away from their bands, the classic line is true: “It’s not you, it’s me.” For various reasons, artists outgrow the groups […]
Unspoken fears that were guiding David Gilmour‘s private and professional lives eventually commingled on the first Pink Floyd single he worked on without Roger Waters. He hardly seemed like the bold figure needed to lead the band past the departure of its main songwriter. At the same time, Gilmour had always harbored a fear of […]
The lawsuits, the interview insults, the angry pull-quote headlines over all matters Pink Floyd — it’s been depressing to watch Roger Waters and David Gilmour, the onetime yin-yang of an all-time great rock band, constantly butt heads in public. Part of that’s the fan worship talking. Who wouldn’t prefer the fairy tale notion that all ex-bandmates […]
David Lee Roth has released another new “studio live” rendition of a classic Van Halen song, this time taking Van Halen‘s “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” for a spin. You can hear it below. The newly released performance, which comes less than two weeks after Roth shared his live rendition of “Panama,” features Al Estrada on guitar, Ryan Wheeler […]
One of the more surprising recent classic-rock reunions finds Joe Walsh, drummer Jimmy Fox and bassist Dale Peters playing their first shows together in 16 years as the James Gang. In part, the concerts were inspired by the death of Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, who was a lifelong fan and grew very close with […]
Richard Pryor’s now-legendary 1975 hosting stint on the brand new Saturday Night Live offered up plenty of evidence as to why NBC would never give the brilliant and volatile stand-up comedian a sketch comedy show. Then, two years later, they did anyway. The Richard Pryor Show started as The Richard Pryor Special?, a one-shot sketch and […]
John Mellencamp has announced a deluxe reissue of his classic 1985 album Scarecrow, which he’s previewing with a previously unreleased demo of his Top 10 hit “Small Town.” Scarecrow Deluxe will hit shelves on Nov. 4 as a two-CD box set containing a remastered version of the original album, alternate versions and unreleased bonus tracks, as well as a photo booklet and new […]
The Doors will finally release the previously unheard “Paris Blues” — described as the band’s “last known unissued studio recording” — as part of a new blues-themed compilation of the same name. Paris Blues is out Nov. 25 as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. The limited-edition set (10,000 numbered copies) will be […]