Velvet Revolver went from being one of the most highly anticipated bands of the 2000s to imploding on stage half a decade after their formation. Matt Sorum Recommends Randy Castillo for Motley Crue Vacancy Former Guns N’ Roses and The Cult drummer Matt Sorum was close friends with drummer Randy Castillo. Sorum revealed in his […]
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2000 was a year full of turmoil for Rage Against the Machine. While the band would release a new covers album and record and play some shows, as well as record a live album, there was wild speculation that the band was done. “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our
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The 90’s saw several popular periods of music. Hair metal was on its last feet at the beginning of the decade, with grunge taking over in the early to mid 90’s. That transitioned into post-grunge and pop rock and then nu-metal. Against the backdrop of rock music during the decade was hip hop and straight
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Guns N’ Roses were another victim of the change in the rock scene by late 1994. While many people think that alternative rock and grunge were responsible for the group’s disappearance and demise, that wasn’t even remotely true. The group’s death was ultimately their own doing. Guns N’ Roses Wrap Up Use Your Illusion Tour
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As the first non-solo act on Apple Records, Badfinger had remarkable chemistry, huge hits on the charts, and they’d be critically acclaimed as natural successors to The Beatles. In fact, some referred to the band as, “The new Fab Four” and they were handpicked by the members of the Beatles themselves. Their songs and albums
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