Carl Palmer admits that Emerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1978 album Love Beach had very little going for it and explains that its creation was the result of a secret plan made behind their backs. But the drummer also named two tracks that showed the trio hadn’t completely run out of creative energy at the time. “We had basically […]
Barry Mitchell, who played with Queen in their early days, has died. (His exact age wasn’t readily available, but sources note somewhere between 76 and 80.) Greg Brooks, the band’s official archivist, shared the news on Facebook. “Terribly sad news just received that early Queen bass player (circa 1970), Barry Mitchell, has passed away,” Brooks wrote. […]
Billly Sheehan is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his work with David Lee Roth on the Eat ‘Em and Smile record in a very unique way. “I got together with some friends – Ray Luzier from Korn (who was in Roth’s band for nearly a decade) and a couple of other people,” Sheehan told PoisonedRockTV. “There […]
ZZ Top had seemingly conquered every proverbial mountain, thanks to the worldwide success of 1983’s Eliminator album. But they marked a surprising milestone off of the list when they performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson on May 18, 1986. It was their first appearance ever on late night television playing their songs. Though […]
Down‘s long-awaited new album will feature a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and a collaboration with King Diamond. Volume 5 – which is due in stores on Nov. 20 – will be the band’s first full-length album since 2007’s Down III: Over the Under, and their first release since the Down IV – Part II EP in […]
Neil Young will play another two shows with Willie Nelson next month. He was already scheduled to play at this year’s Farm Aid on Sept. 26 in Virginia Beach. (Young and Nelson are both founders of the festival, which started in 1985.) Two new joint shows have been announced: one in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Sept. […]
In one of rock’s great ironies — the only man in ZZ Top without an iconic beard happened to have Beard as a last name. Despite what some people think, this wasn’t some pre-planned joke by the band. Frank Lee Beard was born in 1949. Twenty years later, he’d join ZZ Top, but at that early […]
Frank Beard, the legendary drummer for ZZ Top, died Monday, Aug. 17, at the age of 77. News of Beard’s death was announced a day later, with a statement noting he “was in hospice care when he passed away at his ranch in Richmond, Texas, with family members at his side.” Beard’s death came a […]
Bonnie Tyler‘s funeral and celebration of life service was held on Monday (Aug. 17) in Swansea, Wales. According to The Guardian, crowds of fans lined the streets to say their final goodbye to the beloved singer. “As the white coffin, covered in bouquets of white roses, was carried into the minster, shouts of ‘God bless […]
I was going through boxes of old family photos recently, which sadly can only mean one thing: I was finding photos for a celebration of life. In this case, it was for my mother, who had recently passed. It’s not an easy task, but there is comfort to be found in the images. The Older […]