I'm very excited and honored to be working with the wonderful Harper NonFiction Team on my very own book full of lots of fun stories, anecdotes and of course my incredible experiences with some of the greatest musicians and performers from the 70s, 80s and beyond! I am blessed to be able to finally share my path to where I am today, in my own words, with the world.
KISS singer-bassist Gene Simmons has announced the Gene Simmons' Legends of Rock Expo, featuring members of KISS, Black Sabbath, The Police, The Kinks, and more. The three-day event will take place September 25th-27th at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, with tickets available here. Prices range from $249 for a premium weekend pass to $2,795 for a Black Diamond VIP pass.
The outing kicks off October 16th in Charlotte, North Carolina, traveling through New Orleans, Cincinnati, and other cities before ending in Norfolk, Virginia, on November 7th. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 8th, at 10 a.m., with pre-sale tickets available now via Ticketmaster using the code CLUTCH26.
Greg Dulli noted that they used to let transvestites up on stage to dance while he would explore his Jim Morrison fantasies, reminiscing about past performances at the Pyramid Club.
According to Grohl, an hour before the show, he opens a beer and starts drinking. He might take an Advil for pain, then has a shot of whiskey. Once the beer is done, he opens another beer and has a group shot of whiskey, which they call 'band prayer.'
Bach sounds like an absolute natural performing this material. While he lacks the New York brassiness of Dee Snider, the group's iconic original frontman, his own manic energy transfers well to the performance.
Opener "Islands of Men" shimmers with rapturous possibility. A steady drum beat punctuates the crowd's anticipation before Emily Green's guitar throbs to life, and then frontman Cameron Winter's vocals warble in the foreground, a tentative entrance that quickly builds into an infernal madrigal. As the opening tease explodes into driving chords-"Will you stop running away from what is real?"-a keyboard riff dances underneath the chaos.
Shortly after he climbed the Taipei 101 skyscraper in front of millions of viewers on Netflix, Alex Honnold revealed that he mostly listened to Tool on the way up. Turns out he also was making his way up the 1,667-foot building to the sounds of Linkin Park, Nothing More, The Used, and other heavy rock tunes.
Craft beer has always been about creativity and community, but when it teams up with rock music, it becomes something truly special. In this post, we'll explore some of the most iconic collaborations between craft breweries and legendary bands, highlighting how these unique brews reflect the spirit of rock culture. ## The Rise of Band-Inspired Brews As craft beer continues to dominate the beverage landscape, breweries are increasingly looking to popular culture for inspiration. Band-inspired beers have become a staple, and for good reason. They not only attract fans of the music but also tap into the stories, values, and identities that these bands represent.
Even after all these years, it's hard not to think about Guitar Hero when hearing songs like Living Colour's "Cult of Personality," Ozzy Osbourne's "Bark at the Moon," or Heart's "Barracuda." Though the early editions featured covers of these popular songs rather than the originals, they honored the spirit of playing a real rock gig while giving us a selection of songs new and old to obsess over.
By the age of 14, living in San Diego, he was writing record reviews for a local underground magazine whose main aim was to bring down Richard Nixon. Shortly after that, he started interviewing the bands of the day as they came through California first Humble Pie for Creem, and then the Eagles, the Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin for Rolling Stone.
