Legendary Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain took to social media to share the sad news that he is retiring from touring with the iconic group and is playing his final show with the band tonight (December 7th) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The 72-year-old drummer the group following their beloved 1982 album "Number Of The Beast", replacing the late Clive Burr. McBrain had this to say, "After much consideration, it is with both sorrow and joy, I announce my decision to take a step back from the grind of the extensive touring lifestyle. Today, Sat, Dec 7th, Sao Paulo will be my final gig with Iron Maiden. I wish the band much success moving forward. (continue)
As rocker Jager Henry prepared to his the road with his dad Jason Bonham for the new JBLZE (Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening) tour, this weekend, he has shared a music video for his new single "Mortal Sacrifice".
PFA sent over the following details: Directed by Abraham Rasmussen, the frenzied video reflects the blend of musical influences present in the song including rock, metal and alternative. "Mortal Sacrifice" follows the success of Jager's last two singles, "Bite Down" which received early ads on Spotify's Hard Rock playlist and Apple's New In Rock playlist and "Heart of Thorns" Feat. Lil Lotus which broke the top 50 on the Active Rock charts and was an early add on SiriusXM's Octane. (continue)
GRAMMY-nominated band OneRepublic unveiled Artificial Paradise (Super Deluxe), an expanded edition of their acclaimed album. This new release includes their single "Hurt" with Jelly Roll and 9 acoustic versions of their songs like "I Don't Wanna Wait," "I Ain't Worried," "Sunshine," and more. Known for their anthemic sound and chart-topping success, OneRepublic continues to solidify their status as hitmakers with this vibrant, collaborative collection.
Last month, the band dropped their single "Hurt" with Jelly Roll, accompanied by a visually stunning music video directed by Isaac Rentz. The video debuted across MTV platforms, including MTV Live, MTVU, and MTV's Biggest Pop, and was showcased on the iconic Paramount Times Square billboards. (continue)
Celebrated Liverpool band The Zutons are thrilled to share their cover version of Amy Winehouse's 'Back to Black'. This new take on the soulful classic brings a unique twist to a track that has left an indelible mark on music history.
The connection between The Zutons and Amy Winehouse runs deep, with the late artist's rendition of their hit song 'Valerie' becoming a global phenomenon. Winehouse's version, produced by Mark Ronson, elevated 'Valerie' to new heights, becoming a modern classic and cementing its place as one of the most celebrated covers of all time. (continue)
Having just wrapped up an acoustic U.S. tour supporting multi-Platinum rockers Theory of A Deadman, Cory Marks invites listeners to crank up the volume and join him for the release of his sophomore album, SORRY FOR NOTHING, via Better Noise Music alongside the music video for its equally unapologetic title track.
"'Sorry For Nothing' is one of my favorite songs on the album and hits home for me in a nostalgic way," exclaims CORY. "Where I came from, what I've been through, and where I'm going. It's for any small-town kid with a dream-and believe me, there will be roadblocks...but keep working towards it and be sorry for nothing!" (continue)
Former Ozzy Osbourne and Badlands and current Red Dragon Cartel guitarist Jake E. Lee has shared part 2 of his recounting of the October 15th incident where he was shot multiple times while walking his dog in his Las Vegas neighborhood.
In the new update, Lee shares, "Feels like I'm dragging this out, but I just get caught up in other stuff. Without further ado, here's Part 2: The second bullet felt nothing like the first. Whereas the first one was a burning sensation, this one was an impact strong enough to push the air out of my lungs. Like getting hit with a baseball bat. The bullet entered mid back and exited out my left side. It fractured the 10th and 11th ribs and punctured my left lung. It wasn't something I would consider that painful, much like the first one. On a 1-10 scale maybe a 4. (continue)
Palm Ghosts have released a music video for their track "Aftermath," which is the final song/video from its fourth EP of the year, Decode, and the four EP collection, Facades, which both hit the streets on December 6 via Poptek Records/Sweet Cheetah Records.
Palm Ghosts bassist/vocalist Joseph Lekkas says "'Aftermath' is about the manifestation of fear and the slow-building dread that leads us away from our own self-interests." (continue)
Marine Corps veteran and internationally acclaimed guitarist Rene Benton recently release his new album , "2 Live in O-Ma-Haw; Lyvv in Omaha," and to celebrate we asked him to tell us about the track "Love Is Pain". Here is the story:
"Love is Pain" is a song with a lot of layers. It was written some time ago based on part imaginary part realistic scenarios about break ups or more specifically DIVORCE!! I have NEVER been through anything like that but, I would hear various stories from men who had experienced such things. Another part of the story of this song is; I never wrote it for myself. I wrote this song with the intent of submitting it to either Danzig or Peter Steele ( Type -O - Negative) . Though I do Metal/Rock; my primary background is in Funk/R&B which is a community that uses outside songwriters. I did not know the rules within the genre and, did not realize what I was doing was a NO - NO and , subsequently met with deaf ears. (continue)
Wolfgang Van Halen earned a top 24 story of March 2024 after he took the high road when he was asked about an attack from Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth, shrugging off criticisms that Roth made in his "This Crazy Kid" video back in January.
