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Michael Jackson's estate and Sony Music Entertainment have signed the biggest record deal in the history of music, said to be worth up to $250 million or more. The deal...
Posted on March 16, 2010 3:26 PM
Amazingly, the shortest single ever released to become a charts hit single was "Ladies Bras", a 36 second long hit in the UK by Johny Trunk And Wisbey that hit...
Posted on March 14, 2010 4:10 PM
Tough girl rock pioneer, Joan Jett, revealed an interesting tidbit on Jay Leno's TONIGHT SHOW last night. She's actually "scared" of motorcycles. She claimed you could get hurt from "one...
Posted on March 10, 2010 2:30 PM
A newly remastered version of EXILE ON MAIN STREET by The Rolling Stones is due out May 10 with at least 10 additional bonus tracks and deluxe packaging. While the...
Posted on March 5, 2010 3:40 AM
For 62 year old General Larry Pratt, his "Andy Warhol 15 minutes of fame" appears to be quickly ending. Last week, his newly recorded version of "Pants On The Ground"...
Posted on February 25, 2010 3:53 PM
If you're a major league fan of The Who with an extra $129.59 burning a hole in your pocket, then you just can't live without getting the definitive version of...
Posted on February 23, 2010 3:05 PM
Pop singer Huey Lewis was apparently not invited to join in on latest version of "We Are The World". So, he decided to take matters into his own hands and...
Posted on February 20, 2010 3:48 PM
Of course, The Doors once had some mega-hits such as "Light My Fire", "Hello, I Love You" and "Touch Me" as well as moderately big sellers such as "Riders On...
Posted on February 16, 2010 3:57 PM
Doug Fieger, the lead singer of the highly successful power pop and new wave group, The Knack, has passed away from lung and brain cancer at the age of 57....
Posted on February 15, 2010 3:52 PM
Between late 1969 into 1970, Norman Greenbaum's, "Spirit In The Sky" became a mega-hit selling over two million copies. It also became one of the best loved 1970's electric-hippie rock...
Posted on February 14, 2010 5:59 PM
The Black Eyed Peas achieved an amazing feat on this week's BILLBOARD TOP 100 chart by coming in with two top ten songs. "Imma Be" charted at #2, while "I...
Posted on February 14, 2010 3:57 PM
Big news for fans of the ultra-hypnotic guitar stylings of Carlos Santana is the release of the newly expanded 2cd set version of his fantastic album SUPERNATURAL. The new set...
Posted on February 12, 2010 6:19 PM
Years after the deaths of both superstar front-man singer/songwriter/guitarist Marc Bolan and bongo player/percussionist, Mickey Finn, A Celebration Of Marc & Mickey-T.Rex, continues to tour Europe with new show dates...
Posted on February 12, 2010 4:46 PM
The legendary UK rock act will rock the Super Bowl today, doing a 12 minute medley of their greatest hits. The band seems like a good fit for CBS, which...
Posted on February 7, 2010 5:18 PM
One of the greatest UK psychedelic era albums of all time, THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN, will be rereleased on an expanded 2 cd set on March 23. This...
Posted on February 6, 2010 3:39 PM
One of the most outrageous heavy metal acts is one you've probably never heard of. Yet , Thor, from Vancouver, British Columbia, has been hard rocking for decades. The band's...
Posted on February 3, 2010 4:29 PM
Rob Zombie is back! After spending much time working on horror movie projects such as HALLOWEEN 2, and wrangling around with recording contracts after spending 18 years with Geffen Records,...
Posted on February 2, 2010 5:24 PM
Unbelievably, the personal feud between Axl Rose and Slash has become so toxic that the band now uses security guards at concert performances to enforce a clothing ban on t-shirts...
Posted on January 24, 2010 5:02 PM
The outrageous "Pants On The Ground" song first introduced on AMERICAN IDOL by 62 year old Atlanta singer, General Larry Pratt, may be a biggest hit not currently on a...
Posted on January 22, 2010 2:44 PM
After guitar legend and founding Guess Who member, Randy Bachman, left the band, a new line-up of musicians including guitarist Kurt Winter replaced him and brought in some fresh and...
Posted on January 12, 2010 3:01 PM
German-born rock singer John Kay is celebrating more than 40 years as the front-man for Steppenwolf with a concert date set for later this month in New Mexico as well...
Posted on January 2, 2010 4:53 PM
American anarchist-punk musician, Jello Biafra, has decided to take on President Obama with his latest album of far-left anti-government and anti-authority songs. The former Dead Kennedys front-man's new album has...
Posted on November 27, 2009 3:50 PM
Tired of the same old Christmas song shlock every year? Well, with Christmas season just about here, there are a few really great funny Christmas albums that really stand out...
Posted on November 26, 2009 4:46 PM
Hey you headbangers! Yeah, you! Remember Judas Priest, those heavy metal guys from the UK. Well, blond haired front-man Rob Halford always made a striking presence in his black leather-clad...
Posted on November 13, 2009 2:18 PM
As part of the legal agreement to perform a concert show in addition to their pay, some music artists make some rather interesting, unusual, and sometimes curious demands. Here's a...
Posted on October 30, 2009 3:57 PM
Hey kids, the long search for the 1980's soft rock group, Air Supply, is over. They've been found alive and well and touring in Doha, Qatar of all places. Actually,...
Posted on October 16, 2009 1:57 PM
Dickie Peterson has died at the age of 61 from liver cancer. Peterson was the founder of Blue Cheer, the late 60's pioneering band of loud and heavy music that...
Posted on October 13, 2009 3:31 PM
As you might know, I created something of a controversy here with some John Fogerty fans over my scathing album review of his very disappointing new BLUE RIDGE RANGERS RIDES...
Posted on October 7, 2009 3:44 PM
One excellent overlooked cd gem out there is PITY PARTY by Mas Rapido!. This group led by very talented singer/songwriter Frank Bednash often reminds you of groups like Badfinger, Big...
Posted on October 5, 2009 2:42 PM
With CCR, guitar rock legend John Fogerty made some of the greatest classic rock songs of all time. But then came that fairly awful last CCR album, MARDI GRAS, where...
Posted on October 3, 2009 4:40 PM
Popular blond folksinger Mary Travers who sang with Peter, Paul & Mary and had many huge hits such as "Puff The Magic Dragon" which hit #2 on the pop charts,...
Posted on September 18, 2009 4:42 PM
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The Politico, anxious to write tomorrow's Republican obituary today, indulges itself in some magical thinking that may be a preview of the official ObamaApologism that frames the 2010 midterms. In...
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Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the U.N., is pushing for a peace agreement between the Palestinians and Israel. "Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Mr. Ban said that agreement...
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The Washington Post has the report: Democrats edged closer to finding 216 lawmakers to back a landmark health-care bill Saturday, as party leaders and White House officials were working on...
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"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive." Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto 6 From the very beginning, we've known that ObamaCare has been...
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A little while ago, on one of the blogs I read regularly, I came across a rather interesting article. The author, a proud resident of Texas (but I repeat myself),...
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