1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) 33 years after he left Deep Purple for good, Ritchie Blackmore finally reunited with the band at their show in Wantagh, New York last August 12. He joined them on stage to perform “Smoke on the Water” and millions of fans worldwide…...

2+ day ago   (349+ words) Queen co-founder and guitarist Brian May was part of some of the greatest songs ever written, alongside his bandmates Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and John Deacon. He has always talked about the musicians who inspired him and whom he admires,…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (252+ words) Images by Dio's social media and AXS TV When he was still part of Elf, they used to cover many Led Zeppelin songs. Some of the tracks they performed with Dio on vocals were “Black Dog” and “Shook Me”. Imagine…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (393+ words) “We just don’t feel like it all the time. We want to do other things, do nice songs or different things. But, like, the blues is what we’re supposed to dig. But, you see, there are other things we can…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (268+ words) He loved everything that Richard did but “The Great Gig in the Sky” was special to him. “It’s hard to pin down, Rick wrote a lot of beautiful pieces of music. Obviously, ‘The Great Gig In the Sky’ is one…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (300+ words) According to Sammy Hagar, the last time he and Alex Van Halen saw each other was in 2004, during his final reunion with the band. In Alex’s recent book, Brothers, about his and Eddie’s life, he covers only their era with…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (727+ words) Rock and roll music wouldn’t have existed without the blues, and brothers Malcolm and Angus Young created one of the greatest blends of the two styles with AC/DC. They were not the only musicians who were heavily influenced by…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (364+ words) “I only took one string off, man. I didn’t rip the whole thing apart (laughs). Jesus, I don’t know what Eddie did,” Keith Richards replied. “Was Eddie kinda crazy? Because you played a Gibson sometimes, you played a Fender sometimes…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (397+ words) “But I was with Trevor Horn, the producer and Trevor said: ‘That’s one of my favorites of yours’. So seeing from his perspective I thought ‘You know what? He’s no slouch, maybe it’s ok’. But yeah, that one I think…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (254+ words) Although he was a bigger fan of Aerosmith, which is probably the American band that influenced the most, he mentioned Kiss many times over the years as one of the bands he was into when he was young. John Zander…...