1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (505+ words) George Harrison was so keen on gardening that his son once thought he was a gardener not a rock legend. Friar Park in Henley, the former home of the Beatles star, is said to have inspired his first solo album…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (969+ words) Cheetah Chrome fell backwards. He kept playing. It was July 1975, and Rocket from the Tombs were opening for Television at Cleveland’s Piccadilly club. As the band launched into “Sonic Reducer”, the guitarist landed on his back and carried on. In…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (160+ words) Paul Gray has spent decades holding down the low end for The Damned alongside Captain Sensible, Dave Vanian and Rat Scabies, and fifty years on he still isn’t ready to call it history. Ahead of the band’s ongoing touring, Gray…...

2+ hour, 56+ min ago   (226+ words) A rock tribute band is bringing the sounds of Deep Purple and Rainbow to life on the Hexham stage. Blackmore’s Blood, a tribute to the legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, will perform at the Queen’s Hall in Hexham on Friday, September…...

3+ hour, 55+ min ago   (224+ words) Eugene Richard O’Connor, better known as Cheetah Chrome, the guitarist of influential American punk rock band Dead Boys, has died at the age of 71. Dead Boys confirmed the musician’s death in a post on Instagram on September 13, describing Chrome as…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (1801+ words) Sex, strops and strippers – how a bunch of feral LA rockers became The World’s Most Dangerous Band ”I watch MTV and it’s hard not to throw shit at the TV set because it’s so fucking boring. Even the bands around…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (214+ words) Finnish progressive metal band Amorphis has shared the following “quick update” regarding their forthcoming shows from bassist Olli-Pekka Laine: “Due to personal reasons, I will be stepping aside from touring duties for the remainder of the year. The low end…...

4+ hour, 26+ min ago   (417+ words) While the early works of Genesis were nothing to write home about, even by their own admission, it didn’t take the band long to fall into their groove and establish something of a strong identity for themselves. It was clear…...

9+ hour, 10+ min ago   (12+ words) The Cyrkle: The Music, The Stories and The Beatles The Mountain Press...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (287+ words) doyouremember.com Eric Clapton opened his short U.S tour with a set full of familiar favorites, deep cuts, and one especially surprising throwback 6 concert at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the 81-year-old guitarist reached back more than five decades and…...