The Hollies have come to an end after more than six decades, following the sudden retirements of the last two remaining members from their classic era. Guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott both joined in 1963, soon after Allan Clarke and Graham Nash co-founded the group. The Hollies ultimately released 23 studio albums and […]
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson launched their co-headining the Freaks on Parade tour at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, Florida last night (Aug. 20). It was the first of 21 shows on the run, with support from The Hu and Orgy, which ends in Concord, California on Sept. 20. You can see videos […]
ZZ Top returned to the stage on Saturday at Austin, Texas’ ACL Live at the Moody Theater, marking their first show since the death of longtime drummer Frank Beard on Monday. You can see the band’s full set list and video from the performance below. It was, perhaps unsurprisingly, an unsentimental show. Although ZZ Top did not […]
After powering his way through a comeback show Friday night, Bret Michaels will be forced to take several more months off the road as he continues to recover from complicated kidney stone surgery. Last month, after performing several shows in a row in “intense” pain, the Poison singer was rushed to the hospital directly after […]
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. […]