These days, streaming is the most popular form of listening to music, and there’s no denying its benefits. At the touch of a button — anywhere, anytime — an artist’s entire catalog can be found at your fingertips, ready for you to choose your own adventure. Presently, Spotify remains the most popular of all the […]
Lou Gramm has offered details on his decision to leave Foreigner. It was 2003 when Gramm, the group’s founding vocalist who was then in his second go-round with the band, decided to quit for good. During a conversation with SiriusXM’s Classic Rewind, he recalled the circumstances that led to his exit. “In the late ’90s, […]
Rock stars including Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach and Ted Nugent are reacting to Donald Trump‘s presidential election victory Tuesday night in very different ways. Trump, running as the Republican candidate, defeated Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to become only the second person elected to nonconsecutive terms as president of the United States. You can see social […]
David Gilmour arrived at his unmistakable guitar style quite simply. “I realized my fingers were just never going to go much faster,” the Pink Floyd legend told UCR in an interview this past summer.” “You’ve got to find your own path in this thing,” he explained. But later, he concluded his thought, “I do wish […]
David Gilmour says he was “bullied by the record label” on Pink Floyd’s final album, The Endless River. During a conversation with the Los Angeles Times, the guitarist reflected on how the 2014 LP came together. “When we did that album, there was a thing that Andy Jackson, our engineer, had put together called ‘The Big […]
It’s Election Day, and musicians on both sides of the political spectrum are busy posting on social media, encouraging their fans to vote. That includes artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Ted Nugent, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty and Aretha Franklin. Which is great overall but a bit weird in the last two cases, seeing as how […]
Quincy Jones, a titan in the world of music as both a producer and musician, died Nov. 3 at the age of 91. As news of his passing became public, many of rock’s biggest names took to social media to pay their respects. In a heartfelt post to Instagram, Paul McCartney remembered Jones as a […]
It used to be pretty rare to find photographs of rockers with presidents, but, as the gallery below shows, that’s changing. And not just because of political alignments. A number of these pairings run along straight factional lines – it’s no surprise that Gene Simmons was hanging out with George W. Bush, right? – but, […]
Willie Nelson has shared his memories of late singer Kris Kristofferson, recalling the many years they worked together. It was 1985 when Nelson and Kristofferson joined forces with Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings in the outlaw country supergroup the Highwaymen. The famous quartet released three studio albums during their decade together. Nelson and Kristofferson remained […]
Former Toto keyboardist Steve Porcaro admits his band was “a little cocky” when it came time to record their second album. “Every band’s first album is the best stuff they’ve done their entire life,” Porcaro explained during an appearance on the Bob Lefsetz podcast. “Every single band you can name, their first album was the best shit […]
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