Keith Richards’ country home, known as Redlands in West Wittering, Sussex, suffered serious damage on Sept. 2, 1982 as a result of a fire. “Sixty-five firemen spent six hours bringing the fire under control,” UPI reported back then. “Three-quarters of the thatched roof was destroyed, along with half the contents of the building.” This was […]
The latest advance single from Richard Marx‘s new album Songwriter arrives today with a very special guest: “Shame On You” poignantly features one of the last recorded performances from late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Due on Sept. 30, Songwriter brings together 20 tracks, spotlighting four different genres of Marx’s songwriting. “Shame On You” is […]
Ozzy Osbourne is returning to television with a new show called Home to Roost. The upcoming BBC miniseries will chronicle the Black Sabbath and solo star’s move back to his native England with wife Sharon Osbourne, according to Deadline. They announced the decision to leave the U.S. in March, citing California’s high tax rate as […]
The gun as used by Harrison Ford during the “Han shot first” scene in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope has sold at auction for more than $1 million – twice the expected price. Based on a German pistol from World War II, the DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol prop was one of three […]
As R.E.M. sprinted toward a long-developing commercial breakthrough in 1987, they came to more fully understand their powers as a band – both musically and socially. They also came to terms with everything they’d left behind, a workaday existence where nothing is guaranteed. And all of that happened within “Finest Worksong,” the opening cut on […]
The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward reflects on youthful innocence with his folky new single, “Living for Love.” “I’m driving through the land we knew to find that sacred ground / Where moonlight on the innocence, wildest dreams were found,” he sings over strummed acoustic guitar and airy synth pads. “We lay there ’til the break of day, […]
Ratt singer Stephen Pearcy shot down the possibility of reuniting with his three surviving classic-era bandmates, saying he’d rather tour as a solo artist than launch a halfway reunion. The 66-year-old singer recently discussed the prospect of working with guitarist Warren DeMartini, bassist Juan Croucier and drummer Bobby Blotzer, who were all part of the classic Ratt lineup that released […]
Producing an album is a lot of work, but someone’s got to do it. From inception to finished product, the making of an album involves a number of both creative and technical moving parts: selecting session musicians, guiding the arrangements, ensuring the quality of the recording, etc. The end result, hopefully, is the fruition of […]
Metallica‘s classic “Enter Sandman” topped a list of songs with misheard lyrics, while Mick Jagger was named as the singer people struggle most to understand. A survey of 1,000 Americans by WordFinder also suggested that 65% of people, on discovering they’ve been wrong for years about a favorite rock or metal song, decide they prefer the […]
Chuck Leavell recalled the “tense” experience of joining the Rolling Stones just when relations between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had reached their lowest ebb. The former Allman Brothers Band pianist became part of the Stones’ lineup 40 years ago, having auditioned the previous year and believed he didn’t get the job. “I got a call from [road […]