Archive | April, 2016

Guns N' Roses Announce Massive 'Not in This Lifetime' Tour

With Guns N’ Roses’ “classic lineup” set to embark on their reunion run Friday night with an intimate gig at Los Angeles’ Troubadour, the group – featuring Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan and other unspecified band members – have announced their Not in This Lifetime Tour. The stadium-invading tour’s name… Source: RollingStone Link: Guns N' […]

Hear Ace Frehley, Slash Cover Thin Lizzy's 'Emerald'

Ace Frehley recently announced his all-star covers LP Origins Vol. 1, featuring his former Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley, Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, Lita Ford and more. Ahead of the album’s April 15th release date, Frehley has unveiled another Origins cut: a ferocious version of Thin Lizzy’s “Emerald” featuring Guns N’ Roses guitarist… Source: RollingStone Link: Hear Ace […]

Lars Ulrich: 'This Is Spinal Tap' Is a 'Horror Film'

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich admits he’s lived through so many rock concert clichés that This Is Spinal Tap now plays like a “horror film.” The musician laughs about the landmark mockumentary during a debate with veteran music journalist/Rolling Stone contributor Alan Light and comedian Tom Papa about history’s “most influential band,”… Source: RollingStone Link: Lars Ulrich: […]

Krist Novoselic Talks Nirvana Backing Beck, New Projects

“It’s always fun to play with Dave and Pat,” Krist Novoselic tells Rolling Stone of his former Nirvana bandmates. “We had ‘Sirvana’ with Paul McCartney. And then we had ‘Hervana’ at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – that was great, wasn’t it? And then Dave [Grohl], Pat [Smear]… Source: RollingStone Link: Krist Novoselic […]

Chris Robinson on New Radio Show, Why Black Crowes Will Never Play Again

Chris Robinson has always been a heavy record-crate digger, reviving cuts by acts from the Band to Buck Owens in concert during his years with the Black Crowes and listening to vinyl compulsively on the road with the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. The singer will mine his record collection with a focus on psychedelia for his new radio… Source: RollingStone Link: Chris Robinson […]

5 Things You Didn't Know About Guns N' Roses

The reunion that rock fans never thought they’d see is actually happening: Axl Rose and Slash are getting back together. The long-feuding duo are set to play their first show together since 1993 tonight, April Fools’ Day, at the Troubadour, followed by Guns N’ Roses gigs in Vegas and Mexico City, at… Source: RollingStone Link: 5 Things […]

9 Great Songs You Didn't Know Katy Perry Wrote

Katy Perry launched her career as a Christian pop star named Katy Hudson in 2001, which gave no indication that by 2008 she would take the pop world by storm with the debauched, raucous and cheeky album One of the Boys that featured feisty, electro-pop-rock songs named “I Kissed a Girl” and “Ur… Source: RollingStone Link: 9 Great […]