Tag "best classic bands"

Ozzy Osbourne Writes Final Memoir, ‘Last Rites’

In the autobiography, announced less than two weeks before his shocking death, the “Prince of Darkness” reflects on his extraordinary life and career.

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Stevie Nicks Postpones 2025 Tour Due to Injury

The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will resume her schedule on October 1.

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The Great Lost Rock Festival of 1969

In a way better than Woodstock? Atlantic City Pop Festival – two weeks before the famed fest in Upstate NY – had a more diverse line-up, and really rocked.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band to Release ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited’ With Leon Russell

The 2025 album marks 10 years since their iconic tribute performance at the Virginia-based LOCKN’ festival.

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Rolling With Jerry: When Garcia Welcomed a College Kid to the Dead’s HQ

In the summer of 1971, the author and a friend decided to go visit the Grateful Dead. What resulted was an afternoon they’ve never forgotten.

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‘Beatles For Sale to Help!’ is Next in Historian’s Book Series

The book is author Bruce Spizer’s 17th overall on the band and ninth in his album series.

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Seals & Crofts Get Box Set, ‘The Warner Bros. Years 1969-1978’

The duo’s soft rock sound scored with such hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “We May Never Pass This Way (Again).”

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‘Sunday Best’: A New Documentary Portrays Ed Sullivan as Unlikely Civil Rights Hero

“For us, being on the show was such a great honor, because we were there to see the world changing.”—The Supremes’ Mary Wilson

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1971—The Year in 50 Classic Rock Albums

Bands that had only recently performed in ballrooms and college gyms now played arenas and stadiums—and sold millions of albums.

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Elton John Joins Spinal Tap For New Recording of ‘Classic’ Track

The long-awaited sequel from Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and director Rob Reiner, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, arrives Sept. 12, 2025.

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