You wouldn’t think Poison and U2 would have much in common, but guess what? They are the only two major classic rock bands who are currently using their most famous lineups. Bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. have been together since 1976. When ZZ Top‘s Dusty Hill died in 2021 after 52 […]
Keith Moon did not ever need a reason to party, but he did turn his 21st birthday into a rager — one that involved one of his most infamous acts of rowdiness. It was Aug. 23, 1967 and the Who had performed a show that evening in Flint, Michigan. Moon would later recall to Rolling […]
Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, has said that had she lived, Sinead O’Connor would have been asked to perform Prince‘s “Nothing Compares 2 U” on the SNL50 special that was held earlier this year. “If she were still alive, I would have asked her to sing that song,” Michaels recently told Puck. […]
Bruce Dickinson kicked off his North American solo tour on Friday at Anaheim, California’s House of Blues, delighting fans by playing Iron Maiden‘s “Flash of the Blade” live for the first time. You can watch fan-shot video and see the full set list below. “Nobody has ever played this song, apart from on a record of course,” Dickinson told the […]
Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor delivered a heartfelt tribute to late ex-guitarist Brent Hinds on Friday following the band’s performance at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer, Alaska — their first show since Hinds’ death. “We lost somebody very special to us yesterday,” Dailor said of Hinds, who died in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday at the age […]
Sammy Hagar will continue his celebration of Van Halen with the Oct. 10 release of The Residency, a live album recorded during his recent Best of All Worlds Las Vegas shows. The residency and the 2024 Best of All Worlds tour that preceded it found Hagar and fellow Van Halen alumni Michael Anthony digging deep […]
He’s screamed for vengeance and broken the law. Now the Metal God may be doing a little crooning, if Rob Halford has his way. “There’s so many musical things I want to do,” the Judas Priest singer tells UCR, and among those is taking on the Great American Songbook and, in particular, Tony Bennett, ala […]
Former Mastodon guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds died on Wednesday (Aug. 20) in a motorcycle accident in the band’s hometown of Atlanta, Atlanta News First reports. Hinds was riding his Harley Davidson when the driver of a BMW SUV failed to yield while making a turn, police said. The Fulton County medical examiner’s office confirmed Hinds’ […]
Bryan Adams will release his 17th album, Roll With the Punches, on August 29. This will be the first album of all-new material that Adams releases on his new independent label, Bad Records. You can see the complete track list below. Roll With the Punches is available in a variety of formats from Adams’ official […]
If the following list of Black Sabbath albums ranked worst to best proves one thing, it’s that fans write off the band’s obscure and latter-day records at their own peril. Everybody knows (and damn well better love) the Ozzy Osbourne era of Black Sabbath for good reason. The original lineup invented heavy metal and rose to superstardom off […]