The year 2012 will bring Rush fans something they haven’t seen in about five years: A brand-new studio album. This one’s been in the oven for a while having been started back in 2009, but it looks like it’s almost done since the group is reportedly done with recording and was planning to begin mixing [...]

Van Halen is kicking back into high gear starting next month with the start of their 2012 tour on February 18th and the release of their new album on February 7th. The group announced plans for their upcoming tour during a special performance at New York’s Café Wha? last week. The album, entitled A Different [...]

What good is a reissue anyway? In many cases, not much. One often gets the sense that reissues are just another way to milk a bit more cash from some classic music. Such is not the case with Jethro Tull’s Aqualung 40th Anniversary Special Edition and Collector’s Edition. This one is not one of your [...]

Story and Photo by Scott Smith In 10 seconds, most rock guitarists would lose a six-string shoot-out against Lindsey Buckingham. The guitarist, singer and songwriter with Fleetwood Mac is an artistic monster on the stage, and as brilliant as his finger-picking rhythm patterns and searing lead breaks are on the Mac’s “Rumours” and “Tusk” albums [...]

Spinning up Journey’s Greatest Hits Volume 2 CD for the first time provided for me an experience that was true to the band’s name. Listening to those hits took me on a musical journey back to the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Although the compilation includes tracks that were recorded between 1978 and 1996, it [...]

Steven Tyler has certainly suffered through his share of mishaps over the last few years and recent reports out of Paraguay reveal that the flamboyant front man has once again found himself on the losing end of a brief battle with gravity. Tyler, who is in the South American country with the rest of Aerosmith [...]

Story and Photos by Scott Smith Metal mania erupted with multi-colored lasers, spinning lights, a roaring Harley Davidson motorcycle and jet-black leather during Judas Priest’s concert on Oct. 16 in Allen Texas, near Dallas. Original members Rob Halford (vocals), Glenn Tipton (guitar) and Ian Hill (bass) were flanked by long-time drummer Scott Travis and newcomer [...]

Seems like we’ve had a pretty long stretch of dreary weather here in the northeast U.S., so queuing up some music from a Boston-based band called Blue Moon Harem seemed like a good way to brighten the day up a bit. There are a lot of bands out there vying for the world’s attention these [...]

Photos and Story By Scott Smith It’s a fourth-degree felony that Heart isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Anyone doubting that founding sisters Ann (vocals) and Nancy Wilson (guitar, vocals) belong in the Hall would have had their sour-puss views crushed at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. on Sept. 20. Opening [...]

Most of what we’re hearing about the Rolling Stones these days may not be giving fans a great deal of hope about the future of group. Mick Jagger, in particular, seems to be have his knickers in a twist lately and what he’s saying about the group hasn’t been terribly positive. I started picking up [...]