Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne has such a diverse and well-honed repertoire that you might think he came from a family of musicians or even a music school, but he’s got a gritty origin story. In the early 1990s he was a young man on the rural blue-collar track, working at a shoe...
Aerosmith aren't strangers to singing about attraction to family members, but "Janie's Got a Gun" doesn't hold a candle to French pop singer Serge Gainsbourg's song "Lemon Incest," a duet about interbreeding sung with his young daughter in far-too-intimate tones. When tran...
“Irregardless,” as they say in Boston, it was clear that both bands brought their A games Saturday and came ready to rock. With the sun going down behind home plate, the J. Geils Band took the stage in center field to cheers as lead singer Peter Wolf shimmied and danced around. “...
12. Neil Young, 'Freedom' (1989) There were a few reasons for the lull in Neil Young's career through the '80s. One was that Young was doing less writing and recording, instead devoting much of his time to caring for son Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy in 1978. Young also b...
12. Neil Young, 'Freedom' (1989) Reprise 12. Neil Young, 'Freedom' (1989) There were a few reasons for the lull in Neil Young's career through the '80s. One was that Young was doing less writing and recording, instead devoting much of his time to caring for son Ben, who was born...
12. Neil Young, 'Freedom' (1989) Reprise 12. Neil Young, 'Freedom' (1989) There were a few reasons for the lull in Neil Young's career through the '80s. One was that Young was doing less writing and recording, instead devoting much of his time to caring for son Ben, who was born...
Still, her Aerosmith status was what caught the eye of movie maker Amy Heckerling, who ultimately cast her as the lead in the 1995 movie "Clueless." The starring film role was a life-changing move that catapulted the young actor into pop culture superstardom. "I was minding my own busin...
The loudest voice of Aerosmith has always been its lead singer, Steven Tyler, until now, CBS News' Anthony Mason reports. "Sometimes when we're doing an interview together and we start to go off, I'll go, 'Steven, watch it, don't forget I'm writing this book,'" Perry said. ...
Young long-haired potheads from Boston record album. Fantastic gritty street sound of filthy dirt-encrusted distorted guitars wins heart of Prindle. Side one - mean rocker "Make It," happy fuzz rocker "Somebody," classic anthem "Dream On" and blistering urban epic "One Way Street" - out-...
"For me, it wasn't about 'letting out the kid,'" said Perry. "'Young Lust' wasn't about kids, it's about us at 40, having the same feelings we used to have, still listening to rock 'n' roll. I still have that side of me that lovesDeep Purpleand theSex Pistols ... I stil...