Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
If you check only the Wikipedia post for the song Try a Little Tenderness , you'll find the listing dominated by references to Otis Redding. While he did perform the benchmark version in the mid-1960s, a live version of which you can watch here , the song has a much richer history. Here's a version of the song, written by "Irving King" (James Campbell and Reginald Connelly) and Harry M. Woods,...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Amazon.com Widgets Song : "Love Walks In" Artist : Van Halen Album : 5150 I've been on a bit of a Van Halen kick this week. I'm a David Lee Roth fan, but I think that the actual songs from the Sammy Hagar era are better. Case in point, this week's Tuesday Tune: "Love Walks In". Now you may ask: "What does this song have to do with Science Fiction?" Up until a few days...
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Steve Vai has played with Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth. Now, he's touring – not as a performer but as a kind of music teacher
SimoleonSense (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Most Important Lesson From This Article (Via Wharton) If this collection of brains can’t understand something, Ward figures, that’s reason enough to stay away from it. “When we don’t like a risk, we don’t write it.” It’s a lesson Lloyd’s learned the hard way in the years before Ward took the helm at the world’s most [...]
Popdirt.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
The Bird And The Bee are out with the video to their new single ‘Diamond Dave’, a tribute to Van Halen’s flamboyant singer David Lee Roth. The song is the third release from the Los...
tales from the zodiac lung (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
To say "it occurred to me today" is an out and out lie. The thought actully came from the Senior Detective In Charge Of Me Forgetting Things I Had Posted at Zodiac Lung And Really Should Have Cross Referenced From A Previous Post (that would be Eleanor then...). So - it should have occurred to me that earlier this year, I prophecised that poetry would somehow drag its carcass kicking and...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
BUCKCHERRY star JOSH TODD has emerged as a fan favourite to replace STEVEN TYLER in AEROSMITH.
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
BUCKCHERRY star JOSH TODD has emerged as a fan favourite to replace STEVEN TYLER in AEROSMITH.The frontman recently insisted he has no plans to quit the rock supergroup,...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Last week, following news that Aerosmith might hire a new singer if Steven Tyler goes on hiatus, we asked our readers to recommend a new frontperson for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band. The resounding majority voted “Nobody!” could replace Tyler, but if somebody had to, Buckcherry’s Josh Todd would fit best with [...]
Atomic Ned (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Last week I published the “bonus” material from the interview I did with Megadeth bassist James LoMenzo. Today, the magazine (MELT) with the proper interview hits shelves in locations around central Ohio. Read the interview, as published in MELT. MEGADETH NOVEMBER 18 @ LIFESTYLES COMMUNITY PAVILION If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s a new Megadeth CD [...]
People (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Guitar player Joe Perry says the band members are "positively looking for a new singer to work with"
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Guitarist Joe Perry tweets that search for a new singer is on; is it Aerosmith without Steven Tyler?
Six Meat Buffet (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Maybe you did, but I didn’t… I didn’t much love Van Halen growing up. I wasn’t into that kind of music. I did have a poster of David Lee Roth on my closet but he was facing the door. Firstly because my heartthrob of the moment was on the other side, and secondly because Diamond Dave [...]
Atomic Ned (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Megadeth is coming to town soon. I spoke with bassist James LoMenzo last week for the November issue of MELT Magazine (new issue coming REAL soon). While that feature focuses solely on Megadeth, I couldn’t resist the temptation to talk to James about White Lion, the band he played with from the mid-80s through the [...]
Blue Yonder (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
So, as I was saying, the crockpot is making a come back in this house. Now, as with most come backs, this, at first lead to a good bit of eye-rolling on my part. That feeling that I had when...
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