Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
The Boomtown Rats Mourn Founder and Lead Guitarist, Garry Roberts
The Irish rock band enjoyed five Top 5 U.K. hits including a pair of #1s: “Rat Trap” and “I Don’t Like Mondays”
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HBO Shares Official Trailer For Rock Hall Class of 2022 Broadcast
The ceremony included a whopping 14 inductees, including Dolly Parton, Pat Benatar, Judas Priest, and Carly Simon with a star-studded lineup of presenters
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Roger Waters Shares More 2023 Dates
The Pink Floyd singer-songwriter-bass guitarist is playing in the round for the first time in a tour delayed two full years
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Nazareth’s Original Lead Singer, Dan McCafferty, Dies
The Scottish band earned their biggest success with 1975’s Hair of the Dog. The album included a hit cover of “Love Hurts”
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Dolly Parton at 2022 Rock Hall Induction: ‘I’m a Rock Star Now’
The beloved performer had originally requested that her nomination be withdrawn, when she said she didn’t feel she had earned the honor yet
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When Stevie Nicks Gave Her First Concert Since Tom Petty’s Death
The friends and tour mates last played together in July 2017. One month to the day of his passing, Nicks returned to the stage
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New Rock Drumming Documentary Features Ringo, Taylor Hawkins
The film is a deep-dive into the art of drumming, the musicians who’ve mastered it for 70 years, and the legacies parents pass on.
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Sean Connery: The Best James Bond
Many actors have taken on the iconic role of British secret agent 007 created by Ian Fleming. But Connery continues to be synonymous with the role
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That Time the Ramones Got Their Own NYC Street
The band that defined New York City punk rock now has their own street, right in front of Forest Hills High School, where they all met. Hey ho, let’s go!
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When ‘Halloween’ Introduced Us to Michael Myers
In a decade of great thrillers and slasher movies, one film taught us to never trust a lone wolf trick-or-treater again. “Scream queen” Jamie Lee Curtis was just 19
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