Tag "best classic bands"

Roger Waters Releases Brooding ‘The Dark Side of the Moon Redux’

“I’m immensely proud of what we have created, a work that can sit proudly alongside the original, hand-in-hand across a half-century of time.”

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Todd Rundgren’s ‘Hello, It’s Me’: Wild Success Story

The musician has a long list of credits as a producer (Bat Out of Hell) and engineer. Here’s the inside story of how one song took off to become his biggest solo hit

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Van Halen Releases ‘The Collection II’ Box Set

The set includes newly remastered versions of four multi-platinum studio albums, along with a selection of rarities recorded between 1989 and 2004

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When Phil Collins Opened His 1st U.S. Tour in 12 Years

He sat throughout most of these performances, due to hip and back surgeries, but still treated his fans to songs from his extensive catalog

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Queen + Adam Lambert Begin North American Rhapsody Tour

“Our last tour featured our most ambitious production ever. So we decided to rip it apart and get even more ambitious,” says Brian May

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Steve Miller Interview: His Recordings Vault, Why ‘Abracadabra’ Grabs Ya, and More

“We used to set up our equipment and jam for an hour or two, and a lot of that would get recorded and then you wouldn’t even think about it.”–Steve Miller

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Focus Performs Magic on ‘Hocus Pocus,’ From TV’s ‘The Midnight Special’

The ground-breaking Dutch progressive rock band formed in 1970 and earned a surprising international hit in 1972-1973

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The 11 #1 Albums of 1969: CCR Were Rising

In a final year of the decade, three releases accounted for 33 of the year’s weekly chart toppers. The one with the most weeks at #1 may surprise you

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When Jeff Beck Opened His Final Tour, With Johnny Depp

The pair were supporting their new studio album, 18. Beck shared the bill for the first six shows with longtime musical friends, ZZ Top

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The Who’s ‘Odds & Sods’: Beat the Boots

Fed up with the volume of unauthorized Who LPs on the market, the band put together this mixed bag of leftover tracks.

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