The Poison frontman played his first show since emergency kidney stone surgery on Friday night in Georgia. Doctors and paramedics assessed him the moment he came offstage and pulled him off the road for several months.
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Tony Hicks, 80, is stepping away from the road for health reasons, and drummer Bobby Elliott, 84, has chosen to retire rather than carry on without him. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band announced the end of its touring career on Instagram.
Frank Beard, the famously clean-shaven drummer who powered ZZ Top for more than five decades, has died at 77 in hospice care at his Texas ranch. Billy Gibbons says the band will keep going, as Frank wished.
Ray Manzarek blasted Oliver Stone’s The Doors as a character hit job. Here’s what the film gets wrong, why it matters, and how to hear the real Jim.
How Plant’s collie Strider, Tolkien fandom, and a remote Welsh cottage shaped “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp” and Zeppelin’s softer side.
While Led Zeppelin chased chaos, John Paul Jones built a private life with Mo Jones. Here’s how their marriage stayed strong.
From Tin Pan Alley grind to “Sweet Caroline”: the gamble, the myth, the stadium chant, and what Diamond’s story teaches musicians.
Remembering Mark Volman of The Turtles and Flo & Eddie: the hits, the Zappa years, the rights battles, and the hard truths about legacy.
Brian May’s “I Want It All” turned The Miracle into Queen’s late-era battle cry – riff-driven, defiant, and Top 10 across Europe.
A deep dive into “Seven Wonders” – its sly lyric twist, studio wizardry on Tango in the Night, and why rock radio (and Italy) went wild.