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Sammy Hagar Trades Tequila for New Rum Company
Sammy Hagar is back in the booze business. Four years after selling off the majority of his Cabo Wabo Tequila company, the Chickenfoot/former Van Halen singer was at the Hard Rock Honolulu in Hawaii last week to promote his new spirit line, Sammy’s Beach Bar Rum.
Former Jimi Hendrix Collaborator Jimmy Norman Dies
Rhythm-and-blues singer Jimmy Norman — who worked with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley early in their careers and was a battle over songwriting credit for ‘Time Is on My Side,’ which the Rolling Stones turned into a Top 10 hit in 1964 — died earlier this month in New York at the age of 84.
Queen Star Freddie Mercury Passed Away on This Day In 1991
It was 20 years ago today (Nov. 24) that rock ‘n’ roll tragically lost one of its finest frontman of all time when Freddie Mercury passed away at the age of 45. The Queen singer died of bronchopneumonia brought on by AIDS less than one day after finally publicly acknowledging he had the disease.
Jimi Hendrix Allegedly Saved from Kidnapping By Infamous Cocaine Trafficker
In his new memoir, Jon Roberts — a former Mafia member and convicted cocaine trafficker who spearheaded the Medellin Drug Cartel’s rise in the 1980s — claims that he once saved Jimi Hendrix from a kidnapping attempt in New York in the ’60s.
Top 10 Songs of 2011
The top 10 songs of 2011 prove what a big year it was for classic rock 'n' roll. With an excellent comeback album from the reunited Cars, an updated track from the Rolling Stones' vault and new releases from the likes of Journey and Robbie Robertson, 2011 proved a popular one both at record stores and radio stations. Here, we take
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Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister Casts Disappointing Glance on Today’s Youth
Motorhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister has caused his share of chaos over the years, but the recent student-led riots in England were too much even for him. In fact, the British-born singer, who was in London last week for the Orange Amplification Classic Rock Roll of Honour ceremony, insists that he’s so disappointed in today’s youth and their love of rioting there that he has no plans to ever return
Ace Frehley and Tony Iommi Crack New York Times Best Sellers Book Chart
It wasn’t even close. Both Ace Frehley and Tony Iommi made the latest New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Best Sellers list, but the former Kiss guitarist enjoyed a comfortable lead over the Black Sabbath axe-man in the battle of the hard rockers vying for supremacy on the tally.
Roger Waters Gets Behind Occupy Wall Street Movement
Roger Waters could very well fall into the category of wealth dubbed the “one percent” that’s being targeted by Occupy Wall Street, but that isn’t stopping the Pink Floyd star from supporting the nascent New York-based socioeconomic movement.
Chickenfoot Perform Two Songs on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Chickenfoot swung on by ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on Thursday night to rock out two songs — ‘Big Foot’ and ‘Three and a Half Letters’ — from their recently released second album, ‘III.”
Rolling Stones Roll Out More Details About ‘Some Girls’ Bonus Disc
More details have been unveiled about the 12 bonus tracks featured in the upcoming re-release of the Rolling Stones‘ 1978 album ‘Some Girls,’ including the full track and personnel listings. The dozen tracks, many of which were recorded instrumentally with vocals added recently by Mick Jagger, will be included in the the Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition of ‘Some Girls,’ which has been remas
Elvis Costello Revisits ‘Spectacular Spinning Songbook’ Shows With Box Set
Imagine a time before the ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ movie, when the name conjured visions not of an eccentric teenager but of an even freakier attraction — Elvis Costello on tour in the ’80s dressed up as a fictitious game show host of the same name, offering up a giant wheel for fans to spin to determine the next song he would play.
Costello and the Imposters recently revisited that era for two concert
John Lennon’s Son Sean Leads Occupy Wall Street Protesters in Song
The Occupy Wall Street movement got a little entertainment from the son of a Beatle earlier this week when Sean Lennon descended on the encampment with some friends to offer up an inspiring revolutionary ditty for the masses. What did the son of John Lennon, and his buddies perform: ‘Power to the People?’ Nope. ‘Imagine?’ Not exactly. Try Madonna’s ode to unhindered capitalism, ‘Material Girl.’
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