Click here to listen   We are on Twitter! Get your Rock History Book headlines on our Twitter page! Click Here. Top Stories   Van Halen In the Studio with Producer John Shanks January 25, 2011 – The new Van Halen album is on. The band is in the studio with producer John Shanks to record their first full album with original lead singer David Lee Roth since 1984, released the same year. MORE The Day John Bonham Almost Kicked Sting's Ass January 25, 2011 – Jason Bonham has interesting memories of his dad going backstage and meeting Sting. When the younger Bonham was 13 he convinced his dad to meet the Police. He told Spinner.com, the whole thing happened at a show promoting the band's second album “Reggatta de Blanc” MORE Don Henley Working On Country Covers Album January 24, 2011 – Don Henley is working on, only, his fourth solo album since 1982. The Eagles lead singer is in Nashville with producer/drummer Stan Lynch from Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers fame. MORE Elton John Frustrated with Slow Movement in Gay Rights January 24, 2011 – Elton John is not too happy with how gay rights is moving especially with California's gay marriage ban. The 63-year-old singer says, "In this country, we need more dialogue, We don't need any more stone throwing. We don't need any more vitriol. We need people to say, 'OK. I'm straight. You're gay. Let's get along. I'm Republican. You're Democratic. Let's work together.' I'm sick and tired of people being hateful to each other in this country." MORE Aerosmith Working on New Album Despite American Idol January 23, 2011 – Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton just gave the world an update on the band's new album. The guitarist claims that all members, it seems including Steven Tyler who is busy with American Idol, have some time right now to start working on their latest project. Here is what he told AeroForceOne MORE Clint Eastwood Suffers Blow To The Head and Joins Forces with Beyonce January 22, 2011 – What the hell is Clint Eastwood thinking? The famous actor and director is trying to land the rights to “A Star is Born" and have Beyonce star as the lead. Expect lots of close-ups of the long-legged wonder. Is this the best Clint could do...really? MORE Paul Simon Set to Release “So Beautiful or So What” In April January 22, 2011 – Paul Simon says he's gone back to recording music much like he did in the early seventies by just sitting down with a guitar and seeing what happens. The new project, due in April, “So Beautiful or So What” MORE Despite Facelift American Idol Loses 13%+ of Its Viewers January 21, 2010 – American Idol is not the king it once was. Even though 26.1 million viewers watched Wednesday’s 10th season premiere it was still down 13% from last years opening show. Last night’s New Orleans episode was a bigger drop with the show losing 18% in the key demo 18-49. MORE Robert Plant Reminds Us That Led Zeppelin is Dead January 21, 2011 – A Led Zeppelin reunion sounds like a great idea until you talk to Robert Plant. The singer told Rolling Stones magazine that the famous O2 show in London in 2007 was amazing but “The preparations for it were fraught and intense, but the last rehearsal was really, really good, for all that it represented and all that we were trying to capture,” says Plant. MORE     Get More Music News About Us Volunteer with Us Check out Our Sister site below Join our Facebook Group and get on our mailing list. Here   Custom Search
Live Earth Cancelled After Mumbai Shootings Nov. 29, 2008 – The Live Earth show scheduled for Sunday December 7th has been cancelled due to the Mumbai shootings. Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am were all set to perform at the charity. Organizers said they we’re, “shocked and saddened by the tragic events of the last few days” and that everything was cancelled. Over 200 people were killed when gunmen rushed a hotel, a rail station and a Jewish centre. The Climate Project India charity was set to benefit from the proceeds of the show. Its aim is to provide solar power to rural Indian homes that don't have electricity. There are rumours that the show will be rescheduled for mid-2009 at another location. – by Kari Graham Bon Jovi and Roger Waters Set to Headline Live Earth 2008 Nov. 21, 2008 – This time around Live Earth will be a smaller more focused affair. The concert, set for Dec. 7 in India, will be headlined by Bon Jovi and Roger Waters formally of Pink Floyd. It will be broadcast worldwide. Former US Vice President, Al Gore, who founded the organization via a huge concert in 2007, says this year’s show will only have one venue unlike the previous event hosted in London, Johannesburg, Tokyo, etc. The message this time around is even more important says Gore – Climate issues are urgent. Bollywood's Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am will also take part. More Scariest Halloween Tunes - Top Downloaded, We Pick Pink Floyd’s ‘Be Careful With that Axe Eugene’ Oct. 31, 2008 – Ok, you’ve planned and planned and you and your sweetie have come up with the scariest costume concept for Halloween – John McCain and Sarah Palin as Prez and Vice. You’ve changed the curtains, Joe six-pack and Joe the plumber will give out treats and maybe a little foreign policy, but where is the music? You can choose to rip off John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Van