' 'I'll give it a try.' ... For a couple weeks I thought I might be the new guitar player." Not being a singer worked against Farris, although he noted that he has "the dubious distinction of having played 'Honky Tonk Women' with Kiss, [with] me singing lead vocal. ... I di...
Founding guitaristBen Weinmanwill also play the show, as will bassistLiam Wilson, who joined the group in 2000, and drummerBilly Rymer, who joined in 2009. All three remained in the band until they split. Tickets for the performance go on sale this Friday, Dec. 15 at 10AM ET and can ...
Sammy Hagar was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen in 2007, but neither Van Halen brother or David Lee Roth showed up. Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony were there but didn't perform, with Velvet Revolver tacking a nearly unrecognizable snippet of the Hag...
RONNIE SPECTOR, iconic lead singer of the 1960s popular girl group, THE RONETTES, passed away January 12, 2022 at 78 following a battle with cancer. Although she has joined other music icons in rock and roll heaven, the hit songs of The Ronettes, including “Be MY Baby”, “Do I Love...
The video for “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield barely has a girl in it. [NOTE: I originally wrote that it does not have a girl in it, but after a reader corrected me in the comments, I made the tweak here.] Three I found who responded to my interview request although they ...
As a parting shot, Iommi and Butler shortened the singer's name to "Ronnie Dio," which he hated, in the credits toLive Evil. Dio later dismissed the LP as "a piece of shit," but the acrimonious conditions ofLive Evilbelie the fact that Black Sabbath was firing on all cylinders on th...