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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 California” album and was inducted with The Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Guns N’ Roses’ Slash (guitar) and Duff McKagan (bass/vocals) are special guests on the track “I Can Breathe” by Gibson Band, a revolving collective of musicians who make music to raise funds and awareness for worthy causes. “The musical slant and Progressive Rock-ness of this huge epic pushed me in a whole new direction. I…
Evanescence has released a music video for the song “Yeah Right,” directed and edited by Eric Richter. The track is from ’21’s “The Bitter Truth,” the band’s first album of original music in a decade. The set reached #11 on the Billboard 200 and landed in the Top 5 on the Alternative, Hard Rock, and Rock Albums charts….
Featuring the tracks “Cheap Shots“ and “On The Table, guitarist/singer Richie Kotzen has released “Nomad” on September 27th. “I really never know how, when or where inspiration will strike for a song idea,” explained Kotzen. “I never try to force anything because I know ultimately at some point in time life will hand you a…
Sevendust’s Clint Lowery will not be part of the band’s upcoming tour. The guitarist was advised by doctors to sit out the run after suffering a recent neck injury. “He has been instructed to rest to allow the injury to heal and rocking with you all would work against his recovery from this injury,” writes…
A sexual assault lawsuit filed against Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has been dismissed. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that Tyler’s actions didn’t present a “serious risk of physical injury” to the plaintiff. The incidents in question occurred in ’75 when Tyler allegedly fondled and groped 17-year-old model Jeanne Bellino pinning her against the wall of a phone…
Following the sale of an Eric Clapton guitar for $1.27 million, a Kurt Cobain guitar goes for $1,587,500 during Julien’s Auctions “Played, Worn And Torn: Rock N’ Roll Iconic Guitars And Memorabilia” event (on 11/17). The “Skystang I” guitar was played by the late Nirvana frontman during his final public performance on band’s ’93 – ’94…