The Poison “Nothin’ But A Good Time 2018” tour has been announced, and fans are downright excited about the news. The band is back together with the band’s original members and will be joined at various stops on the tour with Cheap Trick and Pop Evil. Imagine Bret Michaels and Rick Nelson of Cheap Trick […]
Many cool bands and singers have decided to slow down and take a residency in Las Vegas; staying in one place and letting fans come to them. The Who, Elton John, and others have done it recently, and now we hear Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty is all about Viva Las Vegas. John Fogerty’s ‘Creedence […]
Jackson Browne proved early on that he would be a force to be reckoned with, helping create the ‘Folk Rock’ sound that opened doors for the Eagles, Linda Ronstadt and others. His first album entitled ‘Jackson Browne,’ released in 1972, contained the hits “Doctor My Eyes” and “Rock Me On The Water,” and it’s been […]
Journey’s Jonathan Cain has just published a new autobiography called ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ pulling the curtain back on his life with one of the most successful bands from the 80s and beyond. Here are a few more memoirs or tell all’s you might want to pick up… The late Gregg Allman wrote ‘My Cross to […]
Rock music is strange; you can probably name two or three Styx songs fairly easily, but can you name the lead singers name (Dennis DeYoung) or the lead guitarist (Tommy Shaw)? The reason we think is simple; the band was heavily involved in conceptual albums and songs, so it was the music that was the […]
One of our favorite 760s and 80s icons, Huey Lewis appeared in a video with Jimmy Kimmel, sharing the exciting news that there’s going to be a Broadway musical, inspired by the band, called ‘The Heart of Rock and Roll’ coming soon. Over the past few years, we’ve seen a trend, rock and pop stars […]
We’ve learned that Kiss member Gene Simmons is writing a book surrounding the urban legend of the ’27 Club,’ so we thought we’d bring you up to speed on the facts behind the club. There is a conspiracy surrounding the age of 27 on music, as Janis, Jimmy, and many others did, in fact, died […]
We live in an advanced time, where music that was recorded 30, 40 or 50 years ago can be remastered, touched up, digitally altered, and released in 2018. Here are the expected rock and roll LPs that you’ll want to check out, from mid-February to mid-March… Bon Jovi is about to release his ‘This House […]
In the 80s, American loved MTV and MTV loved the Cars. We now hear that the Cars are about to reissue ‘Shake It Up’ from 1981 and ‘Heartbeat City’ from 1984, both receiving the latest digital clean up and reissue techniques. The bands fourth and fifth LPs will hit the stores March 30th. The releases […]
This past week we learned that John Mellencamp was a member of the upcoming 2018 class of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. When you think back at the songs John wrote in the 80s and 90s, it makes perfect sense to enshrine John into the Hall. Who are a few other songwriters that distinguished themselves […]