Rock fans who excitedly tuned into NBC’s opening game of the NFL season on Thursday night were left disappointed as the network opted to air only 10 seconds of Ozzy Osbourne’s halftime performance. The Prince of Darkness had been hyping his performance over the past week, with multiple social media posts promoting the halftime set. […]
Members of the Byrds discussed an argument over Paul Simon that may have been “the beginning of the end” for David Crosby’s original tenure with the band. He was fired in 1967 after his relationship with Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman disintegrated following the Monterey Pop Festival. In the new photo book The Byrds 1964-1967 (via Variety), […]
Contrary to the popular narrative, grunge didn’t appear out of thin air and obliterate the ’80s hard rock zeitgeist overnight. But if there’s a single event that represented rock music’s changing of the guard — and the brief moment in time where these disparate strains coexisted — it’s the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. The 1992 VMAs were a who’s […]
Ozzy Osbourne has recorded two solo albums in the past three years, including Patient Number 9, which is out now. But he’s faced a long series of health challenges every step of the way. The chronic pain got so bad earlier this year that Osbourne admitted that he hoped he wouldn’t wake up as he […]
Four classic Beach Boys songs — “Barbara Ann,” “Don’t Worry Baby,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “God Only Knows” — soundtrack a new four-part video series built around a story of teenage romance. The project, directed by Andrew Litten (Earth, Wind & Fire, Anderson .Paak) using local actors in South Africa, chronicles the relationship of surfer Helena (Zoe […]
Two of rock’s most notorious personalities had to be separated by bodyguards when Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee and Kid Rock got into a fight on Sept. 9, 2007, at the MTV Video Music Awards. Bad blood existed long before that night. Lee and Rock shared a common ex: Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. Lee was married […]
Roger Daltrey said his “big mouth” led to playing U.K. dates for free during the summer. It was the Who singer’s way of standing up for music-industry professionals who lost their livelihoods in the era of COVID. “I just did a tour in England, for nothing, for the musicians who passionately care about our industry,” Daltrey […]
The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins admitted he nearly talked himself out of guesting with Wolfgang Van Halen at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert, even going so far as to consider suggesting an alternate vocalist for last weekend’s event. Hawkins performed the Van Halen tracks “On Fire” and “Hot for Teacher” in a moment that saw Wolfgang representing his late […]
Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption” solo popularized the tapping style of guitar playing, and in doing so revolutionized the sound of rock. Not bad for a song that wasn’t even intended to be released. On Sept. 8, 1977, Van Halen were in the midst of working on their debut album. “I showed up at the recording […]
It would have been highly unlikely to find the famously prim Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Sept. 8 at age 96, at a rock concert. Still, the royal matriarch could often be seen shaking hands with musical legends over the course of her seven decade reign. One of the earliest instances of rock entering the […]