on Dec. 2, 2018. Foo Fighters will honor the rock band’s late drummer Taylor Hawkins with a pair of tribute concerts in September — one in London and the other in Los Angeles. The twin shows will take place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 a...
Over 34K music fans have voted on the 140+ Most Undeserving Members of the Rock Hall of Fame. Current Top 3: Linda Ronstadt, Chicago, The Doobie Brothers ...
Brian May (Queen) Brian Harold May is an English musician, singer, songwriter and astrophysicist, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi is an English guitarist, songwriter and producer. Best known as lead guitarist and...
Queen, British rock band whose fusion of heavy metal, glam rock, and camp theatrics made it one of the most popular groups of the 1970s. The band was known for the hit songs ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’‘We Are the Champions,’‘We Will Rock You,’ and ‘Ano
The Sex Pistols were a rock group who created the British punk movement of the late 1970s. With their song ‘God Save the Queen,’ they became a symbol of the United Kingdom’s social and political turmoil. Their music shook the foundations of rock music
It was precisely King who would serve as the first producer of the band and would get them their first record deal for the album From Genesis to Revelation in 1968. This album would show the influence of the psychedelic rock of the time in the compositions of the band. Beginning with ...
The Rock Band Project I write about rock n’ roll forForbes.comand am researching a book about the people who run complex touring production. I was struck by the extent and effectiveness of compassion organizing in the concert industry and would like to explore it more deeply with a community...
The band rose to fame quickly in America and was part of the British Rock Invasion of the 1960s, while their music was an original sound of rhythm and blues combined with rock and roll. By the 1970s, the band's image had begun to shift. In 1971, Britain exiled the Rolling Stones ...
Perhaps the most surprising fundraising effort, though, came from a who’s who of rock and metal legends calling themselves Rock Aid Armenia. The supergroup, which featured Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Queen’s Brian May and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi,......
Gradually I filled it in and the band added ideas. Although the song wasn't meant to be a single, Queen fan and fellow musician Michael Jackson encouraged the group to release "Another One Bites the Dust" as a single. The song went on to sell 7 million copies. Dig Deeper Behind The ...