Eddie Van Halen's son was asked about Roth's video rant during an appearance on The Morning X With Barnes & Leslie show and he responded, "I guess I'm honored he even thinks about me as much as he seems to. I guess you have to take what he says with a grain of salt considering he also said that he wrote 'Eruption' and came up with the Frankenstein. He said he wrote all the solos that Dad wrote." (continue)
Scorpions frontman Klaus Meine had a top 24 story of March 2024 after the band was forced to cancel their appearance at Vive Latino festival in Mexico City on March 16th as Meine recovered from "complex spinal surgery'.
Here are the details in our look back in the Year In Rock: The iconic German rockers broke the news to fans with the following social media message from Meine, "Dear Mexican Fans, knowing that some of our most amazing diehard fans live in Mexico, it is with a heavy heart that I have to let you know, Scorpions will not be performing at the Vive Latino Festival on the 16th March 2024 in Mexico City. (continue)
Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash had a top 24 story of March 2024 after he recruited AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson and Aerosmith's Steven Tyler for a new take on the Howlin' Wolf classic "Killing Floor", the lead single from his blues album.
The new album, entitled "Orgy of the Damned", hit stores on May 17th and featured the Guns N' Roses icon's take on 12 blues classics with the help of his blues band Johnny Griparic (bass), Teddy Andreadis (keyboards), Michael Jerome (drums), and Tash Neal (vocals/guitar), along with special guests Gary Clark Jr, Billy F. Gibbons, Chris Stapleton, Dorothy, Iggy Pop, Paul Rodgers, Demi Lovato, Brian Johnson, Tash Neal, Chris Robinson, and Beth Hart. (continue)
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford scored a top 24 story of March 2024 Judas after he revealed that the band paid tribute to late legendary metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio and Motorhead singer Lemmy Killmister on the closing track to their album, "Invincible Shield."
Halford revealed the news via Classic Rock magazine stating the song "Giants In The Sky" honors the late vocalists. He said, "Listening to music makes me think about all these beautiful people we've lost in rock'n'roll, from Janis Joplin to Ronnie James Dio to Lemmy. But also about the fact that music lives forever." (continue)
Sammy Hagar and his former Van Halen bandmate and Michael Anthony had a top 24 story of March 2024 after they released a video where they discussed the top live songs from their classic "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" album.
Hagar had this to say, "This was the first record we actually took our time to write and record. I think pound for a pound, or song for a song, it might be my favorite. Andy Johns engineered this record and sonically it's big & fat. We worked harder on this record than any record, not because it was a struggle, but because we wanted to make (as Andy Johns said) the definitive Van Halen record. It especially sounds good really loud." (continue)
Deep Purple had a top 24 story of March 2024 when they released a music video for their legendary classic "Smoke On The Water", which was released to promote the Super Deluxe Edition of their "Machine Head" album that was released at the end of that month.
The new video is set to a 6-minute-plus 2024 remix of the song by Dweezil Zappa who shared in the liner notes, "It's one of those records where I think, 'How did they come up with this?' It's got classical influences in the guitar and the keyboard, but then it's got the blues and there's little bits of funkiness. And you have this singer who has the most killer voice. All these things come together in a way where it doesn't sound like commercial music, yet people got really excited about it. It's a fascinating recipe." (continue)
AC/DC's blockbuster "Back In Black" was the subject of a top 24 story of March 2024 when it was revealed that it was used as the inspiration for a new book of murder mysteries that features 10 short stories from 10 different authors based on the song titles.
One of the highlights is story "You Shook Me All Night Long" by Andrew Child, which is a new Jack Reacher story. Entitled, "Back In Black: An Anthology Of New Mystery Short Stories", the book was curated by Don Bruns, and was released on July 16th in various formats. (continue)
Billy Idol had a top 24 story of March 2024 when UMe announced his plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his landmark album Rebel Yell with a deluxe expanded edition that was released in April.
