Classic Rock News

Mastodon honored their late guitarist and co-founder Brent Hinds during their August 22 performance at the Alaska State Fair, their first performance since Hinds’ tragic death on August 20 after a motorcycle accident. At the end of the set, drummer Brann Dailor came to the front of the stage to deliver a heartfelt tribute honoring…

While Zoë Kravitz and her Caught Stealing co-star Austin Butler took part in a Nineties trivia challenge game last week, their discussion about the origins of Pearl Jam’s band name went viral. “How old were you when you realized what Pearl Jam means?,” Kravitz asked, before revealing, “It’s ji**, dude.” Despite that crude origin rumor,…

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Al Jardine criticized his Beach Boys bandmate Mike Love’s speech at Brian Wilson’s funeral on August 6. “Mike wanted everybody to know that he wrote every single word of ‘Good Vibrations,’” the 82-year-old Jardine said of Love’s post-service address, while adding, “I didn’t feel the compassion, let’s put…

In a new interview with AARP, Pete Townshend revealed that he plans to continue performing “one-man shows” and has “140 tracks ready to go” after The Who’s farewell tour ends in September. The 80-year-old rock legend believes that he has “another five years” left in show business, and he intends to complete his long-awaited solo…

Goo Goo Dolls bandmates Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac credit their nearly 40-year partnership to their playful way of releasing tension. “John and I will actually slap each other and punch each other and get the aggression out,” Takac says during the band’s Summer Anthem Tour, named after the new EP they released on Friday…

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Beatles Anthology project, an expanded and restored edition will be released this fall, featuring the original eight-part documentary series remastered and supplemented with a new ninth episode showcasing unseen 1994-1995 footage of Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. The updated anthology series will stream exclusively on Disney+…

In an Instagram post on Wednesday (August 20), Garbage announced that their upcoming 2025 fall dates will be their “last North American headline tour.” The band’s first solo headline run in seven years is in support of their recent album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light. The 36-date Happy Endings tour gets underway on…

Brent Hinds, the 51-year-old guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mastodon, died in Atlanta on Wednesday (August 20) following a fatal motorcycle accident involving a BMW SUV that failed to yield at an intersection. Mastodon confirmed his passing with a social media statement on Thursday: “We are in a state of unfathomable sadness…

BABYMETAL’s new album, Metal Forth, made a strong debut at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart this week. That marks the Japanese kawaii metal band’s first-ever Top 10 on the all-genre chart, following the best sales week of their career, with 36,000 equivalent album units in the U.S., including 33,500 in pure album sales.…