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• Creed’s Human Clay Album Will Be Re-issued on Vinyl for 20th Anniversary

  

  Creed’s watershed Human Clay album is celebrating its 20th anniversary; the album, one of the best selling alternative rock albums of all time, will be re-issued as a two-LP set on October 11th. The anniversary release marks the first availability of the album on vinyl since a limited pressing in 1999. Creed’s sophomore album debuted … Continue reading Creed’s Human Clay Album Will Be Re-issued on Vinyl for 20th Anniversary →

• Eddie Money Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis

  

  Eddie Money has revealed that he is battling stage 4 esophageal cancer. The singer discussed the diagnosis in a new clip from his AXS reality TV show, Real Money. “I thought I was just going in to get a check-up, and he told me that I’ve got cancer,” said Money. “When we found out that … Continue reading Eddie Money Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis →

• Canned Heat Bassist Larry Taylor Dead at 77

  

  Larry Taylor, best known as the bassist for Canned Heat and for his recording work with The Monkees, has died at the age of 77. The news was confirmed by Skip Taylor, manager for Canned Heat, who reports that Taylor died at his home in Lake Balboa, California on Monday, after a 12-year battle with … Continue reading Canned Heat Bassist Larry Taylor Dead at 77 →

• Watch Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Perform “Shadow Life” from their New Concert Film

  

  Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators will release their new concert film, Living the Dream, next month. Watch “Shadow Life” from the film in the player below. Living the Dream captures the band’s incendiary performance in front of a sold-out crowd at London’s legendary Hammersmith Apollo during the band’s 2019 tour of the same … Continue reading Watch Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Perform “Shadow Life” from their New Concert Film →

• Bruce Springsteen Makes Directorial Debut with ‘Western Stars’ Doc

  

  Bruce Springsteen can claim a lot of titles – Grammy Winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, philanthropist, children’s author – and now he adds “director” to that list with the upcoming release of a new film adaptation of his latest solo album, Western Stars. Co-directed by Springsteen and Thom Zimny (Springsteen on Broadway, Hunter … Continue reading Bruce Springsteen Makes Directorial Debut with ‘Western Stars’ Doc →

• Listen: Joe Elliot’s Down ’n’ Outz Announce New Studio Album, Release New Single

  

  Down ‘n’ Outz, the project headed up by Def Leppard frontman and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joe Elliott, are set to release their third studio album, This Is How We Roll, on October 11. Today the band released the first single and title track. Hear it now in the player below. Unlike the band’s previous album, This Is How We … Continue reading Listen: Joe Elliot’s Down ’n’ Outz Announce New Studio Album, Release New Single →

• Megaforce Records Founder Jonny Z to Release Tell-All Book

  

  Jon Zazula (known as Jonny Z), founder of the legendary heavy metal record label Megaforce Records, will release a tell-all book this fall. Entitled Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness., Zazula describes the book as “not a typical rock n’ roll book, but rather, a blue collar success story”. Heavy Tales is due … Continue reading Megaforce Records Founder Jonny Z to Release Tell-All Book →

• Watch Paul Simon and Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Perform First-Ever Duet

  

  More than 50 years since the two music legends first met and became friends, Paul Simon and Bob Weir have finally performed their first duet together. Simon was playing the Outside Lands Music Festival in San Francisco Sunday night when he invited the Grateful Dead guitarist to join him on stage. According to Simon, the … Continue reading Watch Paul Simon and Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir Perform First-Ever Duet →