The first decade of solo albums after the Beatles split did not start out the way many expected. As implausible as it might have sounded at the time, George Harrison and Ringo Starr came roaring into the ’70s while their celebrated songwriting ex-bandmates struggled on the charts. Harrison had the first solo U.S. No. 1 […]
Jethro Tull guitar legend Martin Barre will finally tell his story in a new autobiography, A Trick of Memory, which is set for release Nov. 6. The book will follow Barre’s journey from the early times in Birmingham where he played flute and saxophone prior to shifting his focus to guitar to the incredible run […]
Our Halloween quest to determine the spookiest song in rock history has advanced into its third week. After our round two “Evil Eight” battles, we’re down to the “Frightful Four.” Only the most fiendish duo can move onto the finals. You can vote once an hour in the two brackets posted below. Round three voting ends […]
Neil Young has added a half dozen tracks to create a new 50th anniversary reissue of 1975’s classic Tonight’s the Night. All six songs, including “Raised on Robbery” featuring Joni Mitchell, were recorded during sessions for the original album. The reissue is set for release on Nov. 28 in digital, compact disc and vinyl formats, […]
Members of Kiss shared tributes to the band’s original lead guitarist Ace Frehley, who died on Thursday at the age of 74. “Our hearts are broken. Ace has passed on,” Kiss singer and bassist Gene Simmons wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “No one can touch Ace’s legacy. I know he loved the fans. He told me […]
Kiss will release an expanded box set edition of their 1975 album Dressed to Kill on Oct. 24. In addition to a disc featuring two previously unreleased songs (“Mistake” and an early version of “Burning Up With Fever”), demos and outtakes, the six-CD collection will feature two full concerts from the Dressed to Kill tour. […]
The ’70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles, as well as several others, hard rock was, in many ways, a holdover from the late-’60s emergence of blues-powered electric […]
Foreigner’s 1981 album 4 marked a major turning point for the band. They teamed up with producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange for the album’s sessions and the collaboration gave the British-American rock group their first No. 1 record. It spent four weeks at the top and spawned a total of four Top 40 singles including […]
So, you’ve recently gotten engaged to Sheryl Crow – congratulations! Not to rain on your parade, but her social media team just has one quick question for you and the multiple other “grown men” apparently also currently planning to exchange vows with the “All I Wanna Do” singer: Have you ever actually met Sheryl Crow? […]
Coming off the best Pretenders album since the ’80s, Chrissie Hynde resumes her side career with a fourth (or fifth, depending on where 2010’s Fidelity! credited to JP, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys lands) solo LP, Duets Special. And true to solo form, the album, credited to Chrissie Hynde & Pals, features cover songs, as did 2019’s jazz standards set […]