The 31st class of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame will be inducted at the Brooklyn at Barclays Center on April 8th. This year’s honorees are Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A… There are 312 total members enshrined in the hall, 113 of these are groups. All this week we’ll spotlight […]
It’s hard to believe Bad Company is 40+ years old, and the boys are out again on tour. It’s also hard to believe that founding member, guitarist and key songwriter Mick Ralphs, is not with the band this time around. Rich Robinson of the famed ‘Black Crowes’ will step in behind the kit to play […]
Neil Peart, the longtime drummer of Rush, has written a book entitled ‘Far and Wide: Bring that Horizon to Me’ that will be the ‘must have’ of every Rush fan. The book will be a bit of a twist as Neil is an avid biker, thus the book will feature the memories of the R40 […]
Music and Rock N’ Roll are perfect together. We love the songs while we watched the movie. Here are a few more movies that made us feel better to rock… ‘Hard Day’s Night’ was one of the first ‘rockumentaries’ that pulled back the curtain on the hottest band in multiple generations, letting us know that […]
Paul Frederic Simon was born in Newark, NJ in 1941 and has had an incredible career as both songwriter and performer. Paul and Art were inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, while in 2003 they were both recipients of the Grammy’s ‘Lifetime Achievement Award.’ Here is how influential their music […]
Rock n’ roll movies often give us great moment that feature our favorite rock bands, songs, or storyline. Here are a few of our favorites… ‘This is Spinal Tap’ is the rock n’ roll parody that satirizes all the stereotypes moms and dad have about the rock scene. The movie also made rockers turn their […]
Let’s leap into 2016 with a new attitude and showcase the most interesting and lesser known artist of our time with a feature we all ‘A to Z.’ Here’s the letter “K.” Kiss is a rarity in that they chose the road less traveled in rock. Here were grown men wearing makeup, breathing fire on […]
Rockers come in all shapes and sizes, color and creeds. Did you know that KIIS’s Gene Simmons was born Chaim Witz in Israel? Let’s talk about rockers that come from all faiths. Some of them are sure to surprise you. Lenny Kravitz, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Mark Knopfler, Bob Dylan, Eric Carmen, Carole King, Lesley […]
Here are your Monday morning music headlines… Rich Robinson, former Black Crowe drummer, has been added to the Bad Company lineup in the absence of Mick Ralphs. Joe Walsh is touring with Bad Company this summer. Former Deep Purples’ member, Ritchie Blackmore, is being sued by his former label Frontier Records for lack of support […]
In the mid to late 70s, the hottest musicians on the planet was a band from the Northeast called Boston. “More than a Feeling” hit the charts in 1976, and the rest of the rock world took notice. Sadly their lead singer Brad Delp committed suicide in 2007, and they recently lost a law suit […]