Archive for December 3rd, 2009

Ronnie Wood Arrested For Assaulting Girlfriend

FROM WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM:

**The BBC and Daily Mail report that Woods was arrested for assaulting his 21-year-old girlfriend Ekaterina Ivanova***
From the AP :
LONDON — Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones was released on bail Thursday after being arrested for possible assault in southern England, police and his spokesman said.
Police in Surrey said a 62-year-old man from the [...]

See Syd Barrett Play on the BBC

FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
Film of Syd Barrett performing with Pink Floyd has been discovered in the BBC vaults after more than 40 years.
The footage of the band playing See Emily Play was screened on Top Of The Pops in July 1967 and hasn’t been seen since. But it has come to light in a private collection on [...]

Roger Hodgson on Supertramp Reunion: “It is hard to reinvent us.”

FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKMAGAZINE.COM:
Supertramp founder Roger Hodgson has virtually ruled out any possible reunion.
Talking to undercover.com.au, Hodgson (who left the band in 1982) said:
“We’ve looked at it and talked it over. I have looked at it many times. It is hard to reinvent us. I would never say never but Rick [Davies] has pretty much retired right [...]

Ozzy Talks About His Unique Job

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Thursday, Ozzy Osbourne turns 61.  During his lifetime, he has put on many amazing performances and done many crazy things.  He told us the two go hand in hand when we met up with him at one of his recent amazing performances, at the [...]

Rolling Stone Investigates Aerosmith Rift

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The latest issue of Rolling Stone has an article that delves deeper into the rift that is threatening to tear apart Aerosmith.  In the story titled Aerosmith in Turmoil: Behind the Story, the magazine speaks with some of the band members and their A&R [...]

Want To Audition For Aerosmith? Send In Your Tape!

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During the American Music Awards last month, CNN caught up with Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry and the network has just uploaded footage of their interview.  In the clip, Perry talks about the band’s future, revealing that they are indeed looking for a new [...]

Mellencamp’s Son Wants Dad To Stop Smoking

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John Mellencamp is a smoker, but his son Speck is on a campaign to change that.  The 14-year-old has created a Facebook group in an effort to convince his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame father to quit the habit.  On the page, Speck [...]

Ringo Starr Gives Details On New Album

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On his Web site, Ringo Starr revealed details about his upcoming album, Y Not.  In a video posted to the page, the former Beatle shows off what the record will look like, discusses the origins of the effort and includes clips of himself singing [...]

Randy Bachman and Fred Turner To Record and Tour Together

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Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Randy Bachman and Fred Turner have reunited to work on the title track of Randy’s next album, Rock N Roll is the Only Way Out.  The guitarist spoke to Billboard.com about the song, describing it as “really rootsy, really AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, [...]

Dream Theater Releases Documentary Road Video For New Single “Wither”

FROM WWW.CLASSICROCKREVISITED.COM:
“Of the 10 videos we’ve done through the years, I felt we have never been truly captured ‘in our element…which of course is on tour, playing to our fans, with our lighting and video show. So I thought it was time to do a video that showed us in our ‘real world’ (unlike the [...]