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Birthdays This Week
June 8:
Alex Band (The Calling) (1981)
Nicci Gilbert (Brownstone) (1970)
Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) (1962)
Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) (1960)
Bonnie Tyler (1953)
Boz Scaggs (1944)
Chuck Negron (Three Dog Knight)
(1942)
Nancy Sinatra (1940)
June 9:
Dean Felber (Hootie & The
Blowfish) (1967)
Dean Dinning (Toad The Wet Sprocket)
(1967)
Jon Lord (Deep Purple) (1941)
June 10:
Faith Evans (1973)
Lemisha Grinsted (702) (1973)
Jo-Jo (K-Ci & JoJo) (1971)
Dan Lavery (Tonic) (1969)
Jimmy Chamberlain (Smashing
Pumpkins) (1967)
Maxi Priest (1961)
Shirley Alston (The Shirelles)
(1941)
June 11:
Dan Lavery (Tonic) (1969)
Joey Santiago (The Pixies)
(1965)
Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders)
(1961)
Donnie Van Zandt (38 Special)
(1952)
Frank Beard (ZZ Top) (1949)
June 12:
Robyn (1979)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (1977)
Bardi Martin (Candlebox) (1969)
Grandmaster Dee (Whodini) (1962)
Michael Hausman ('til tuesday)
(1960)
John Linnell (They Might Be
Giants) (1959)
Brad Delp (Boston) (1951) Died March 9, 2007
Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick)
(1951)
June 13:
Raz B (B2K) (1985)
Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) (1970)
Soren Rasted (Aqua) (1969)
Paul DeLisle (Smash Mouth)
(1963)
Dennis Locoriere (Dr. Hook)
(1949)
June 14:
Billie Myers (1971)
Chris DeGarmo (Queensryche)
(1963)
Boy George (Culture Club) (1961)
Alan White (Yes) (1949)
Rod Argent (The Zombies) (1945)
June 15:
Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant
Farm) (1976)
Ice Cube (1969)
Scott Rockenfield (Queensryche)
(1963)
Steve Walsh (Kansas) (1952)
Garry Roberts (Boomtown Rats)
(1954)
James Smith (The Stylistics)
(1950)
Russell Hitchcock (Air Supply)
(1949)
Ian Matthews (1946)
June 16:
Gino Vanelli (1952)
Edward Levert (The O'Jays)
(1942)
June 17:
Kevin Thornton (Color Me Badd)
(1969)
Paul Young (1956)
Barry Manilow (1946)
June 18:
Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
(1971)
Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses)
(1963)
Alison Moyet (1961)
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
(1957)
Paul McCartney (1942)
June 19:
Brian Welch (Korn) (1969)
Brian Vander Ark (The Verve
Pipe) (1964)
Paula Abdul (1962)
Ann Wilson (Heart) (1950)
June 20:
Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson)
(1972)
Murphy Karges (Sugar Ray) (1968)
John Taylor (Duran Duran) (1960)
Michael Anthony (Van Halen)
(1955)
Cyndi Lauper (1953)
Lionel Richie (1949)
Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
(1942)
Gene Simmons Accused of Sexual Assault
 May 28, 2010 – How could a meeting between a make-up artist and Kiss’ Gene Simmons go so wrong? Well according to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday the guitarist wanted more from her than she was willing to give and it didn’t involve make-up. More
Bret Michaels Didn’t Tell His Doc About American Idol
 May 28, 2010 – Didn’t Bret Michaels look healthy on American Idol on Wednesday night? There is a chance he wasn’t. More
Don’t Let Elton Cook You Dinner
 May 27, 2010 - File this under “You can’t be good at everything.” Elton John was arguably the biggest solo musician in the world in the seventies and he was easily in the top 10 in the eighties but it seems he was too busy conquering the world to learn to cook. More
Reformed Faces Set for Vintage at Goodwood Without Stewart
 May 27, 2010 – The good news is the Faces are back together but the not-so-fine print says Rod Stewart will not be in the mix. More
Only 2% Separated Final Two On Low-Rated American Idol Finale
 May 28, 2010 – “What-eva” seems to be what many are saying about Wednesday’s American Idol finale. While 24.2 million viewers checked out Simon Cowell’s swan song it was the show’s lowest rated finale since season one which could spell trouble for winner Lee DeWyze. More
Paul McCartney’s Daughter Controls his Touring
 May 27, 2010 – It sure sounds like Paul McCartney is a responsible dad. The former Beatle say he never tours when it’s his turn to look after his daughter Beatrice – his child with ex-wife Heather Mills. More
Slash Yawns at New Rock Scene
 May 27, 2010 – Slash says he’s not holding his breath for the next big thing in Rock. In fact the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is disappointed in the current Rock scene. More
Jones Experimenting With Summer Festivals
 May 18, 2010 – Norah Jones says she hasn’t done too many festivals in the past because her music was too “intimate and quiet.” More
Phil Collins, Huge Alamo Fan
 May 11, 2010 – The name Phil Collins reminds us of countless hits, huge arena tours and complicated drumming. How about the Alamo? More
Sting Says Legalize Marijuana
 April 5, 2010 – Sting seems to be fed up with our paradigms around pot! The singer says we, as a society, spend too much time putting marijuana users in jail when legalizing the substance could feed the hungry of the world. More
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Michael Anthony Calls Eddie Van Halen “A Bitter Man”
 June 10, 2009 – When Eddie Van Halen told Rolling Stone magazine that Michael Anthony was “not fired, he quit.” You knew it was not the last of this cat-fight. Anthony just fought back while talking to Classic Rock Revisited.
