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The Eagles founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed away July 26th in L.A. at age 77, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). Meisner was the original bassist for Poco, before joining Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon, to form The Eagles. He was in the band through the “Hotel…
“Lowest In Me,” the lead single from Staind’s forthcoming album, “Confessions Of The Fallen” is #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey. “Confessions Of The Fallen,” Staind’s first full-length album of original material since ’11, is set for release on September 15th.
1. Metallica (pictured above): 72 Seasons The eleventh studio album by the group made its Billboard 200 debut at number two. It also topped the charts for vinyl albums, top rock albums, top hard rock albums, and top album sales. Key Tracks: 72 Seasons, Screaming Suicide, Lux Æterna and If Darkness Had A Son Metallica…
Paul McCartney has trophies, honors and accolades to fill a large warehouse. And they are deserved. His combination of raw talent, a stunning work ethic and a creative drive are the stuff of legend. But geniuses can be hard to work with and be incredibly demanding. In the waning years of The Beatles, McCartney’s drive…
Queen has been presented with a BRIT Billion Award by the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) for surpassing one billion career streams in the U.K. — as calculated by the Official Charts Company. Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor were on hand to accept the award. “I would like to say thanks to everyone who has extracted a morsel of…
Armored Saint were inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame (on 7/13) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood. The L.A. band formed in ’82 and has released a dozen albums. They found success during the 1980s with their self-titled EP (’83) and first three studio albums: “March Of The Saint (’84), “Delirious Nomad” (’85) and…
Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord) has the #1 song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated July 15th) with “Need A Favor.” He knocked off Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” which had a two-week run at the top. The Country-Rock ballad has also scored on both Country and Billboard 200 (#17) charts. The track is from “Whitsitt…
Iron Maiden were presented with a gold disc at the first of their two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena (on 7/7) in recognition of their studio album “Senjutsu” selling over 100,000 physical copies in the U.K. “Senjutsu” (loosely translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”), released in September of 2021, was Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album. Two singles,…
If you are spending sleepless nights trying to figure why “Hair Metal” died an unceremonious death in the early ’90s there is an answer…. maybe a couple. It’s generally accepted that Grunge (Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, among others) killed Hair Metal. That obviously had something to do with it but according to Ratt‘s Stephen…
The Beach Boys featured three talented brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, a cousin, Mike Love and a friend, Al Jardine. Of them all, the most talented and sensitive was Brian. Their first hit was “Surfin’ U.S.A.” which put new lyrics to a Chuck Berry riff. The Beach Boys were soon on a roll with…