He was a founder member of the group, best known for classic tracks Roll Away The Stone and All The Young Dudes. The latter was written and produced by David Bowie, who sang backing vocals on the track. The band, who made eight albums during their five-and-a-half year existence, reformed to mark...
Drummer Aaron Solowoniuk has announced he’s taking a break from award-winning Canadian rock band Billy Talent to focus on his health. Solowoniuk, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in his mid-twenties, has “been dealing with a relapse” for the past six to seven months, he...
Has Muse reached the end of the road with its seventh album, “Drones,” which last month earned a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rock Album category? After 22 years, is this internationally popular English arena-rock-meets-neo-prog band abandoning albums in favor of, well, something else?...
Natalie Cole’s last studio album was 2013’s Natalie Cole en Espanol. However, the singer who died Dec. 31, 2015 at the age of 65 is also featured on fellow Grammy Award winner Terri Lyne Carrington’s current album, The Mosiac Project: Love and Soul. Released last August, the 12-track set boasts...
Jason Mackenroth, the drummer for the Rollins Band from 1998 to 2004 who went on to release two solo albums and enjoy an eight-year run with Blue Man Group, passed away at home in Henderson, NV on Sunday, January 3, 2016 after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer. A memorial service will...
Dubbed “The Crüecifly”, Lee’s drum stunt saw him bolted to a platform that moves on a roller coaster-type track near the arena ceiling, passing the band’s inverted-pentagram lighting rig and spiked disco ball and spinning him 360 degrees vertically, rendering him upside-down....
The iconic frontman passed away on Monday (December 28) just two days after being diagnosed with “an extremely aggressive cancer”. Lemmy’s health has deteriorated in recent years and a number of festival dates were axed this summer after the singer suffered gastric distress and dehydration....
John “Brad” Bradbury, drummer with The Specials, has died at the age of 62. The ska group reported the news: “It is with deep regret that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world’s greatest drummer, our beloved Brad. RIP.” Bradbury joined The Specials in 1979,...
The drummer first learned of his ailment after growing sick in June, feeling like he had a sore throat and a cold. Eventually, a doctor at USC discovered a tumor at the base of his tongue, similar, Rockett said, to Michael Douglas, Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson and Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton....
Never say never, of course, but it looks like we won’t be seeing Peart in action again. Rush drummer Neil Peart, appears to have confirmed his permanent retirement from music. During the summer, Rush bandmate Alex Lifeson had suggested the R40 tour could be the band’s final full-scale...
Los Angeles – Legendary & award winning melodic drummer, Terry Bozzio is releasing worldwide, what he calls a “Life’s Work” project of Art & Music on the Japanese label Ward Records in December 2015. Bozzio is embarking on a world tour to promote it starting in Japan and Europe...
Emily Dolan Davies is a world-renowned female drummer, formerly of The Darkness (including the album ‘Last Of Our Kind’), Bryan Ferry (Olympia) and she has also toured extensively worldwide over the last 10 years with many other artists including Tricky, Cher Lloyd and the Thompson Twins. She...
Ritchie Blackmore’s drummer David Keith says he always hoped to get the chance to play rock music with the guitar icon. Blackmore has lined up three rock shows for next year, during which he will play hits from his career with Rainbow and Deep Purple. Keith is joined in the lineup for the...
Julian Dorio, drummer for and founding member of The Whigs, is also Eagles of Death Metal’s touring drummer. Dorio was playing with the California band in Paris on Nov. 13 when terrorists opened fire on the audience in Le Bataclan, claiming more than 80 lives. Dorio, along with the other members...
The hearing into the death of drum technician Scott Johnson, who was killed when the stage collapsed before a Radiohead concert three years ago, has begun in Canada. Three other crew members were injured in the incident, which took place in Toronto’s Downsview Park on June 16, 2012, reports Exclaim.
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