Shauna Wright
Number of US Breweries Reaches 125-Year High
Beer used to be like 1970s television programming: you only had a few choices, and most of them kinda sucked. But these days, there are hundreds of channels — and a historic rise in the number of US breweries cranking out a wide variety of suds.
Alice Cooper Covers Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ at Bonnaroo
We all know Alice Cooper puts on one hell of a show, and this weekend fans were treated to two of them — a Friday night concert in Biloxi, Miss., and a Saturday night performance at the Bonnaroo festival. And at both, he trotted out a bizarre song for his final encore of the night: a cover of Lady Gaga‘s ‘Born This Way.’
Court Documents Recount ‘Embarrassing Incident’ That Preceded Boston Singer’s Suicide
Last week, we told you about a nasty lawsuit filed by Boston guitarist and leader Tom Scholz against the Boston Herald, in which Scholz says the paper implied he drove the band’s lead singer, Brad Delp, to commit suicide in 2007.
Now the Boston Globe reports documents filed in the case reveal a messier, sadder, and far more tabloid-esque story than the one that’s already been told.
Ex-Van Halen Bassist Michael Anthony Doubts Story About Cancelled Tour Dates
Like you, Van Halen‘s former bassist Michael Anthony heard David Lee Roth‘s explanation for why the band pulled 30 dates from their current tour schedule. Roth said the group “simply bit off more than we could chew,” but Anthony isn’t quite so sure.
Listen to Neil Young’s Take on ‘God Save the Queen’
Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s ‘Americana’ won’t drop until June 5th, but we’ve already heard three songs from the album. Now we have a fourth — and since the record is full of American folk standards, this one might surprise you.
‘SNL': Mick Jagger Performs Rolling Stones Songs with Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire
Mick Jagger was joined by other rock luminaries including Jeff Beck, Foo Fighters and Arcade Fire during his stint hosting the season finale of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ where the Rolling Stones frontman proved adept at not just music, but comedy and political punditry as well.
Roger Waters Talks About ‘The Wall’ and Pink Floyd on ’60 Minutes’
Roger Waters, who’s been breaking attendance records during his ‘The Wall’ tour, sat down with CBS’ ’60 Minutes’ on Sunday night to talk about the tour, leaving Pink Floyd, and how much he wishes everyone would just leave their cell phones at home already.
Black Sabbath Triumphantly Return to the Concert Stage
On Saturday night, Black Sabbath played a concert for the first time in seven years — and the 4,000 fans in attendance hung on their every note.
Vince Neil Shows the World How to Take a Fall
Vince Neil sure knows how to roll with the punches — and the falls. The Motley Crue singer did a fairly ungraceful faceplant onto the stage at his strip club, but his recovery was nothing if not laudable.
Crowd Boos Axl Rose at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
In an open letter last week, Axl Rose made himself perfectly clear: he didn’t feel “wanted or respected” by his former Guns N’ Roses bandmates, so not only would he skip the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he didn’t want to be inducted at all.
A couple names you may recognize said the decision was a mistake, and the crowd on Saturday night made their feelings known as well.
This Day in History for April 5 – Kurt Cobain Commits Suicide and More
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1792 – President George Washington casts the first presidential veto (More info)
1922 – The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated (More info)
Paul Rodgers Reveals Untold Stories of Rock
Paul Rodgers just might be the Magic 8 Ball of rock ‘n’ roll. In a recent interview, the frontman revealed how his advice to Robert Plant and Joe Walsh might’ve helped steer them to greatness, and he also came clean about the bands who tried — and failed — to recruit him.