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Matt Sorum in Talks to Write Guns N’ Roses Movie
When Guns N’ Roses were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame earlier this month, some people weren’t terribly happy that Matt Sorum was included, saying that since he didn’t join GnR until 1990, he missed the mayhem of their early years and rise to fame with ‘Appetite for Destruction.’
Still, he seems to have experienced plenty of GnR madness — enough, in fact, that he says he’s considering writing a movie about it.
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Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler Reacts to Death of Bert Weedon
Looks like Bert Weedon, who died last week at the age of 91, had a far-reaching impact on classic rock indeed. His 1957 book, ‘Play in a Day,’ influenced musicians like the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend and Brian May — and now you can add Black Sabbath members Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi to that list as well.
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Daily Rewind: Dick Clark, Soundgarden, Rush + More
Today we bid farewell to Dick Clark, Rush drops their new single, Soundgarden offers a freebie and Eddie Van Halen’s pants are on fire.
Plus, Dire Straits and Paul McCartney get comfortable in our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs countdown, Robert Plant will (quietly) show off his new band, and Robbie Robertson comments on Levon Helm’s sad cancer fight.
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Kindergartner Arrested After Throwing Temper Tantrum in School — Is It Justified? [VIDEO]
Most children who throw temper tantrums wind up in time-out. But one six-year-old in Georgia had such a violent fit that cops felt the need to handcuff her and take her to the police station.
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Crowd Boos Axl Rose at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In an open letter last week, Axl Rose made himself perfectly clear: he didn’t feel “wanted or respected” by his former Guns N’ Roses bandmates, so not only would he skip the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he didn’t want to be inducted at all.
A couple names you may recognize said the decision was a mistake, and the crowd on Saturday night made their feelings known as well.
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Are Nice People Born That Way?
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Axl Rose Comments on Idea of Guns N’ Roses Reunion Tour
Mopey singer Lana Del Rey may or may not have hooked up with the man of her dreams, Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.
Video of the two of them emerging together from the Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, Calif. on Friday night has hit the interwebz, but even if you don’t care about their respective love lives (and really, who could blame you), what Axl said in that clip about GnR may still warrant your attention.
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Bonnie Raitt Releases Video for ‘Right Down the Line’
The first video from Bonnie Raitt‘s ‘Slipstream,’ her first new album in seven years, has hit the web. And it’s a remake of a track many classic rock lovers will recognize — Gerry Rafferty‘s 1978 hit, ‘Right Down the Line.’
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Vince Neil’s Strip Club ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ Releases Promo Spot
If there were such a thing as a strip-clubology, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil would surely hold an advanced degree. Not only has he warmed a chair in thousands of such establishments all over the world, he’s opening his own Las Vegas club — and he’s released the first promo spot in advance of its grand opening on April 13.
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Iggy Pop Compares Modern Music to ‘Cheap Drinks’
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‘Billy Joel: Opus Collection’ Now Available at Starbucks
Billy Joel hasn’t released a studio album of pop music for almost 20 years — but if you love his older songs and don’t already have one of the scores of greatest-hits compilations, you can do a little CD shopping next time you’re waiting for a latte at Starbucks.
The coffee giant has created its own disc called ‘Billy Joel: Opus Collection.’
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Daily Rewind: Tenacious D, Slash, Tony Iommi + More
Today Tenacious D announce a tour and premiere a short film, Slash talks about working with Steven Adler again, and Tony Iommi has his last round of chemotherapy.
Plus, ZZ Top hit the road with a few outlaws, Van Halen perform songs both new and old, and break out your checkbook — a Beatle’s mansion is on the market