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Alice Cooper Opens a ‘Sanctuary for Troubled Teens’ [AWESOME '80S WEEKEND]
He rose to fame as a makeup-sporting shock rocker whose music, stage name, and concert shenanigans gave parents nightmares and drove kids wild — but we’ve known for awhile now that Alice Cooper, a.k.a. Vincent Furnier, is actually a nice, normal, golf-loving guy, and he just proved it again with the grand opening of his long-planned Rock Teen Center in Phoenix, AZ.
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Steven Tyler Explains Aerosmith Album Delay
They’ve had over a decade to get things just right, so why are Aerosmith bumping back the release date of their long-awaited new album ‘Music From Another Dimension’? According to Steven Tyler, there’s a relatively simple — albeit disappointingly un-rock ‘n’ roll — explanation.
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Ringo’s All-Starr Band Reveals Their Favorite Beatles Albums
It’s summer, and Ringo Starr is back on the road with another lineup of his long-running All-Starr Band — all of whom recently sat down with Rock Cellar Magazine to share their favorite Beatles albums.
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Beatles Still Blamed by Russian Officials for ‘Recreational Drug Use Increase’
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Def Leppard Frontman Talks About Recording ‘Intentional Forgeries’ of Hits
The next time you go to download ‘Pour Some Sugar on Me’ or ‘Rock of Ages’ from your favorite online music retailer, you might not get the original version — and as Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott revealed during a recent interview, that’s exactly how the band wants it.
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Roger Waters: ‘Radio K.A.O.S.’ Turns 25
Roger Waters will be in Buffalo tonight touring behind The Wall, a concept album whose themes still resonate more than 30 years after its release.
But there’s another entry in Waters’ catalog that’s celebrating an important milestone: Radio K.A.O.S., his second solo release, which turned 25 this month.
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Van Halen Announce Japanese Tour Plans, So What About Rochester Show?
They’ve recently had to cancel a portion of their latest tour, thus restarting the rumor mill that’s spun almost incessantly around the band for the last 15 years, but Van Halen is doing just fine — at least, if you believe Edward and Wolfgang Van Halen, who recently sat with USA Today for a rare joint interview.
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Randy Bachman Ponders Rock Hall Snub: ‘Why, Because We’re Canadians?’
Randy Bachman and Fred Turner are out promoting their new live album and concert film ‘Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC,’ hitting stores soon. Bachman tells 97.1 WASH FM how he and Turner ended up getting back together, and didn’t mince words when asked how he felt about not being in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Izzy Stradlin Joins Guns N’ Roses for London Concert
Just a couple of days after Axl Rose‘s habitual tardiness sparked an apparent mass exodus at a London Guns N’ Roses show, the band made up for it by giving fans at their Thursday (May 31) concert a little something extra: A surprise appearance from former GNR guitarist Izzy Stradlin.
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ZZ Top’s New Single Based on ’90s Rap Song
As if it weren’t weird enough for ZZ Top use a commercial for Jeremiah Weed malt liquor to debut the first single from its upcoming new album, here’s something you may not have realized about the song itself: The new track, ‘I Gotsta Get Paid,’ is a thinly rewritten cover of ’25 Lighters,’ a local late ’90s hit for Houston hip-hop artists DJ DMD, Lil Keke, and MC Fat Pat.
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Bob Dylan’s 71st Birthday to be Celebrated with All-Star Concert
Bob Dylan will turn 71 tomorrow (May 24), and while he’ll celebrate his special day with a rare break between concert runs, an impressive list of other musicians will take the stage to pay tribute to his inestimable legacy.
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