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Rock Articles
“Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph” Is Out
“Magic Power: All Star Tribute To Triumph,” is a 15-track album that has DOROTHY, Sebastian Bach, Nancy Wilson, Joey Belladonna, Slash, Nita Strauss …
Rock History
President’s Day Special: When Presidents Meet Rock Stars
It doesn’t happen often but when Presidents meet Rock musicians it usually occurs when a musician is being recognized for …
The Week In Rock: June 1st – June 7th
Kid Rock w/ A Big Fan 6/2 Trump Endorses Kid Rock’s Restaurant During the grand opening of Kid Rock’s ‘The Detroit Cowboy’ restaurant in Nashville President Donald Trump takes time …
The Funeral Portrait Goes To #1 For A Second Time
First, The Funeral Portrait went to #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart with “Suffocate City,” now they have reached the top again with “Holy Water” (dated 6/14). The track features …
New Music: Volbeat, Danko Jones, Airbourne & GWAR
Volbeat “God Of Angels Trust.” also includes “By A Monster’s Hand.” Volbeat: Demonic Depression The track is taken from the band’s recently released ninth album, “God Of Angels Trust.” “I’ve played …
Ex-Butcher Babies Vocalist Goes To “Hell Or Hollywood” With Zakk Wylde
Former Butcher Babies vocalist Carla Harvey and her new project The Violent Hour have released the audio for their second single “Hell Of Hollywood,” featuring guitarist Zakk Wylde (Pantera, Black …
The latest News from the Interwebs
- Roger Nichols, Songwriter Behind Carpenters Hits, Dies at 84
- Michael Anthony Regrets That Van Halen Went Out 'With a Whimper'
- Doobie Brothers Albums Ranked Worst to Best
- “No, man! If we had had this level of success in the 70s we would not be here now. We would never have survived it”: The wild story of Aerosmith’s Pump, the album that turned them into superstars all over again
- Rod Stewart Cancels Six US Shows as He Recovers From the Flu
- “Sometimes I think, ‘This has become so big that I can’t handle this monster any more.’ I have some trouble comprehending it”: How Nightwish become the planet’s most epic symphonic metal band with Endless Forms Most Beautiful
- “They use their standing to its fullest potential, both as entertainers and campaigners”: Massive Attack’s LIDO festival extravaganza was protest art at its finest
- Amorphis drop first new music from upcoming album Borderland with anthemic new single Light And Shadow
- Andy Bell of Erasure’s Magical Mystery World
- “You have to know Donald’s sense of humour. It was a total set-up”: Did Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen really tell the people behind the Yacht Rock movie to “F*** off”?
- Rush announce limited edition box set of their final four albums
- “We went on our lunch break and when we got back, Tony had come up with the Paranoid riff. It was literally 25 minutes of work. People went nuts about it!”: How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness
- “Nothing in this band does what it's supposed to do”: how R.E.M. showed the world they were the real deal on 1985’s Fables Of The Reconstruction
- Hong Kong Looks for Ways to Win Back Big-Spending Tourists
- Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne's farewell gig in Birmingham next month will be livestreamed globally: find out how you can watch the greatest metal show ever