AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago‘Temple Of The Dog’: How Grunge’s Mt. Olympus Flew Under The Radarudiscovermusic.com - Jim AllenWhat began as a rock’n’roll tribute to a fallen friend ended up being the sleeper start of the Seattle sound explosion heard around the world. In …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoThe Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film To Launch On Disney+udiscovermusic.com - Will SchubeThe film, restored by Peter Jackson’s Park Road Post Production, will arrive on the streaming service on May 8. Disney+ has announced that Let It Be, …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoEvery Judas Priest album ranked from worst to bestloudersound.com - By Dom Lawson, Rich HobsonIf you love heavy metal, you love Judas Priest: those are the rules and we trust you will abide by them. Any band that has survived for over five …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago“We never did any TV-throwing – I’d rather nick ’em than throw ’em out the window”: Jeff Lynne recalls how easy it was for ELO to take over the 70sloudersound.com - By Paul LesterJeff Lynne recently announced ELO’s last-ever tour. When the band played their first show in April 1972 he couldn’t have predicted the success ahead …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago"You look at all these people who are giving you the horns, from Eminem to Lionel Ritchie, and you think: Is this really happening?": Judas Priest on awards shows, Invincible Shield and the beauty of catsloudersound.com - By Dave EverleyA few days ago, Rob Halford was lying in bed when he had an idea. “It was four o’clock in the morning and I couldn’t sleep because of my insomnia,” he …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day ago"One demo was of a guy playing one finger piano on Black Night": When the call went out to replace Ian Gillan in Deep Purple, only one man got an auditionloudersound.com - By Geoff Barton“I’ll be honest with you - it was a very tough job when I replaced Jesus Christ as the singer in Deep Purple.” Hold on a minute – did I hear …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoFor a year Tommy James was bigger than The Beatles. Then the mafia ruined everythingloudersound.com - By Max BellOn Saturday July 15, 1972 American rock legend Tommy James played a gig at the Paramount Theatre in Brooklyn. After the show, James and his friends …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo1 day agoKerry King announces UK headline debut with tiny London showloudersound.com - By Rich HobsonSlayer guitarist Kerry King has announced his solo band's first headline performance in the UK. On Tuesday June 18, his band will headline the 1500 …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo4 days ago"Jimmy's very lucky to be even playing tonight": Watch an ailing Jimmy Page lead Led Zeppelin through a truncated show as unseen live footage emergesloudersound.com - By Fraser LewryLast week nearly an hour of previously unseen live footage of Led Zeppelin performing live in Montreal in 1975 appeared online. Now the same source …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days ago“It marked Jethro Tull as being quite different to most bands… Led Zeppelin didn’t do comedy. Well, not intentionally”: Ian Anderson kept up the silly and sarcastic on solo album Homo Erraticusloudersound.com - By Paul SextonIn 2014, Ian Anderson brought back Thick As A Brick’s Gerald Bostock on his sixth solo album Homo Erraticus, complete with the silliness and sarcasm …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days ago“We came up very fast and we went down fast. We were carried away on that wave of euphoria”: how Motörhead made their two most controversial early 80s albumsloudersound.com - By Steffan ChiraziBy the autumn of 1981, everyone knew Motörhead. Whether revered as the kings of greasy biker grebo, fast’n’loose dirty rock’n’roll, or reviled as the …
AvatarJonathan Dflipped into CLASSIC ROCK AND METALFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days ago"He was one of those people that I knew I would listen to”: Muse's Matt Bellamy on the time they worked with Mutt Langeloudersound.com - By Niall DohertyIn the aftermath of the 2012’s electro-heavy The 2nd Law, Muse wanted to get back to their rock roots for the album that would become their 2015 …