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The Classic Rock band is in the RockinTown.com Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 “If I’d know it was going to be such a big hit I think I would have spent a lot more time working on it,” Tom Petty once said of “Refugee,” The quote revealed a self-depreciating nature. Petty, solo or…
10. Within Temptation: Bleed Out For their eighth studio album, the group focused on singles rather than attempting to record an album in one fell swoop. As a result, the album spawned five singles. Key Tracks: Entertain You, The Purge, Shed My Skin. Don’t Pray For Me and Ritual. Awsooooooooome! Masterpiece! Linda Morgan I was 14 when I discovered this band, now…
Green Day will perform an exclusive concert for SiriusXM at New York City’s Irving Plaza on January 18th to commemorate the release of their 14th album, “Saviors,” due January 19th. The album’s lead track, “The American Dream Is Killing Me,” has been #1 on Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock Songs chart for five weeks… and counting. Subscribers can enter for a chance…
“Roads To Madness: The Touring History Of Queensrÿche (1981-1997)“ will be published in March. The book covers all the concert dates that feature band’s original lineup. Pre-order at nwmetalworxmusic.com. The progressive heavy metal band formed in the early ’80’s and have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the U.S. A limited…
Green Day took the stage during ABC’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” and called out Donald Trump’s supporters by changing the lyrics to their ‘04 hit “American Idiot.” Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not part of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda” rather than the original line,…
The groundbreaking vocalist is in the RockinTown Hall of Fame – Class of 2024. According to legend, Tina Turner’s life and career took a dramatic turn for the better as soon as she left her violent husband Ike. Not exactly accurate. Her first two albums after splitting from Ike, “Rough” (’78) and “Love Explosion” (’79) were…
Eric Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times… as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream, and as a solo performer. Clapton’s guitar work was also a focal point in John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (where he acquired the nickname “Slowhand” and fans were writing “Clapton Is God”…
This is a story of the convoluted and sometimes torturous road taken by drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie. These two Brit Blues vets had been in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers before deciding to strike out on their own. Over the next few years Fleetwood Mac plodded along as guitarists Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny…
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….
Now that KISS has reached the “End Of The Road” as a live act or at least the end of a road, frontman Paul Stanley has offered his take on the band’s recording career. Best Song: “Rock And Roll All Night.” That’s pretty obvious but “Detroit Rock City” is right up there. Best Album: “KISS…