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Geoff Tate on Queensryche Split: ‘It’s Probably Gonna Get Ugly’
Last week Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate found out he was fired when lawyers for the remaining members sent his lawyer a long legal document. After 30 years together, their relationship ended unceremoniously, but it sounds like the legal battle has just begun.
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Rolling Stones Update Logo for 50th Anniversary
With less than three weeks remaining until the official 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones‘ first concert, the band has revealed a new version of their classic logo.
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Eddie Vedder Joins Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for Two Songs in Amsterdam
Tom Petty and Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder have been following each other around Europe, so they decided to team up on Sunday night in Amsterdam. After headlining separate sets at the isle of Wight Festival, the pair ended up on the same stage and sang two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers hits together.
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Four Killed Traveling to Van Halen Concert in Dallas
A car full of Van Halen fans slid into oncoming traffic while navigating a wet Texas highway on their way to see the band play in Dallas last Tuesday night. Antonio Garcia, his two children and his 42-year-old girlfriend all died after Garcia’s Ford Explorer collided with a tractor-trailer headed south on Alternate U.S. Highway 77.
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Gene Simmons Face VW Bug For Sale on Craigslist
Kiss fans with $10K to blow can own a one-of-a-kind motor vehicle. It’s a 1970 Volkswagen Beetle, advertised on the Denver, Colo. Craigslist site. In addition to the sweet paint job, the vehicle has been restored on the inside with a new engine, new tires and wheels and a whole bunch of other upgrades that the likely buyer isn’t going to care about. Seriously, if you’re considering this vehicle are you concerned about the life on the tires?
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Billy Gibbons & Co., ‘Oh Well’ – Song Review
Just days after the announcement of a new Fleetwood Mac tribute album, fans can hear the first offering. ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbons fronts a group that slows down and swampifies the 1969 hit ‘Oh Well.’
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Original Hawkwind Bassist John Harrison Dead at 69
John Harrison, an original founder of ’70s space rock band Hawkwind has died, two days before his 70th birthday. His death was first reported on the band’s website. He’d been suffering from Huntington’s Disease and is said to have died peacefully.
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Ozzy Osbourne Questions Son Jack’s MS Diagnosis
Earlier this week Jack Osbourne revealed he’s been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but father Ozzy Osbourne isn’t so sure that’s the source of his recent health woes. The rocker says he’s urging his 26-year-old son to get a second opinion.
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Does This AC/DC Loving Cockatoo Rock Harder Than You Do?
Don’t let the cute spike and virginal white feathers fool you. That cockatoo is one hard-rockin’ son-of-a-bird. Tonto has been trained to headbang to songs like AC/DC‘s ‘You Shook Me All Night Long,’ but after watching the video below you may agree that training him to rock is like training a dog to bark. It just comes naturally.
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Paul McCartney’s ‘Let Me Roll It’ Covered by Fiona Apple on ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’
There was no shortage of birthday tributes to Paul McCartney on Monday. On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,’ Fiona Apple chose to sing his 1973 song ‘Let Me Roll It’ instead of one from her new ‘The Idler Wheel’ album as a way of honoring McCartney.
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Steve Vai Announces 2012 North American Tour Dates
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Former Fleetwood Mac Guitarist Bob Welch Dead at 65
Early Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Welch was found dead Thursday afternoon (June 7) from what police are describing as a self-inflicted gun shot wound. According to the Associated Press, the 65-year-old Welch shot himself in the chest inside his Nashville-area home.