Category Archives: Classic Rock

Michael Anthony with Eddie Van Halen in 2004; SGranitz/WireImageFormer Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony, who was replaced in the band by Eddie Van Halen's then-teenage son Wolfgang in 2006, said he r...

Steve Jones; Courtesy of FXPistol, a new six-episode limited TV series focusing on U.K. punk-rock icons The Sex Pistols, is being produced for FX. The series, which is based on Sex Pistols guitarist S...

Credit: Josh CheuseAC/DC is releasing a new video this week. The rock legends will premiere the visual for "Realize" -- the opening track off the band's new album, Power Up -- on Wednesday, January 13...

Credit: Yannick BeauvaletMichael Fonfara, a Canadian musician who played keyboards on nearly all of Lou Reed's studio albums from 1974 through 1980, died Friday in a Toronto hospital after a two-year ...

Columbia/Legacy RecordingsToday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Janis Joplin's posthumous final studio album, Pearl.  To commemorate the milestone, a series of special releases are p...

Courtesy of Journey In a new Rolling Stone interview, Journey guitarist Neal Schon reveals that the band, which welcomed bassist Randy Jackson and drummer Narada Michael Walden into its lineup last ye...

Courtesy of GibsonKISS singer/bassist Gene Simmons has partnered with the Gibson company to launch G², a joint venture that will feature the release of right-handed and left-handed electric guita...

Jimmy King/David Bowie EstateToday, on what would have been David Bowie's 74th birthday, the late rock legend's music catalog has been made available on the TikTok video social-media platform. The new...

UMe/American RecordingsThe Black Crowes will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1990 debut, Shake Your Money Maker, by releasing an expanded reissue of the album on February 26. The reissue, whic...

Parlophone/ISO RecordsThe new single commemorating what would have been the late David Bowie's 74th birthday, featuring a pair of previously unreleased cover tunes Bowie recorded during the late 1990s...