The reissue includes a selection of previously unreleased songs and demos, the Poolside remix of Idol's smash hit "Eyes Without A Face" and the never-before-heard Billy Idol/Steve Stevens original "Best Way Out of Here" from the original sessions. Idol's never-before-released cover of the Rose Royce single "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" from the album's original recording sessions. (continue)
Metallica have announced that Sammy Hagar's Best Of All Worlds band has been added to this year's Helping Hands Concert at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles on December 13th.
The band shared, "Helping Hands 2024 is just one short week away. We're psyched to announce that our friends Sammy Hagar (The Red Rocker) with Special Guests Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Kenny Aronoff will take the stage in support of All Within My Hands Foundation this year! (continue)
Legendary rockers Styx and Kevin Cronin, the iconic voice and writer behind REO Speedwagon's greatest hits, have one of the strongest brotherly bonds spanning 25 years, especially since they've crossed paths on the North American concert trail along with the occasional joint festival concert. Fittingly, next summer they'll join forces for the sixth time for their "Brotherhood of Rock" tour, along with special guest Don Felder (a former lead guitarist for the Eagles), that will kick off May 28, 2025 in Greenville, SC at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
It wouldn't be summer without a live celebration of some of the greatest Rock anthems of all time, including "Renegade," "Keep On Loving You," "Come Sail Away," "Can't Fight This Feeling," and "Hotel California." (continue)
Shadows Fall, who were at the forefront of the New Wave of American Metal scene that dominated the '00s, are back with a brand new song and a new label! The band has shared the new single "In the Grey."
The band - singer Brian Fair; guitarists Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand; bassist Paul Romanko; and drummer Jason Bittner- is also thrilled to announce it has signed with MNRK Heavy. (continue)
Queen The Greatest Special: "The Story Of Queen I - Behind The Promo Videos" (Episode 4) Queen's reputation for iconic music videos wasn't earned overnight. In an exclusive video interview for the latest episode of Queen The Greatest, co-founders Brian May and Roger Taylor look back on the false starts and lucky breaks of their early career on camera and talk about why they hated their first promo video.
Known as masters of the music video, with the lineup of Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon immortalised as everything from the floating heads of "Bohemian Rhapsody" to the stifled housewives of "I Want To Break Free." Rewind to 1973, however, and when the young band set out to promote their self-titled debut album - now freshly remastered and extended as the new Queen I boxset - the four musicians found themselves facing the unique challenge of matching sound and vision. (continue)
Jerry Cantrell's recently released album, I Want Blood, is being reimagined as a spoken-word series, with new versions of the album tracks debuting every Thursday, and featuring video animations by Boy Tillekens. The first installment is for "Vilified," and can be streamed now.
In a recent episode of the Lipps Service podcast, Cantrell shared how the spoken-word pieces came to be: "I wanted to do something special, try to do something cool, and I've never done a spoken word recitation of the lyrics, and I thought it might be kind of cool to have it on the B-side of 'Vilified.' I recorded it, and it sounded cool. I thought maybe it needs some music or something, and I was sitting there with Maxwell Urasky, my demo partner. He's a really talented musician, and he said 'Let me mess around with it for a night.' He came back the next day with that piece of music, and it sounded killer. I brought it in to Joe Barresi and he said, 'Man, you should do this with all of them.' (continue)
Frontiers Music Srl is pleased to reveal the full bill and the names of the last seven bands that will perform at the FRONTIERS ROCK FESTIVAL, set to take place on April 25th, 26th, and 27th, 2025, at the Live Club in Trezzo sull'Adda (Milan).
Furthermore, Frontiers Music Srl is thrilled to announce that the Orchard will sponsor The festival, their long-time digital distributor and physical partner for distribution globally. The company's personnel and a dedicated area for all information will also be available at the festival. (continue)
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Eric Clapton has released the official music video for "The Call" off his recently released studio album Meanwhile from Bushbranch/Surfdog Records. The music video for "The Call" premiered today on MTV Classic, MTV Live and on the Paramount Times Square billboard.
Meanwhile features collaborations with Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Bradley Walker, Judith Hill, Daniel Santiago and Simon Climie. The physical release of the album will be available on CD and vinyl on January 24. (continue)
Megadeth cofounder and former bassist David Ellefson is sadden by the state of rock music in the U.S. and shared his belief in a new interview that he agrees with KISS star Gene Simmons that "rock is dead in America."
Ellefson made comment during a new interview with Border City Rock Talk in Canada. He said, "Rock is dead in America, it really is. And I know people will lambaste me for saying that, but it is. When Gene Simmons said it, everybody hated him for it, but he's right. (continue)
Renowned guitarist and composer Ron 'Bumblefoot' Thal is back with a brand-new instrumental album, 'Bumblefoot ...Returns!', set for release on January 24, 2025. Thirty years after his debut solo instrumental album, Bumblefoot revisits his roots with a 14-track masterpiece that spans genres from metal to orchestral to blues.
