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Richie Sambora Exits Bon Jovi Tour, Band Cites “Personal Reasons” As Cause
Bon Jovi is currently on the road in support of the legendary hair metal band’s latest release, What About Now (which debuted at #1 on the charts a few weeks back). Longtime singer Jon Bon Jovi, drummer Tico Torres and keyboardist David Bryan are all resting comfortably aboard the Bon Jovi private jet on the band’s current leg of the tour, which made a stop in Calgary last night. However, guitarist Richie Sambora did not join his bandmates for the gig yesterday, after which the band released a statement on BonJovi.com that read as follows: “Due to personal issues, Richie Sambora will not be performing on this upcoming leg. All shows will go on as scheduled.”
Former Iron Maiden Drummer Clive Burr Dies
Metal fans arose today to the tragic news that original Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr had died from health complications due to Multiple Sclerosis. Burr was the drummer on the band’s first three albums which cemented their reputation and helped define the heavy metal genre in general and the “New Wave of British Heavy Metal” movement specifically. He was 56.
Yes Founding Guitarist Peter Banks, Dead At 65
Word spread today that Peter Banks, founding member of legendary progressive rock band Yes, died of heart failure in his London home on March 8th. He was the band’s original guitarist and appeared on their first two albums before being replaced by Steve Howe, with whom the band went on to achieve greater success. Read more…
The 51 Greatest Bon Jovi Songs
Happy 51st birthday, Jon Bon Jovi! The steel-horse-riding, six-string-slinging frontman of Bon Jovi has seen a million faces and rocked them all, but today the only number he has to worry about is blowing out 51 birthday candles. Read more…
Fleetwood Mac Talks Tumultuous Past: “We All Paid A Price For That Emotionally”
We had the nerve-wracking honor of sitting down with Fleetwood Mac recently and chatted with the iconic band about their upcoming tour and the re-issue of their album Rumours, which celebrated its 35th anniversary this week. Most interesting was the group’s willingness to discuss their torrid, rocky personal past with each other, which included break ups, make ups, affairs, drug abuse and lots of legendary songs about it all. The band says that emotions and feelings still pop up when performing together on-stage, where their songs live on even after the old feelings and feuds they detail have long-since died.
“All those feelings that you have for each other do come out on stage,” Stevie Nicks told VH1.”Because you’re telling the stories when you sing the songs, so you are in a way re-enacting what happened.” Read more…
Miley Cyrus + Tyler, The Creator And 17 More Really Weird Musical Hookups
Miley Cyrus‘s March Cosmopolitan cover story is the interview that keeps on giving. Not only did she reveal two key groups to align yourself with if you want to make it in showbiz (that would be “Brazilians and gays”) and go bra-less on newsstands nationwide, but she finally elaborated on plans for her new album. We’ve seen some Twitter communication between Miley and Odd Future‘s Tyler, the Creator–including a enthusiastic suggestion to “get fat and watch TV”–and now we have proof that this friendly banter may have been born in the booth. Says Miley:
I wrote this song with Mary J. Blige, and Tyler, The Creator heard it and said, “I am obsessed with this song, and I will guest on it if you promise me that you will keep it on the album.’”And he killed it!
While Tyler isn’t the first artist we’d guess Destiny Hope would call for studio time, but when combined with her performance of “Rebel Yell” and penchant for dropping Twitter truthbombs, we’re liking the diva more and more each day. As we wait for what will be either a head-scratcher of epic proportions or the reinvention of music (not to mention Disney star career paths) entirely, let’s look back at some of the more unexpected, and to be frank, WTF musical collaborations over the years.
Rush, Public Enemy And Donna Summer Lead The 2013 Class Of Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductees
We here at VH1 would like to extend the heartiest of congrats to this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Donna Summer, Heart, Rush, Public Enemy, Albert King, Randy Newman. Additionally, Lou Adler and Quincy Jones will both receive the Ahmet Ertegun Award for non-performers.
This year’s class includes an eclectic mix — a disco diva, lady rockers, prog-rock legends, hip-hop pioneers, a guitar hero and, um, Randy Newman (none like him!) among them — and they make for worthy bunch, to be sure. We’re particularly thrilled to see that first time nominees Public Enemy and Rush, as well as VH1 Divas honoree Donna Summer and our favorite female rockers, have made the cut. But we have to ask, what about those who were passed over?
VH1 Classic Airs Rare Doors Concert To Celebrate Jim Morrison’s Birthday
Spend this Saturday, December 8th with VH1 Classic celebrating the music of legendary classic rock band The Doors and the birthday of their greatly-missed and iconic lead singer Jim Morrison‘s birthday. The channel will be featuring an all-day marathon of programming dedicated to the group whose music shaped the 1960’s and still influences music today. It’s all a lead-up to the airing of the never-before-seen concert film, The Doors: Live at the Bowl, which premieres that night at 8 pm ET/PT.
Beginning at 11 am ET/PT and running throughout the day until 1 am ET/PT you can see the following Doors programming:
- 11am & 6pm: Classic Albums: The Doors “The Doors” – The story of making the band’s historic first album.
- 12pm & 4:30pm: Soundstage Performances - Live performances and archival interview footage from 1967-1969.
- 1:30pm & 7pm: No One Here Gets Out Alive - The Doors’ tribute to Jim Morrison featuring performance footage and interviews with the band.
- 8pm: The Doors: Live At The Bowl - The never-before-seen live concert filmed at the Hollywood Bowl in 1968.
- 2:30pm & 9:30pm: The Doors – Oliver Stone’s 1991 film featuring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison.
WE GOT POWER! Author Dave Markey Discusses His Book Focused On The ’80s LA Hardcore Punk Explosion
- Front cover of WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California.
The hardcore punk scene of the 1980s was a hands-on sub-culture, ignored for the most part by the mainstream music press and recording industry. It existed in its own world, one created and shaped by the bands and their fans and documented by fanzines and independent record labels. Early ‘80s fanzine We Got Power, run by post-adolescent punk rockers David Markey and Jordan Schwartz, dispatched reports from the front-lines of the huge and thriving Los Angeles scene to hardcore kids nationwide. Almost 30 years after their last issue went to press, Bazillion Points Books has released WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes From 1980s Southern California. Not just a reprint of the fanzine’s original 6 issues —though they’re in there too— the book contains nearly 400 photographs that chronicle the early ’80s LA scene with firsthand accounts from some of its biggest luminaries including Henry Rollins of Black Flag and member of Suicidal Tendencies and the Circle Jerks. We spoke to Markey —also known for his movie 1991: The Year Punk Broke, which captured the moment when hardcore-informed alternative rock went mainstream— recently about the book, the zine and the era. Read more…
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