November 24, 1984 – Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe marries for the first time, to model Elaine Starchuk (AKA Candice).  They divorce the following year. November 24, 1972 – The music TV show In Concert debuts with Alice Cooper, Bo Diddley and Seals and Crofts. November 24, 2007 – Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea loses his $4.8 million home in a wildfire that sweeps through Malibu.  He … Continue reading CDJ Today: November 24 in Classic Rock →

November 23, 1981 – AC/DC release their eighth studio album For Those About to Rock which goes on to sell four million copies in the U.S. November 23, 1991 – Freddie Mercury of Queen issues a press release confirming that he has AIDS, which he has previously denied.  He dies the next day. November 23, 2008 – Guns N’ Roses … Continue reading CDJ Today: November 23 in Classic Rock →

A classic rock themed Halloween costume is… well, a classic. But a boring, off-the-shelf, out-of-the-box costume is no way to impress. Dig through your closets or make a quick stop at a thrift store and I bet you can pull together any of these classic rock costume ideas with just a few bucks and not … Continue reading 10 Best Classic Rock Halloween Costumes and How to Pull Them Off →

September 5, 1976 – Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington is injured in a car crash in Jacksonville, FL after he falls asleep at the wheel while under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The accident inspires Ronnie Van Zant to write “That Smell” with the lyrics, “Whiskey bottles and brand new cars, oak tree you’re in my … Continue reading CDJ Today: September 5 in Classic Rock →

April 20, 1971 – Five friends at San Rafael High School in California coin the term “4:20” as a euphemism for smoking pot so they could talk about their “activity” in front of their parents. April 20th becomes a popular day to spark one up, as does 4:20 pm… every day. April 20, 2011 – K.K. Downing, guitarist … Continue reading CDJ Today: April 20 in Classic Rock →

Freddie Mercury, iconic lead singer of Queen and arguably one of the best rock singers of all time, would have turned 75 on September 5, 2021.  Diagnosed with AIDS in 1987, Mercury kept his declining health a secret until the day before his death on November 24, 1991. Born in Zanzibar, which was a British … Continue reading 8 Great Things You Might Not Know About Freddie Mercury →

Queen have released a brand new animated video for their hit 1984 holiday single “Thank God It’s Christmas.” A rare songwriting collaboration between Brian May and Roger Taylor, the song was released as a non-album single in November 1984, spending six weeks on the UK charts that holiday season. It enjoyed a second wave of … Continue reading Watch Queen’s New Animated Video for “Thank God It’s Christmas” →

Earlier this year Queen put out a call to fans asking them to help create new music videos for the band’s iconic songs “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” and “A Kind of Magic” and the results are, well, kind of magic. More than 10,000 fans from over 120 countries responded, submitting their own unique … Continue reading Watch: Queen Shares Three New Fan-Created Music Videos →

Drummer Roger Taylor has fired back at critics of the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, stating that much of the flak he and guitarist Brian May have received is because they are “too f*cking popular, and a lot of the media just hate that.” “But f*ck you, actually,” adds the Rock and Roll Hall of … Continue reading Roger Taylor Doesn’t Care If You Didn’t Like the Queen Biopic →

In celebration of what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 73rd birthday, Universal Music Group has released a new animated music video for Mercury’s “Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow”. The video, which supports the work of The Mercury Phoenix Trust, depicts a short story about the power of love while bringing awareness to the global … Continue reading Watch the New Animated Video for Freddie Mercury’s ‘Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow’ →

Late last week Universal music dropped a video for a previously unreleased Freddie Mercury track, “Time Waits for No One.” The song, which features Mercury’s stunning voice backed only by a piano, was recorded in April of 1986.  The track was recorded for the concept album of the musical “Time,” with songwriter/ producer Dave Clark … Continue reading Hear the Previously Unreleased Freddie Mercury Track, “Time Waits for No One” →

Universal Music Group announced that “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the iconic single by Queen, has officially became the world’s most-streamed song from the 20th Century, as well as the most-streamed Classic Rock song of all time. On December 10th, the original song and official video for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” from the group’s epic 1975 album “A Night at … Continue reading Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” Is the Most-Streamed Song from the 20th Century →