Classic Rock News

Getty ImagesOut today (June 4th) is ZZ Top guitarist Billy F. Gibbons’ third solo album, titled Hardware. Gibbons recorded the album last summer in California’s high desert near Joshua Tree, featuring 12 new tracks — including a cover of the Texas Tornados classic “Hey Baby, Que Paso.” The album was co-produced by Gibbons along with…

Getty ImagesPaul Stanley gave fans an update on the upcoming Kiss biopic, Shout It Out Loud, now in pre-production. Blabbermouth transcribed some of the “Star Child’s” chat with Download host Kylie Olsson, in which he said, “It is definitely happening and that’s gonna be really interesting. The script was really good. And we really waited…

PRPhotos.comDavid Crosby’s has dropped the lyric video for “River Rise,” the lead single from his upcoming For Free album set for July 23rd. The track is a new team-up with the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, and was-co-written with McDonald and Crosby’s son, longtime keyboardist and collaborator James Raymond. Raymond recently told Rolling Stone, “‘River Rise’…

PRPhotos.comWolfgang Van Halen spoke candidly about living as the only child of Eddie Van Halen — arguably the greatest guitarist that ever played the instrument. While promoting his debut album, Mammoth WVH, which drops on June 11th, he shed light on his life experiences to London’s Telegraph. Wolfgang, who’ll be out on tour this summer…

Getty ImagesSet for release on July 30th is the long-awaited Beach Boys box set, Feel Flows – The Sunflower And Surf’s Up Sessions 1969-1971. The collection, assembled by producers Mark Linett and Alan Boyd with the help of Brother Records consultant Howie Edelson, features newly remastered versions of 1970’s Sunflower set and its 1971 followup,…

PRPhotos.comAC/DC’s co-founding guitarist Angus Young shed light on how he developed his signature schoolboy stage garb during a recent appearance on BBC Radio. Ultimate-Guitar.com transcribed some of Young’s chat in which he gave the backstory to one of rock’s most unique outfits. The guitarist credited his sister for encouraging him to don the schoolboy blazer,…

Getty ImagesPaul McCartney has just uploaded a new 10-song Spotify playlist on his official PaulMcCartney.com site. Every month McCartney posts a new tracklisting with a specific theme. With the publication later this month of Linda McCartney’s Family Cookbook, as well as the 30th anniversary and the meatless Linda McCartney Foods line, the June playlist spotlights…

PRPhotos.comPete Townshend has never shied away from talking about the most private parts of his life — his childhood sexual abuse, his cross-addiction to drugs and alcohol, and even his sexuality. During his recent chat with Rock Cellar magazine, the Who leader spoke about how he dealt with the stereotypical gender roles in the band’s…

PRPhotos.comMötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was forced to leave the stage on Saturday (May 29th) during his first post-Covid solo gig, after losing his voice. EW.com posted that over the course of Neil’s gig at Iowa’s Boone River Valley Festival, he struggled vocally, especially during performance of “Dr. Feelgood” and the Crüe’s cover of the…