LATE COMERS FINALLY DISCOVERING HOW AC/DC GOT THEIR NAME AND ITS MEANING
AC/DC fans are discovering that a sewing machine inspired the ’70s rock band’s name. While the group’s catchy tunes like Highway to Hell and You Shook Me All Night Long are still being played on airwaves across America, one Reddit user reignited questions about how the rockers got their name in the first place. One […]
ANGEL’S EPONYMOUS DEBUT ALBUM, CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH REISSUES, TO COINCIDE WITH THE BAND’S 2025 TOUR
Employing a dazzling mix of glam rock, hard rock, and progressive rock, Angel’s outrageous, white-satin-heavy image and equally over-the-top stage shows, making them one of the more colorful arena rock bands of the mid ’70s and early ’80s. Discovered by KISS bass player, Gene Simmons, the group issued their eponymous debut album in 1975, which […]
NEW BOOK, “BANG YOUR HEAD, FEEL THE NOIZE: THE QUIET RIOT STORY,” OUT NOW
In late 1983, early 1984, one of the biggest metal bands in the US was Quiet Riot. Their album, Metal Health, had topped the charts (over Michael Jackson‘s Thriller and other now-classic mega-sellers), their single Cum on Feel the Noize was a top five smash, the album’s title track became an instant anthem for headbangers, they were all […]
JOE BONAMASSA AND SAMMY HAGAR TEAM UP ON “FORTUNE TELLER BLUES”
Blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa and rock legend Sammy Hagar have teamed up for an electrifying new single, Fortune Teller Blues, out now on all major streaming platforms. This powerhouse collaboration blends Bonamassa‘s searing guitar work with Hagar‘s unmistakable vocals, delivering a high-voltage track steeped in grit and mystery. A blues-drenched tale of fate and deception, Fortune Teller Blues unfolds like a smoky backroom confession. […]
RATT MEMBERS STEPHEN PEARCY AND WARREN DEMARTINI, REVEAL THEIR M3 BAND MEMBERS, TO EDDIE TRUNK
During an appearance on Wednesday’s (January 29th) episode of SiriusXM‘s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Stephen Pearcy and Warren DeMartini revealed the musicians who will join them when they perform a set of RATTclassics as one of the headliners of the 2025 edition of the M3 Rock Festival, set to take place May 2nd-4th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. […]
RUSH ANNOUNCES, “RUSH 50” CAREER SPANNING ANTHOLOGY, DUE IN MARCH
On March 21st, UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records label groups celebrate the half-century milestone marker for Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame icons with Rush 50, a wide-ranging 50-track super deluxe anthology that encompasses the entirety of the band’s long and storied career for the first time across all the band’s label groups, bookended with the first ever reissue of their debut 1973 […]