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Yesterday, news that The Police frontman, Sting, wasn't passing his $300 million fortune to his children spread like wildfire. Some people, like myself, saw this headline and thought, "what a chode," until I read his reasoning. Other people didn't really care about his reasons, and came out verbally saying, "what a chode." Sure, it's reasonable to come to the "he's a chode" conclusion when you read the the twisted headlines the media created, so it didn't favor Mr. Gordon Su …

This week, June 4, to be precise, marked the 30th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen comeback album, " Born in the USA."  And what a comeback it was. From keeping a relatively low profile after his "The River" tour concluded in September of 1981 followed by the not so well known acoustic release, 1982's "Nebraska," "Born in the USA" wasn't just a comeback for Bruce and the E Street Band - it was a juggernaut that catapulted the artist from successful musician to one of the most popula …

Is Robert Plant being a malcontent? It sure seems that way when it comes to the question that he seems to get asked over and over again: WILL  LED ZEPPELIN REUNITE AND TOUR? This band, and I gotta say I respect their decision in regards to this, decided to immediately cease back in 1980, after the death of their drummer, John Bonham, because they each felt that Zeppelin wasn't complete without John Bonham. And to this day, with the exception of a one off tribute show, the band h …

A couple of weeks ago, I reported that the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl looked like he was getting his own reality TV show. Well, we can add two more big names from the 1990s rock scene to the list of musicians getting their own reality series: James Hetfield from Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan. Let's start with James' show. Ok, so I'll rebuke my statement that James Hetfield is a 1990s rock star, as Metallica was around for quite a bit during the 1980s. However, it …

For those of you that enjoyed  Foo Fighters' front man and Nirvana's background man (drummer), Dave Grohl's documentary "Sound City," about the San Fernando, California based legendary recording studio, get ready for more on recording studios from the prolific musician...a lot more. HBO has given the green light to a new series to be helmed by Mr. Grohl in which he will travel around to classic recording studios in order to document them as well as interview famous music …

Ian Anderson, leader of the band Jethro Tull, has referenced that the classic rock band he has fronted since its founding will be no more. Mr. Anderson, who is currently publicizing his latest solo project, "Homo Erraticus" even referred to the end of Jethro Tull in the album's liner notes, in which he wrote, "I think I prefer, in my twilight years, to use my own name for the most part, being composer of virtually all Tull songs and music since 1968.” He even told Billboard magazine&nb …

Ironic as it may be, that the day after 4/20, is the birthday for 2 musical pioneers in the genre of Alternative Rock. Now granted, the term Alternative Rock didn't really exist, as a term, until the late 1980s-early 1990s, with the onset of bands like Jane's Addiction and the Seattle Grunge style groups. However, the term has come to symbolize the entire make up of all the different sub-genres of Punk, Grunge, New Wave, Gothic, etc. So, with that, while each of the musicians who are celebrat …

Over the course of the last few days, there has been a number of rumors going around that AC/DC is retiring and will exist no longer. This has put everybody in the music community, from fans to executives, running to find out if these rumors are substantiated. Well, as they say, to every rumor, there is a hint of truth. In the case of this rumor of AC/DC calling it quits, there is a speckle of truth, but a speckle is a very small amount, as is the degree of truth to this tale. So, w …

Exactly 20 years ago today, April 5, 1994,  Nirvana's singer, Kurt Cobain killed himself, in his Seattle home, from a self inflicted gun shot wound. He was discovered, 3 days later, by an electrician who was at the rock star's house to install some security lighting. He had apparently entered the premises and found the rocker's body on the ground next to a shot gun and a note. Kurt, at the time, was the latest to enter the "27 Club," the group of musicians who had died from a variet …