As we go deeper into the new millennium, time is inevitably catching up with the progenitors of the music that radio disc jockey Alan Freed dubbed "rock and roll". Just this year the man that many credit as being the father of rock and roll, passed away...
Who'da thunk it? The Father Of Heavy Metal writing music for the Father Of Life? Tony Iommi, the legendary guitarist of Black Sabbath, was approached before the start of Black Sabbath's farewell tour last year by the Very Reverent Catherine Ogle from the cathedral in Iommi's hometown of Birmingham, England...
A Facebook follower replied to a post we made the other day with something like, "The 80's was the worst decade of music ever--it sucked!" Really? After all, this is the decade that gave us monumental albums like Purple Rain, The Joshua Tree, 1984, Let's Dance, Synchronicity, Moving Pictures, Kill 'Em All, Born In The U...
With every day that passes, Guns N' Roses get closer to the North American leg of their Not In This Lifetime Tour. Tonight GNR play the final show of the Asia/Oceania leg of the tour in Dubai. (Oceania is basically Australia and the Polynesian islands...
There are a ton of rock bands that have come and gone through the years, but there have been very few true rock stars. At last night's Bon Jovi concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Jon Bongiovi was the very essence of a rock star...
I was proud of Lady Gaga last night. In one of my Facebook posts last week, I had stated that she would do something stupid in her halftime performance at the Super Bowl. However, she showed uncommon restraint and respect for a game that's bigger than her opinion...
Metallica drummer, Lars Ulrich, misses bands like Nirvana and Guns 'N' Roses. In a recent interview he bemoans the dearth of inspirational bands in today's rock music.