Metallica’s “M72” Tour – Year Three Scheduled

“It’s all about promoting your stuff online.,” explained Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd in a recent interview with Classic Album Review. But that is easier said than done.  ‘Okay, you’ve got 20 seconds to get somebody’s attention, and then that’s it,” Todd was told less than five years ago. “Guess what it is now,” Todd continued….

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” (released in 1977) is the best charting Rock album on the Billboard 200’s year-end tally holding the #30 slot – just ahead of Queen’s “Greatest Hits” at #31. Nirvana’s “Nevermind” (#57) and AC/DC’s “Back In Black” (#84) are the only two original Rock albums listed in the Top 100.  All the others…

Greta Van Fleet’s “Starcatcher” is #1 on Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts.  The album also debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 chart. “‘Starcatcher’ is a dangerous and delightful expedition into a both violent and gentle dreamlike landscape,” explains lead singer Josh Kiszka. The set contains “Meeting The…

Pantera‘s major label debut album, “Cowboys From Hell” released in ‘90, was recently certified (May 26th) double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales in excess of 2-million copies in the United States. “Cowboys From Hell,” originally certified platinum in July ’97, has been called one of the most influential Metal albums of the…

Shinedown now holds the record for the most Top 10 hits on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. “Dead Don’t Die,” the third single from the band’s “Planet Zero” album is their 30th entry to peak in the upper reaches of the chart (at #9). Foo Fighters and Five Finger Death Punch are tied for second with…

Before being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne posted on Instagram and Facebook, that his sixth solo album, “No More Tears,” has been certified quintuple platinum (5-millions copies moved in the U.S.) by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America). Released in ’91, the set has “Mama, I’m Coming Home” and…