We love fun facts. Here are a few cool things you may not have known about your favorite rockers and their songs… The classic Deep Purple song “Smoke On The Water” is about the Montreux 1971 concert where Frank Zappa’s bungalow burned to the ground. Eddie Van Halen plays the lead on “Beat It” from […]
Category: Oldies
The Best Duos Ever
There have been some famous duos or combos in our world, such as Adam and Eve, Laurel and Hardy, or Maris and Mantle. What are a few of the best music duos? Take a look and tell us what you think (PS) We’ve listed a big hit from the duo to make it easier to […]
Paul Simon Adds Final Dates to His Farewell Tour
Paul Simon has had an incredible career as both songwriter and performer. As Simon and Garfunkel, the two sold over 100 million records and played every venue in America, gaining international fame from the ‘Graduate’ soundtrack in the early 70’s. Paul Simon began his musical career in high school when he met Arthur Garfunkel and […]
‘Eggy’ Stars in Elton’s ‘Rocketman’ Biopic
As we’ve written before, actors often times want to be on stage with a guitar in hand, musicians want to be heartthrob stars in movies. Well, Elton John made an appearance in the ‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ a while ago, so it’s only fitting that Taron Egerton, the charming and engaging ‘Eggsy,’ in both Kingsman […]
Rockers Who Wanted to be Hollywood Stars
Rock stars want to be actors and many actors yearn to be on stage as musicians. Johnny Depp has been touring as a member of the Hollywood Vampires, while Lenny Kravitz and Mick Jagger were serious musicians. Here’s a list of singers that have appeared in Hollywood films over the years; the list will surprise […]
The Osbourne’s Go Digital
A ‘podcast’ is a piece of recorded audio that can be played, downloaded, and saved for later use; it’s one of the newest ways fans can enjoy talk or music on their terms. We hear that beginning March 5th, Ozzy Osbourne, wife Sharon, and two of their children are re-booting the popular television series in […]
Daltrey Joins Cruise, Adds More Tour Dates
Over the past few years, the music industry has moved into two new spaces that have served them very well; the first is taking a Las Vegas residency, having fans come to them, the second is being a part of a music theme cruise and having fans sail with you. In news that was just […]
The First All Girl Rock Group is Back
The all-girl band ‘Fanny’ has returned after disbanding decades ago, now calling themselves ‘Fanny Walked the Earth’ and their new album drops this week. If you thought the Go Go’s or Runaways were the first all female rock band to make it big, you’re wrong. The 1st real female rock group that rocked the house […]
Bachman Does Harrison
The music world has been thinking of the late Beatle George Harrison who would have turned 75 a few days ago, and now we hear that original Guess Who and BTO founder Randy Bachman is releasing a tribute LP dedicated to George Harrison, called ‘By George – By Bachman,’ expected to drop mid-March. ‘By George-By […]
Journey’s ‘Greatest Hits’ LP Joins Exclusive Club
In the 80’s, the best band ever was Journey; we’re pretty sure that’s a well-known fact or something, but seriously was there a better band than Journey? Now when you listen to the band’s ‘Greatest Hits’ album, you will be part of history – yes the Greatest Hits album was released years ago, but it’s […]