William Broad’s stage name was born in the punk era, when he was fronting Generation X. Everyone else was coming up with names like Johnny Rotten and Rat Scabies, but Billy decided to put the “pun” into “punk,” intending Idol to be a play on “idle” as well as being an ironi...
"We were in Studio B at the old Record Plant, and there was a grand piano in the studio. I always like to just tinker on something, whether it's acoustic guitar or piano. I never took a piano lesson so I don't really know how to play the piano; I just know how to play the ...
I mean, you never do anything half-assed. Right out of the gate, we did a mockumentary about Fozzy that was onMTVthat ran, I don’t know, 20 times.Ozzy [Osbourne]andZakk Wyldeand those guys, when they were on tour, loved watching it. So we always kind of had some mainstream acce...
was magnificent. I couldn’t believe it. I flew down there and I’d never been there before. It was in the old days - Music Row was actually Music Row. We went to his studio, which I think it’s the same studio where they cutHarvest. He put a great band together and it was a...
The 45-year old musician was heading to a marina south of Los Angeles, where he and girlfriend Yvonne Mayotte hoped to spend the winter. Longtime friend Bill Ellis, who had been Smith’s roadie in Loverboy through the ‘80s, was also on board -- and the trio planned an additional ...
Then, we got in the studio and [eventually] we toured America with Herman’s Hermits. We were doing [things like] “My Generation.” We were a punk band with a bubble gum band. [Laughs] I mean, it was an extraordinary tour. These 12 year old girls coming to see Herman’s Hermits...
was magnificent. I couldn’t believe it. I flew down there and I’d never been there before. It was in the old days - Music Row was actually Music Row. We went to his studio, which I think it’s the same studio where they cutHarvest. He put a great band together and it was a...
"Overall, I think that it proves that there was a great loving spirit in the Beatles that entered into the music and everything we did," concludes the Beatle. "That for me was more than a relief to see it. It was great, it was very emotional and very lovely to see John and George...
From Bong Joon Ho’s 'Memories of Murder' to Lee Sang-yong’s 'The Roundup,' action crime thrillers continue to be a creative and commercial force at the country’s multiplexes.
Sir Richard Branson is the flamboyantentrepreneurand founder of Virgin Group, a multinationalconglomeratefrom which he derives his vast fortune. As of October 2024, the 74-year-old'snet worthstood at an estimated $2.7 billion, according to Forbes.1 Branson established Virgin Group in 1970 as a ...