Listen to Alex Lifeson’s New Envy of None Song, ‘Liar’

Peter Frampton became an overnight sensation with the release of 1976's Frampton Comes Alive! But when the young rocker hit the studio to record its follow-up, I'm in You, he had nowhere to go but down. After establishing himself in the psychedelic pop-rock band the Herd and blues-rock supergroup Humble...

AC/DC were on top of the world — and the charts — when they decided to clean house for the raw, back-to-basics Flick of the Switch. But in the process of purging, they seemed to forget the winning formula that turned them into rock 'n' roll superstars, resulting in their lowest-selling and worst-reviewed album in years.

Los Angeles rockers Classless Act — who will open for Motley Crue, Def Leppard, Poison and Joan Jett on their summer 2022 tour — recruited Vince Neil for their new song, also titled "Classless Act." The Motley Crue singer appears at the 1:30 mark, snarling a vocal amid...

Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain are among the most celebrated singers in rock history, but the two icons had a heated feud that lasted for years. As the frontman of Guns N’ Roses, Rose was on top of the world as the ‘90s dawned. The band’s first album, Appetite for Destruction (from 1987), ranks among the best-selling LPs of all time, and 1988's follow-up EP, G N' R Lies, went five-time platinum. But while Rose was held high as the poster child for the Sunset Strip music scene, another sound was fermenting in the Pacific Northwest.

Journey have released “Let It Rain,” the latest track from their upcoming album Freedom. Though the band is most associated with their arena rock anthems, they switch up their style on the new song. “Let It Rain” is a heavy-handed rocker, boasting a powerful swagger from the opening note.

RAY Liotta, the brilliant actor who made his name in Martin Scorsese's crime classic Goodfellas, has passed away. The star died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming Dangerous Waters, according to Deadline. There were no signs of foul play or anything suspicious about the death,...

June will be marked by a massive series of new records by Tedeschi Trucks Band and some equally massive reissue packages from Elton John and the Beach Boys. The first-ever compilation of solo material from Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie includes two previously unreleased tracks and a new orchestral rendition of her Rumours ballad "Songbird." Kiss also continue their official concert bootleg series with Live at Donington 1996.

When Alan White was a fledgling teen drummer in England, some relatives told him that "one day you'll be playing with the Beatles." He laughed, according to memory. But then their remark became prophetic. White -- the longtime Yes drummer who died Thursday at home in Seattle at the age...

Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott said he’s managed to keep control of his fame over the years because of his low-wage upbringing. When the band hit the big time in the ‘80s, it achieved sales figures that many other groups never managed. In particular, Def Leppard were one of just a handful of artists who've sold more than 10 million copies of more than one album in the U.S.: 1983’s Pyromania (10.2 million with global sales totaling 12 million) and 1987’s Hysteria (12.5 million, global total 25 million).

Queen returned to recording in the summer of 1976 as international superstars, thanks to the huge hit "Bohemian Rhapsody." A Night at the Opera had also just topped the U.K. charts, becoming Queen's first album to be platinum-certified in the U.S. These new heights gave them some pause when it came time to write new material for the subsequent A Day at the Races.

Classic rock fans are at the top of a list, but it's one they’re likely not excited to lead. According to a recent study by FinanceBuzz, classic rock is the most expensive genre of music to see live. The study looked at concert industry data for 800 of the...

A new biopic about '70s music executive and Casablanca Records founder Neil Bogart is nearing completion. Spinning Gold, which is directed by his son Tim Bogart, will be screened to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival market this week. In a new clip premiered by Variety, Bogart, played by...

When the final episode of Mork & Mindy aired on May 27, 1982, it brought to an end the unpredictable journey that helped to make Robin Williams a household name. The character Mork first appeared on Happy Days four years before in an episode titled "My Favorite Orkan." The unusual idea to bring a space alien into the world of Fonzie, Richie and their friends came from Garry Marshall’s son.

Is "Owner of a Lonely Heart" heavy? Depends on how liberal you are with that term. Yes’ lone No. 1 hit, which introduced the revamped band to a decidedly non-prog audience back in 1983, is pure hard rock in its power chord riff: distorted and direct. But what about the gently cascading chorus and jolting drum samples?

Former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick looks back at Revenge, his penultimate studio album with the band, in a new video commemorating the LP's 30th anniversary. Released on May 19, 1992, Revenge marked a return to the gritty, hard-rock sound of Kiss' heyday after several unsuccessful dalliances with pop metal in the '80s. It saw the return of Destroyer (and Music From "The Elder") producer Bob Ezrin and marked the debut of drummer Eric Singer, following Eric Carr's death from heart cancer in November 1991.

Joe Elliott looked back at Def Leppard’s 21st-century struggles, saying they’d endured a 15-year “losing battle” before finding a new level of success. He admitted some of their output since 2000 hasn’t lived up to expectations but that they survived the period because they refused to stop trying.

On May 20, 1997, Foo Fighters released The Colour and the Shape, an album that would establish them as a real band, rather than just Dave Grohl's pet solo project. Getting to that point was a process. The Colour and the Shape first started coming together in the fall of 1996. The band - made up of Grohl, guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith - began fleshing out song ideas it had practiced during sound checks on their previous tour. Gil Norton, best known for his work with Pixies, was enlisted to produce.

“No Surprises” was the first song Radiohead wrote for OK Computer. Back in 1995, when Radiohead were promoting The Bends by opening a slew of dates for R.E.M.’s Monster tour, Thom Yorke debuted a new tune for his bandmates, as well as the members of R.E.M. Although the song had some different lyrics and was titled “No Surprises Please” (after its final line), the basic ideas were there.

On a couple of OK Computer’s tracks, Radiohead were trying to emulate songs on the White Album, drawing inspiration from the Beatles. But on "Climbing Up the Walls,” the band wanted to fly in the opposite direction of the Fab Four. Specifically, Radiohead were trying to avoid the...

Pearl Jam gave fans a blast from the past last night at their concert in Fresno, Calif., when they brought up a guest musician: the band's original drummer, Dave Krusen. With Pearl Jam's current drummer, Matt Cameron, off the road after testing positive for COVID-19, Krusen appeared behind the kit for several songs.