Changing lead singers midstream tends to have an adverse effect on most rock bands, but after original vocalist David Lee Roth left Van Halen in 1985, the group topped the charts with their next album, 1986's '5150.' Two years later, they released their eighth LP, 'OU812' -- and the hits kept right on coming.
It took Don Felder a few decades to get his solo career back on track, but now that he's on the road in support of his new record 'Road to Forever,' he isn't in any rush to head back home.
They were together for just a little more than five years -- and they've been inactive for more than three decades -- but the Babys are fondly remembered as the band that helped launch the careers of singer John Waite, keyboard player Jonathan Cain and bassist Ricky Phillips. Now, following years of frustrated reunion attempts, a new Babys lineup is ready to make its debut.
After laying low for a few weeks, Richie Sambora has decided to speak up about his recent departure from the Bon Jovi lineup -- and it sounds like fans may need to start preparing for the possibility that he may never return.
Jon Bon Jovi knows it's a hard, lonely life for a rock 'n' roll cowboy -- especially one whose pardner has vanished and the press won't stop asking him why.
Singing competition shows have been popular for decades, and they've proliferated all over the TV dial since 'American Idol' debuted over a decade ago. But don't expect to find one playing on Brian May's set anytime soon.
If Judas Priest had scheduled a film premiere 30 years ago, Rob Halford would have showed up on a Harley. But time stands still for no one -- not even a Metal God -- and Halford was rocking a decidedly different set of wheels at the New York screening of the band's 'Epitaph' DVD on May 14.
Most of John Fogerty's new album, 'Wrote a Song for Everyone,' finds the former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman looking back on his distinguished catalog. But he did make room for a couple of new songs -- and one of them, 'Mystic Highway,' now has its own video.
He's got to be pretty busy with Black Sabbath these days, what with the band's upcoming album and latest tour, but that didn't keep Ozzy Osbourne from turning out to support a good cause on Saturday (May 18).
News of Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek's death sent grief through the rock community yesterday (May 20), with many of his peers sharing their sadness via social networks. Perhaps none was more keenly felt, however, than that of Manzarek's longtime musical partner, Doors drummer John Densmore.
