Robert John, the singer who hit No. 1 in 1979 with “Sad Eyes,” has died. He was 79. The news was confirmed to Rolling Stone by John’s son, Michael Pedrick, who said his dad died on Monday and was still recovering from a stroke he had several years ago. While John is best known for […]
Bruce Kulick does not look back on the last show of Kiss‘ 1988 world tour fondly. In a new Guitar Player interview Kulick has a clear answer when asked about the worst show he ever played with his former band, choosing the final show of their Crazy Nights tour, which took place Oct. 3, 1988 […]
Roberta Flack, the singer and pianist who charted three No. 1 hits in the ’70s, has died. The North Carolina-born artist was 88. A press release noted that Flack “died peacefully surrounded by her family.” Flack was born on Feb. 10, 1937, in Black Mountain, North Carolina, and raised in Arlington, Virginia. The singer and pianist […]
Ratt‘s Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini have begun adding more dates to their “Invasion Celebration” reunion, anchored around their headlining performance at M3 Rock Festival in May. The singer and guitarist will close out the three-day festival on May 4, following headlining performances by Sebastian Bach and David Lee Roth at Columbia, Maryland’s Merriweather Post […]
Joe Cocker has been eligible for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame since the mid ’90s, but his first ever nomination didn’t arrive until 2025, over a decade since his passing in 2014. Cocker, who was born in 1944 in Sheffield, England, started singing in public at age 12, drawing inspiration from people like […]
The ’70s were defined by change for Genesis. Their first album of the decade, 1970’s Trespass, became their last with co-founder Anthony Phillips. And so it went. Phil Collins and Steve Hackett first appeared on 1971’s Nursery Cryme and 1972’s Foxtrot, and they’d both have career-shifting influences on the group – even if Hackett’s tenure […]
Kevin Cronin has detailed the events that led to REO Speedwagon’s demise. “Shit happens in bands, especially bands that have been together as long as we have,” the rocker admitted during a conversation with Sirius XM’s Eddie Trunk. “And, there had been a little trouble brewing internally.” Cronin went on to detail bassist Bruce Hall’s […]
Rick Springfield’s most recent record, 2023’s Automatic, was his first album of all-new studio material in five years. Fans won’t have to wait nearly as long for the next chapter. The singer-songwriter recently released a new single, “Lose Myself,” and is already hard at work on another album, though he hasn’t determined a release date. […]
Santana will release an album containing new and previously released tracks titled Sentient. The LP follows the 2021 release of Carlos Santana and his band’s 26th album, Blessings and Miracles. The March 28 release includes collaborations with Smokey Robinson, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and the late Miles Davis and Michael Jackson. One of the new tracks is a different version of Santana’s 2009 […]
Remember that brief moment of icy fear that went down your spine every time you heard the start of an Emergency Broadcast System test? Well for United States audiences on Feb. 20, 1971, it seemed as if doomsday had indeed arrived, as the alert played on TV and radio stations across the country that morning […]