If you grew up in the ’70s and ’80s, there’s a good chance that you had at least one Fisher-Price toy sitting on the living room floor, waiting to trip your dad. But these weren’t just toys. Fisher-Price had a knack for shrinking the world down to kid size. “Mooo!”: The Sounds and Magic of […]
The grunge era was nearing its dawn when Pearl Jam formed from the ashes of Seattle band Mother Love Bone, whose singer died of a heroin overdose shortly before their debut album was to be released. Taking a chance on an untried singer from the San Diego area, the group rebranded with Eddie Vedder writing all of the […]
If your ZZ Top vinyl collection has seen better days, there’s some good news. UCR has a chance for you to make an upgrade with some choice slabs of wax. Rhino’s High Fidelity series rolls onward with a new ZZ Top box set, From the Top: 1979-1990. Limited to 3,000 copies, it features five albums, […]
Sting‘s former bandmates in the Police are taking him to court over “millions in lost royalties.” Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers are suing Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, and his company Magnetic Publishing Limited. Details of the lawsuit, filed in London’s High Court, were unavailable. But Summers has long claimed a missing co-writing […]
Bon Jovi‘s Tico Torres says recent internet reports about him retiring from the band are not true. Currently in his 42nd year with the band, the 71-year old drummer and golf enthusiast addressed the rumors with a video posted to the band’s social media accounts. “I’m here to dispel a lot of rumors that I’ve […]
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 […]