Gene Siskel was one of the first people to learn that there was no killing Jason Voorhees or the Friday the 13th franchise. In 1980, the famous film critic was so revolted by the original Friday the 13th movie that he openly and repeatedly tried to sabotage its success in multiple ways. Inspired by the […]
AC/DC is bringing the high voltage back to North America next year for a massive stadium tour, the latest leg of their global Power Up trek. The Aussie rockers’ 2024 set list was nothing to scoff at, featuring several hard rock gems that they had played infrequently at best over the years. They’ll likely stick to the […]
Blue Oyster Cult‘s Buck Dharma reflected again on the immortal Saturday Night Live “More Cowbell” sketch that lampooned their hit song “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” saying the results were ultimately positive — even if it forced the band to take preventative measures in concert. The sketch, which aired on April 8, 2000, starred Will Ferrell as fictional band […]
The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart had plans to play together with Phil Lesh and were discussing the possibility of a 60th-anniversary reunion before the bassist’s death, according to a new CBS Mornings interview. The three surviving members discussed their reunion hopes with CBS’ Anthony Mason five days after Lesh’s death on […]
One of the most cogent pieces of pop music analysis in recent memory is not an essay, or a review, or a magazine cover story, but a 2023 tweet from writer Matthew Perpetua, who broke Billy Joel‘s songs down into four categories: “You Think You’re Better Than Me??,” “Look at This Asshole / These Assholes,” […]
Jake E. Lee revealed the person who shot him was actually aiming at his dog, Coco. The guitarist shared more details of the October incident, which took place late at night while he was walking Coco near his Las Vegas home, saying he was doing so in the spirit of Thanksgiving. He’d previously reported that […]
Geezer Butler said he’d enjoyed the two-week period of being fired from Black Sabbath in 1977. The incident took place when the band members were at the height of distraction, mired in drug use and suspicious of their management. Frontman Ozzy Osbourne had recently quit, only to return almost immediately. In a recent interview with […]
Snoop Dogg has recruited Sting for his newest single, “Another Part of Me.” The song’s musical track draws heavily from the distinctive bass line, guitar and melody of the Police‘s 1979 hit “Message in a Bottle.” You can listen to the new song below. In addition to occasionally punctuating Snoop’s verses, Sting gets a brief […]
Dual legends initially grew up around John Lennon‘s Nov. 28, 1974, appearance onstage with Elton John at Madison Square Garden: That he only appeared there after losing a bet. And that a backstage moment marked Lennon’s reunion with Yoko Ono, after his co-called “Lost Weekend.” One turns out to be true, while the other most […]
The Rolling Stones have been around a long time. Long enough, certainly, for their catalog to amass a collection of cover versions from artists spanning genres and generations. The great thing about Stones songs is that they can be interpreted just about every which way from straight rock ‘n’ roll to slow blues. In the list […]