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The Darkness have released “Dreams On Toast.“ The set contains “Rock And Roll Party Cowboy.” “People recognize me as astronaut pirate movie star cool and that’s obviously accurate,” offered singer/guitarist Justin Hawkins. “What they may have overlooked, though, is that I am also ROCK AND ROLL PARTY COWBOY cool… which is a good 15 percent cooler!!!”…
After the contracts were signed, the record company exec must have walked away thinking Queen would either make millions or crash big time. Queen took a bit to develop. But by their third album, “Sheer Heart Attack,” they were on top in their native U.K. and getting noticed in the U.S. The next two albums…
Remember “Woodstock,” the film chronicling a few hundred thousand people wallowing in the mud to hear the cream of late ’60s Rock. The fest had a lot of talent on stage but by day three there was a ton of filler. Before Jimi Hendrix hit the stage toward the end, the only Rock act for…
Cream consisted of established British musicians: Guitarist Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers), bassist Jack Bruce (Graham Bond Organization, John Mayall) and drummer Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organization). There was the debut album “Fresh Cream” followed by “Disraeli Gears” with the psychedelic cover (pictured), The double set “Wheels On Fire” with half recorded in the…
Def Leppard will embark on a North American tour this spring and summer. The band, formed in ’76, has released a dozen studio albums and saw their greatest commercial success between the early ’80s to mid–’90s. One of their biggest albums was ’87 release, “Hysteria.” “For us the first album showed promise, the second showed the…
Bruce Dickinson has announced an extensive North American solo tour in support of his current studio album, “The Mandrake Project.” It went to #3 on the U.K. Albums chart and #9 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Album survey. “Last year we did a couple of sold-out U.S. West Coast dates before heading to South America and…
The Dead Daisies have issued “Crossroads,” the first single from their upcoming album “Lookin’ For Trouble,” a collection of Blues classics, scheduled for May 30th. Originally recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936, the song has become an integral part of the Blues lexicon. “When I first heard Blues, it was through the music of bands like Led…
Shinedown has scored the most #1s on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (19). But there is more to the band than the chart toppers. The following is a list of their Top 10 songs. #10. Save Me – Us And Them (2005) “‘Save Me’ is a song about how people will take on everyone else’s…
When you get kicked out of a group called Snakepit Banana Farm you might want to reconsider your career options. And what could be going through your mind when you start a ’60s cover band called Trash? You might also have second thoughts about the music business when the guy who got you signed to…
Sleep Theory is #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated February 22nd) with “Stuck In My Head.” Sleep Theory formed in ’20 consisting of vocalist Cullen Moore, guitarist Daniel Pruitt, bassist Paolo Vergara, and drummer Ben Pruitt. “Stuck In My Head” is the Memphis four-piece’s third song to chart on Mainstream Rock following…