After Drew Barrymore’s hilarious and touching Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction speech for the Go-Go’s, the band kept the excitement high at the ceremony with an exuberant, three-song set of some of their greatest hits. The entire band’s excitement about finally making it into the institution, after years …
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has officially announced this year’s inductees: Nine Inch Nails, the Notorious B.I.G., Whitney Houston, Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, and T. Rex will all join the class of 2020. Additionally, Jon Landau and Irving Azoff, two of the most successful managers in rock …
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Since forming more than four decades ago, Def Leppard became one of the best-selling bands in the world on the strength of mega-platinum albums like Pyromania and Hysteria and hard-rocking anthems like “Photograph” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” Tonight, they were finally recognized for their contributions to rock & …
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The first major art museum exhibition dedicated to the instruments of rock & roll will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art starting April 8th, 2019. The exhibit, titled Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll, will feature more than130 instruments that were used by artists including …
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When Heart frontwoman Ann Wilson reflected on the Moody Blues in an article for Rolling Stone earlier this year, she did not hold back. “The Moody Blues have meant a lot in my soul over the years,” she said. “They are an original – the real thing. It is my …
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Bon Jovi‘s forthcoming Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction will certainly come as a surprise to some. The New Jersey–repping band, who dominated MTV and served as the pop-friendly face of the Eighties hair-metal boom, were hardly beloved by critics. A1986 Rolling Stone review of the band’s mega-selling Slippery …
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