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Rainbow keyboardist Tony Carey opens up about seances and simmering tensions between Ronnie James Dio and Richie Blackmore.
He also recalls John Bonham's profound loneliness on the road and Blackmore's contemptuous view of AC/DC.
Alice Cooper, the preacher's son from Detroit who invented shock rock as Vincent Furnier, survived cirrhosis at thirty-five, a gallows accident at...
May 26 celebrates Stevie Nicks' 1948 birth alongside Levon Helm and key milestones.
Massive 1970s bands often vanished from deeper classic-rock discussion despite huge sales because they lacked scandal, mystique, or jagged edges.
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Chicago's July 1970 live performance of 25 or 6 to 4 captures the band at the peak of their jazz-rock fusion era, powered by Terry Kath's blistering...
May 25 delivered several landmark moments for classic rock acts.
Def Leppard's Joe Elliott recalls the band's gritty rise from sharing a single pint in Sheffield pubs to crafting Pyromania with producer Mutt Lange, whose innovative approach delivered the album's massive commercial breakthrough.
A 2006 documentary spotlights rare archival performances, interviews, and photos tracing how session musicians Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul...
Crank up Bob Dylan classics today as the icon turns 84. His timeless tracks like "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" defined an era.
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At 92, Willie Nelson just dropped his 79th solo album while Buddy Guy marks his 90th with a huge North American tour.
Boz Scaggs built "Lido Shuffle" from a Fats Domino shuffle beat, co-writing with David Paich on Silk Degrees. Its restless gambler tale and rolling...
Go Your Own Way captures raw breakup pain from Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks' split, recorded amid band turmoil on 1976's Rumours. Buckingham...
In the 1970s, artists defied label formulas to craft enduring hits.
Classic rock isn't just loud guitars—these three ballads highlight the genre's versatility.
Gregg Allman rarely let fans see his deepest pain, but a new documentary captures his raw words on losing brother Duane in 1971. "I was mad at him for...
Frank Marino picked up the guitar in a hospital room simply to hold his mind together.
At 23 he stood before 350,000 fans at California Jam Two and...
