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Watch Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit Cover ‘I Won’t Back Down’
Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Blake Shelton and Matt Sorum have released a video for their cover of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down," a charity single released in support of Afghan girls.
The song, which features Shelton on lead vocals,…
Jay Jay French Doesn’t Know if Twisted Sister Was Worth the Price
Jay Jay French said he didn’t know if his career with Twisted Sister had been worth the price he paid for it.
The guitarist cited the examples of George Harrison and David Bowie to support his argument that lives in rock ’n’ roll seldom…
Alice Cooper Made Fun of Themselves With ‘Billion Dollar Babies’
The breakthrough success of 1972's School's Out put the Alice Cooper band in an unusual position: in demand. In this exclusive excerpt from the book Alice Cooper @75, UCR contributor Gary Graff explains how the band found time to make fun…
Foreigner’s Kelly Hansen Says ‘Door Is Always Open’ to Lou Gramm
Foreigner’s current singer, Kelly Hansen, says he’s open to sharing the stage with the band’s former frontman, Lou Gramm.
"The door is always open to all the original members, all the surviving members of the band to come and play with us,”…
Tom Whitlock, ‘Top Gun’ ‘Danger Zone’ Lyricist, Dead at 68
Tom Whitlock, the songwriter and lyricist whose credits include “Danger Zone” and “Take My Breath Away” from the movie Top Gun, has died at the age of 68.
Whitlock’s death was confirmed by Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home. An official…