Ozzy Osbourne admitted that one of the songs on his upcoming album Patient Number 9 may be controversial. The song, “One of Those Days,” contains the lyric: “One of those days that I don’t believe in Jesus.” “That’s going to cause shit, I suppose,” the former Black Sabbath singer admitted to Classic Rock magazine. Still, he doesn’t want listeners to get the wrong […]

Elton John previewed “Hold Me Closer,” his new collaborative song with Britney Spears, by singing over the recording outside a restaurant in France. The singer-songwriter posted a video of the performance Tuesday on Instagram. The clip, tagged at La Guerite in Cannes, opens with John introducing the track: “Britney Spears, Elton John — here we go,” […]

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MoFi), a record label that specializes in high-quality vinyl reissues, is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit seeking damages and restitution following the revelation that the company has been using digital mastering to make its “all-analog” reissues for more than a decade, Billboard reports. For years, MoFi records — labeled either […]

For many aspiring rock bands, signing a record deal is a dream come true. For Big Brother & the Holding Company, it was more a matter of fiscal necessity. In September 1966, the San Francisco band – which included guitarists Sam Andrew and James Gurley, bassist Peter Albin, drummer Dave Getz and singer Janis Joplin – found themselves stranded in Chicago. Even though they […]