Halen, Heart and a host of others who are pissed off at the Republicans for using their songs without permission or how about a new list? Here is a chart for your party tonight. Unfortunately, it doesn't include what I think is the scariest song of all time ‘Be Careful with That Axe Eugene" by Pink Floyd. The studio recording is featured on' Relics', while a live version can be found on 'Ummagumma.' Trust me, you’ve never heard screaming like this. The Urban legend behind the song says it was inspired by the late great front man of the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia who lost his right-hand middle finger while chopping wood as a child. When I was in high school, my best buddy Kendal Howard locked me in a room, half drunk, turned off the lights and played the song at high volume. I’d never heard it before. It scared the living bajesus out of me!  It’s worth buying for Halloween because it’s overwhelmingly menacing and long. Just press repeat and you’re set for the night. We have consciously left out recordings by Ashlee Simpson and Heidi Montag. Though both are pretty freakin’ scary, they didn’t qualify as singers. They will appear in a future list named, ‘Songs of Deep Vacuous Need Ready to Suck the Life Right Out of You.” - by John Beaudin Pink Floyd Keyboardist Richard Wright Dead at 65 Sept. 15, 2008 – Sad news from England today, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 65. Our Rock stars are dying, plain and simple. If you grew up in the 60’s or 70’s you will witness these losses over and over. Here we were so busy wondering why David Gilmour and Roger Waters couldn’t just bury the hatchet and just give the fans one more tour, possibly one more Floyd album. That’s not going to happen and now I feel guilty for even wishing it. Wright was the quiet one in the group though his influence is well documented and let’s be real though, Gilmour and especially Waters got most of the credit. There is no question that Pink Floyd would not have been one biggest band in the universe without Wright.  Gilmour says, "In my view, all the greatest Pink Floyd moments are the ones where he is in full flow. No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend." He added: "In the welter of arguments about who or what was Pink Floyd, Rick's enormous input was frequently forgotten. He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound. Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously. I have never played with anyone quite like him." Wright wrote  "Us and Them," "The Great Gig in the Sky," "Atom Heart Mother," "Echoes" and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond." He was a huge part of the Floyd sound from the beginning with late singer Syd Barrett, drummer Nick Mason and Waters. With Wright’s passing also came painful reminders of him being kicked out of the band during the recording of their classic album ‘The Wall.” The tension between Gilmour and Waters has always been well known but let’s not forget Wright also had problems with Waters. In fact when Waters toured ‘The Wall” as a solo act along with Mason, Wright refused to be involved Water left the band in 1985 but Wright, Mason and Gilmour continued to record under the name Pink Floyd recording two more albums, "The Division Bell" and "A Momentary Lapse of Reason. " The only reunion in July 2005 when all four members performed  at the Live 8 Charity Concert in London. The other classic Floyd album, ‘Dark Side of the Moon” has spent more than 741 weeks on the Billboard chart, more than any other album in history. In 2006, Wright spoke of the bands huge shows, "One of the things I always regret about being in Pink Floyd is that you can never go to see the show. I have no idea what it looks like. We know it's pretty powerful, but when you're on stage you have no clear idea of it." I pulled out ‘Dark Side of the Moon” and ‘Wish You Were Here” today and listened to Pink Floyd in a very different way as I’m sure many of you did today. When Brad Delp, lead singer of Boston committed suicide on March 9, 2007 I couldn’t listen to those first two albums for about a year but in the end I think we get it – the music isn’t dead. Richard Wright left a huge body of work behind and it’s outlasted him. It was always supposed to. Our Rock stars are dying but their music never will. – By John Beaudin David Gilmour Goes Really Big for New Live Album May 13, 2008 – Would one of the driving forces behind Pink Floyd ever do something understated? David Gilmour is set to release his new live album `Live in Gdansk` in September and it’s a huge production. It sounds great on paper anyway. The album was recorded on the last night of his 2006 tour in Poland and it features a 40 piece string section of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra. Also on the project conductor by Zbigniew Preisner, who worked on Gilmour`s last hit album  ``On An Island.`` The album reached No. 1 in England and No. 6 in the U.S. and features old friends Kate Bush, Paul McCartney and PeteTownshend. - By John Beaudin Randy Meisner Former Eagles member Randy Meisner tells the truth about his old band //See more Let us Make Sure Everyone Who Visits this Site Knows Who You Are! - Advertise with us. We build the Banners for free and we'll spread you on every page of this site. Contact us now. 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