The album's opening track, "Simon in Space," serves as its first single, delivering an electrifying ride through chaos and intensity. In addition to the single, an animated music video created by Bumblefoot and animator Radek Grabinski is also available, as well as a retro-inspired video game, which is coming soon. (continue)
SupaFly, the collaborative project featuring veteran rock vocalist Ray West (Spread Eagle) and session musician Miguel Gonzalez, recently released their "The Vibe" album and to celebrate we asked Ray to tell us about the song "Hypothermia". Here is the story:
The song Hypothermia is extremely personal for me. I never thought I could write in such an honest way, but when my co-writer Mig played me this cool piece he'd written, it triggered this surprisingly cathartic lyrical, melodic response in me. (continue)
Former Guns N' Roses and Sixx:AM guitarist DJ Ashba had a top 24 story of February 2024 after he took to social media to reveal that he planned to legally change his name to just Ashba, and explained his reasoning for the change.
Here are the details in our look back in the Year In Rock: He shared via Instagram, "A personal note: I was born with the name Daren Jay Ashba. My dad is the only one who ever called me Daren and he left a few years after I was born. My mom got remarried to an amazing man who I consider to be my dad. My mom and dad are still happily married to this day. When they got married he already had 4 kids of his own and one of his sons name was also Daren. So by default my name immediately became my initials, Dj. (continue)
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher earned a top 24 story of February 2024 after he called out the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame and questioned the controversial institution's credibility and "rock" credentials after his famed band was nominated along pop star Mariah Carey.
Here are the details in our look back in the Year In Rock: Oasis was among the artists that were nominated this year. Other nominees for induction this year includes Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Frampton, Foreigner, Lenny Kravitz and a host of a artists that are not considered to be part of a rock related genre. (continue)
News that biopics about each member of the Beatles are planned was a top 24 story of February 2024. Here are the details from the report our look back in the Year In Rock: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Sam Mendes, and Neal Street Productions have announced that they are producing biopics about each member the Beatles, with each film telling the legendary group's story from the different perspectives of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Sam Mendes is leading the project for the four biopics and he is best known as the director the James Bond films, "Skyfall" and "Spectre", as well as "American Beauty" and "1917". (continue)
Original Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars earned a top 24 story of February 2024 after he said in an interview that he is open to writing music with the band again, but that his focus is on working on material that he was unable to make while he was with the band.
Mars released his debut solo album, "The Other Side Of Mars," and promoted the release by appearing on Audacy Check In. During the chat he said, "Well, you know, it took me 40 years 'cause, Motley was priority... and now that I'm retired, I'm just me, you know. I mean, if Motley wanted me to write songs with them again, of course I would. (continue)
Dierks Bentley released his take on the Tom Petty Classic "American Girl", which earned him a top 24 story of February 2024. Here is the original report in our look back in the Year In Rock: The free-spirited, bluegrass-tinged track comes from Tom Petty tribute album, Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty to be released by Big Machine in partnership with the Tom Petty Estate. The album brings together the top Country and Americana artists to create a tribute to Petty's musical legacy.
Of the song, Bentley shares, "Petty's southern roots shined through across his songwriting and storytelling. He might not have ever been considered as country, but you can't go into a bar in Nashville without hearing this song. It is one of the greatest songs in a life's work of great American songs. The spirit of this woman, the idea of such relentless hope - and disappointment - ignites such a spark. Jon and I were driven to make that feeling of American roots stand tall." (continue)
Def Leppard had a top 24 story of February 2024 when they announced that they were releasing an expanded edition of their blockbuster "Pyromania" album for the record's 40th anniversary. The Oriel Company sent over these details: Originally released in 1983, Pyromania launched Def Leppard into rock legend status. The album featured global hit singles 'Photograph', 'Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)' and "Rock of Ages" and the went on to achieve platinum status across the globe (including a # 2 chart entry in the USA). Pyromania has since become one of the biggest selling rock albums of all time and alongside it's follow up - Hysteria - has made Def Leppard one of only five rock bands in history to have two albums with a coveted RIAA Diamond Certification (over 10 million sales in the USA alone). A massive feat within the music industry still to this day.
The album also saw Phil Collen replace guitarist Pete Willis and the first of the classic Def Leppard line ups was born... Joe Elliott says, "A labour of love and I loved every minute of it !!.... Rediscovering dusty old cassettes which were brilliantly restored by Ronan and finding the long lost unfinished "11th track" was a journey only few of us are lucky enough to take ... what a trip !!" (continue)
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