Best Joins Beatles, Page Forms Zeppelin, Mix Is 53 And Still Likes Big Butts:...
Liverpool promoter Allan Williams auditioned Pete Best to join the house band gig in Hamburg he had arranged for The Silver Beatles today in 1960, at the Jacaranda nightclub he owned. Paul McCartney...
View ArticleAlice Cooper Talks Joe Perry’s Collapse
By Amanda Wicks Joe Perry not only scared fans when he suddenly staggered off stage in early July during a show, he scared his bandmates as well. Perry was performing with the Hollywood Vampires at...
View ArticleAlice Cooper: ‘How Can You Trust a President Who Doesn’t Play Golf?’
By Dave Pehling, CBS San Francisco Having wrapped up a tour as the frontman of the Hollywood Vampires, Alice Cooper is now back on the road touring on his own. Dave Pehling from CBS San Francisco spoke...
View ArticleDylan Loved To Turn Beatles On, California Girls On Acid, Elvis Not Shot:...
The Beatles played the last show of their second visit to the U.S. today in 1964 at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. After the show at the Delmomnico Hotel music writer Al Aronowitz who’d...
View ArticleHumble Pie Forms, AC/DC’s First Tour Without Bon, Bowie’s Covers Album: This...
The Yardbirds arrived in New York City tonight in 1966 for their first U.S. Tour with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on dual-lead guitar. Studio musician Page joined as bass player when Paul...
View ArticleThe Who’s Last Shows With Moon And The Ox, Rockers Raise $$$ For NYC After...
The musical guests on ABC TV’s Shindig! tonight in 1965 were the Dave Clark 5 and a band from Portland Oregon called The Kingsmen, who played their hit Louie Louie. Elvis Presley’s bass player Bill...
View ArticleSimon And Garfunkel’s TV Debut, Two Beatles Albums Debut, Dylan Gets Married,...
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel played ABC’s American Bandstand today in 1957, but in their first big TV appearance they were billed as “Tom and Jerry” after the cartoon. Right after Jerry Lee Lewis did...
View ArticleFloyd Bore Critic, Kinks Frontman Shot By Purse Snatcher:This Day In Classic...
The Beatles played the Litherland Town Hall in Liverpool tonight in 1961, and two members of Rory Storm and The Hurricanes who had just returned from Hamburg Germany came to watch: Ty “Johnny Guitar”...
View ArticleAlice Cooper & Deep Purple Announce North American Tour
By Radio.com Staff Alice Cooper and Deep Purple will hit the road this summer. Related: Alice Cooper: ‘How Can You Trust a President Who Doesn’t Play Golf?’ The Edgar Winter Group has been tapped as...
View ArticleDylan Hooks Up With The Band, Two “Apple Scruffs” Sing With The Beatles: This...
Bob Dylan started his first-ever “electric” tour with a full rock and roll band backing him tonight in 1966 at the Convention Center in Louisville Kentucky. He’d already whipped out a Fender...
View ArticleAlice Cooper Remembers ‘Wayne’s World’ 25 Years Later
By Hayden Wright Alice Cooper was an essential ingredient to the enduring comedy of Wayne’s World, and he sat down with Billboard to discuss the film’s 25th anniversary. He credits the film’s stature...
View ArticleBeatles Set Record Record, Mick And Keith’s First Hit, ABBA Become A Rock...
The Beatles set a new record for advance record sales today in 1964 when stores across America ordered 2,100,000 copies of their new single Can’t Buy Me Love. Two years later on their last-ever tour...
View ArticleParis Jackson: Alice Cooper is a ‘Total Bae’
By Hayden Wright Paris Jackson’s father was the King of Pop, but the budding model-actress has eyes for the Godfather of Shock Rock. On The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Jackson recalled meeting...
View ArticleBeatles Love Pot, Blackmore Quits Deep Purple: This Day In Classic Rock [Videos]
KZOK’s kind and benevolent parent company CBS Radio was first in rock and roll today in 1956 with Alan Freed’s Rock ‘N Roll Dance Party, the first nationally broadcast show to feature what many at the...
View ArticleAlice Cooper to Reunite with Original Band Members for One Show
By Abby Hassler Alice Cooper announced he will reunite with original band members Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway and Neal Smith, for one concert on his “Spend the Night with Alice Cooper” U.S. tour,...
View ArticleAlice Breaks Ribs, Allman Gets New Liver, Beatles Get New Bass Player: This...
American rockabilly guitarist Eddie Cochran was a huge influence on budding British rockers, so it was no surprise he was at #1 on their charts today in 1960 with Three Steps to Heaven. Sadly though,...
View ArticleBest Joins Beatles, Page Forms Zeppelin, Mix Is 53 And Still Likes Big Butts:...
Liverpool promoter Allan Williams auditioned Pete Best to join the house band gig in Hamburg he had arranged for The Silver Beatles today in 1960, at the Jacaranda nightclub he owned. Paul McCartney...
View ArticleDylan Loved To Turn Beatles On, California Girls On Acid, Elvis Not Shot:...
The Beatles played the last show of their second visit to the U.S. today in 1964 at the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York. After the show at the Delmomnico Hotel music writer Al Aronowitz who’d...
View ArticleAlice Cooper Reveals 2018 ‘Paranormal Evening’ Tour Dates
By Scott T. Sterling Shock-rock legend Alice Cooper is set to hit the road next year in support of his latest album, Paranormal. Related: Paris Jackson: Alice Cooper is a ‘Total Bae’ The tour kicks off...
View ArticleHumble Pie Forms, AC/DC’s First Tour Without Bon, Bowie’s Covers Album: This...
The Yardbirds arrived in New York City tonight in 1966 for their first U.S. Tour with both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page on dual-lead guitar. Studio musician Page joined as bass player when Paul...
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