“I am so far past that… I wish that he would be too. Unfortunately, he is a bitter guy. At my age, at this point in my life, I don't want to be bitter. I want to hang around positive people, and I could not find three more positive guys than the guys I am playing with now. Why keep rehashing the past? They were asking Eddie questions that had nothing to do with that. They said, "Have you heard Chickenfoot?" And he goes, "Yeah, but by the way, Michael Anthony wasn't fired; he quit." It had nothing to do with anything. I never quit the band. At one point, I was forced to make a decision to sit on my hands, at home, and do nothing for a number of years, or go out and play some shows on a tour with Sammy and Dave [Lee Roth]. What would you do? I felt that I was doing those guys a service by going out and flying the Van Halen flag and letting people know that Van Halen is still here. My last name is not "Van Halen." People tend to forget you. I didn't want people to go, "That is that guy that used to play in Van Halen. What's his name again?" The fans wanted to hear that music.”
More from Michael Anthony - “I was kind of forced into a situation like that. I never quit the band. When we did the 2004 reunion, Eddie didn't even want me to be a part of that because he was so torqued up that I was buddies with Sammy. Why can't I be buddies with Sammy and still play with Van Halen? With those guys, it was a cut-and-dried situation. You are in or you are out. You are with us or you are not. He still keeps bringing this stuff up. I talked to Joe Bosso [of MusicRadar.com] yesterday about it, because Rolling Stone was on his back for a response. I wanted the fans to know that I never left the band. For whatever happened, I am not a bitter person about it. I loved Van Halen; I loved everything we did. Hell, I was one of the only two guys who showed up for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. I love the legacy of the band but I am moving on. I am in a great place with Chickenfoot. Ed needs to do that too. [Eddie says he's] got a studio right there at [his] house, and [he says] that [he has] a million songs written. Well, go ahead and record some, and go out and have fun. Let's look back fondly at Van Halen and what it was. How was that? I am not a guy who gets mad. A lot of people are looking at my response and going, "Oh my God, Mike grew a set of balls." I didn't grow a set of balls. I just got tired of rehashing this shit. I am tired of it. I would always skate around the subject, but this is the way it is. I have gotten on with it and they need to get on with it too."
Read the whole interview here - by John Beaudin |
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Eddie Calls Michael Anthony a Liar: “I’m Not the Bad Guy Here”
 June 3, 2009 – We’ve all seen this on TV, Boss tells employee, You’re Fired” to which employee responds, “I’m not fired, I quit.” Maybe the guys in Van Halen are working on a comedy sketch cause I don’t know what the hell is going on between former bassist Michael Anthony and Eddie Van Halen. Last week Anthony said he was fired but this week Van Halen tells Rolling Stone magazine that Anthony actually quit the band.
