Joe Elliott said he saw his “career flashing before my eyes” just before Def Leppard played a homecoming show during the grunge era. Despite the challenges of the period, the English band had been together for 15 years when they performed a stadium show in Sheffield in 1993. In a recent interview with Goldmine, the singer […]
Robert Plant made a pact with his wife before he found success, agreeing that he’d quit the music business if it didn’t work out by the time he was 20. He says the first Led Zeppelin rehearsal in 1968 confirmed that he wouldn’t have to give up on his ambitions, as Jimmy Page assembled a […]
Terminator 2 star Robert Patrick said he had lobbied for Nine Inch Nails to be featured on the movie’s soundtrack, but explained why Guns N’ Roses appeared instead. Patrick – who played the T-1000 liquid metal cyborg who took on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800 in the 1991 movie – said he had a specific song in mind and a reason […]
Chad Smith paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins during Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. The Chili Peppers were given this year’s Global Icon Award, an honor which was bestowed on Foo Fighters during the 2021 ceremony. As Red Hot Chili Peppers tore through a pair of songs — recent single “Black Summer” […]
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer looked back on his first album with the band, and said he wished he’d told producer Rick Rubin to leave the recording sessions. Klinghoffer was hired in 2009 after John Frusciante’s deperature, then fired 10 years later when Frusciante returned to the group. While the parties involved have since […]
Ozzy Osbourne has explained his reason for moving back to the U.K. after living in America for more than 25 years. “Everything’s fucking ridiculous [in the U.S.A.],” Osbourne declared during an interview with The Guardian. “I’m fed up with people getting killed every day. God knows how many people have been shot in school shootings. […]
Ozzy Osbourne admitted he’d hoped not to wake up to face another day as he endured chronic pain before his recent surgery. But he was in higher spirits after his recent unannounced appearance alongside Black Sabbath colleague Tony Iommi at the Commonwealth Games in his native Birmingham, where he delivered a version of classic track […]
Robert Plant has owned up to teasing Alison Krauss by playing around with his vocals while they perform live. They’re currently on tour in support of second album Raise the Roof, which again finds the duo reinterpreting material by blues, folk and Americana artists of the past. Krauss earlier said the pair work well together […]
Joni Mitchell accepted an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music and called it her “moment of revenge” on a music teacher from her youth. The revered singer-songwriter was in high spirits at the private event, at which Berklee students sang with professional performers, leading the creator of the works to shout: “Oh, it’s beautiful!” and […]
For the bulk of his career, Toto’s David Paich has been playing on other people’s records, stacking up credits on around 2,000 albums – though he jokingly admitted recently that this figure might not be precise. Regardless of the total, Paich’s sessions work has snared six Grammy Awards and while helping to sell countless millions […]