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 […]
“Carry on Wayward Son” has been a cornerstone of the Kansas catalog for decades. But it has also found an interesting place in pop culture, including being used as featured music leading up to the newest season of Amazon Prime’s crime thriller Reacher, which premiered this week (Feb. 20). The ties between Kansas and the […]
Ted Nugent will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his guitar anthem “Stranglehold” with a series of concerts in Michigan and Texas this spring and summer. You can see Nugent’s current tour schedule below. The Motor City Madman concluded his Adios Mofos farewell tour in 2023, but told UCR at the time that he would still […]
Founding Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers drummer Stan Lynch’s new band The Speaker Wars have released their first-ever video, for the song “You Make Every Lie Come True.” The song comes from the group’s self-titled debut album, which will get its first label release on May 30 via Frontiers Music. The Speaker Wars previously released […]
Former Yes drummer Bill Bruford reflected on his return to the band for 1991’s Union album, telling Rolling Stone the experience was, simply, “no good.” Bruford cofounded Yes and played with the band from 1968 to 1972, leaving after they released the landmark Close to the Edge (which is getting a deluxe reissue next month). He went on to play with King […]
Rick Buckler, drummer for acclaimed English new wave band the Jam, has died at the age of 69. The musician’s passing was confirmed by his former bandmates who took to social media to share their memories. “I’m shocked and saddened by Rick’s passing,” the Jam’s frontman, Paul Weller, wrote on X. “I’m thinking back to […]
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