When talking about Anthony and Sammy Hagar’s new band Chickenfoot he said, "I wish them well. The funny thing is that everyone who quits the band always claims they got fired by me. Hey, I'm not the bad guy here. When Hagar left the band, Mike went with him. Then when we get back together with Dave, and all of a sudden, he wants back in. It's like, 'No, dude, you quit the band.' So my son became the bass player. But we didn't give Mike the boot to have my son play. He was around. We didn't have a bass player. 'Hey Wolfie, you want to play?'" More |
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Chickenfoot Bassist Michael Anthony Comes Clean on Van Halen Split
May 28, 2009 – Michael Anthony of the new supergroup Chickenfoot says his motto is “Never Say Never” even when it comes to a possible reunion with Van Halen. He said, “If the situation arose and it was all on the up an’ up across the board and right, then I would love to do something like that again, to play with those guys again. I’m sure Sammy would.”
Anthony says his exit from Van Halen, which wasn’t his idea, hasn’t consumed his life, “Some people want to go through life being bitter and everything. At my age at this point in my career, I want to have fun. You never know how long you’ve got in this business, so why waste time doing that? It was very disappointing. It started out in 2004 when we did that tour. For whatever reason, the brothers - Eddie in particular - was upset that I was playing with Sammy again. Van Halen wasn’t doing anything. And I didn’t think I was doing anything to tarnish the band’s name, or career or anything. I just wanted to go out and jam a few of these songs - Sammy wanted me to come out and have some fun and the fans wanted to hear it. They were having a great time. So I figured ‘Hey, what the heck.’”
Anthony actually found out he was out of the band through the press, He adds, “The one thing that hurt me more than anything else was that they launched their new website as they announced the tour, and I looked on the website and they had on the side of the screen on their home-page, all the early Van Halen records and on a couple, they actually took my image off the record. On the first record, if you look very close, he put an image of his son on there. And that’s the one thing that actually hurt me, that they - whoever it was, because I’m not pointing any fingers, but I think I know who is behind it - would want to erase me from the history of the band.” – by Kari Graham |
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Chickenfoot Gets Shutdown by Seattle Fire Department
 May 15, 2009 – A little fire or overcrowding scare can’t keep new super-group Chickenfoot down. Last night (May 14) nine songs and 40 minutes into their set at Seattle’s El Corazon, Sammy Hagar announced, “The fire department’s going to shut us down in 10 minutes … This is the end of the regular set.” He did promise to make up for the unexpected halt by doing a 45-minute encore which the band made good on.
After a 20 minute halt the boys continued ploughing through songs from their upcoming debut album (it’ll be out in June) and various tributes to the member previous works.
Chickenfoot is made up of Hagar and former Van Halen band-mate Michael Anthony, Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Joe Satriani. – by John Beaudin |
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Sammy Hagar Gives Props to Joe Satriani as “The Best Guitarist I've Ever Played With"
 May 5, 2009 – An ex-guitarist is like an inflamed appendix, they cause a lot of pain and suffering, but after it's removed you find you didn't need it in the first place! That seems to be the case for Sammy Hagar and his thoughts of ex-Van Halen partner, Eddie Van Halen.
Hagar just started the super-group Chickenfoot with another ex-Van Halen member, bassist Michael Anthony, Red Hot Chili Peppers Chad Smith on drums and Joe Satriani on lead guitar.
Last week Hagar said, "I've made this statement a million times - some people don't like it, some people do - but Joe is the best guitarist I have ever played with,"
"That's a strong statement. I realize that," Hagar added. "You've got to give Eddie [Van Halen] a lot of love for his innovation of what he did as a stylist with the guitar. He broke a lot of ground. But Joe is a master. He can play anything and everything - folk, blues, jazz, hard rock, soft rock, fusion, you name it."
Sammy, who has also worked with Ronnie Montrose and Neal Schon of Journey said, "As a guitar technician, Joe is the best guy I've ever stood in the same room with on any instrument. And he's so soulful when he solos. He puts more feeling into a solo than any other player I've been with."
Bottom line is Hagar is loving his new band. All nine shows from their new tour in May have sold out and their European dates, slated for June and July are selling quick. – by John Beaudin |
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Retro Review: Linda Ronstadt - The Very Best of -Sept. 24, 2002 - In high school my best buddy John Scott could never understand how I, a rocker, preferred Barbra Streisand over Linda Ronstadt. |
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Retro Review: Bruce Hornsby - Spirit Trail- Oct. 16, 1998 - No one could ever accuse Hornsby of not paying attention. Every lyric on 'Spirit Trail,' his sixth album, describes his unquenchable thirst to understand what were all doing here. |
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