Watch Johnny Depp Play Guitar For Alice Cooper
Captain Jack Sparrow lent some licks to Alice Cooper’s show at the 100 Club in London last night.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAll-Star Tribute for Victims of Tuscon Tragedy
On Thursday evening, an all-star benefit concert was held in Tucson, Ariz. to pay tribute to victims of the January shooting rampage.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Giving BackAlice Cooper to Perform with Original Band at Rock Hall Induction
Alice Cooper—along with a few others—snagged the honor of being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He plans to play at the induction ceremony with his band’s original line-up March 14 at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTom Waits, Dr. John, Alice Cooper to be Inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love, Tom Waits and Dr. John will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTom Waits, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Many More Nominated for Rock and Rock Hall of Fame
Although the inductees won’t be decided until Dec. 26, the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction nominees include Alice Cooper, Donovan, LL Cool J, Tom Waits, Beastie Boys, Bon Jovi, Dr. John, Chic, Neil Diamond, J. Geils Band, Chuck Willis, Joe Tex, Donna Summer, Darlene Love and Laura Nyro.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSeven Inexplicable Musician TV Cameos
This week on CSI, the cause of death will be Bieber Fever, but you don’t need to be a detective to figure out that putting the teeny bopper on a grisly primetime drama is an interesting casting move.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayOur Favorite Musicians-Turned-Authors
Recently, we told you about singer/songwriter Josh Ritter entering new territory by penning a novel, and it got us thinking: which other singers have ventured onto literary soil? Turns out, quite a few, and — more often than not — they write about topics that are a bit unexpected. Here’s a compilation of some of the more off-the-beaten-path/noteworthy projects. (You’ll notice we left autobiographies off this list. After all, any old ghostwriter can crank out one of those.)... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayRobert Mattheu: The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story
Could use more raw power If the snarling Iggy Pop of 1969 knew his Stooges would be coffee table book fodder, he would’ve scoffed. But here we are, 40 years later, with The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story. The title tells all: unreleased photos, band testimonials and album reviews. But while rock’n’roll platitudes flourish in books about, say, The Beatles, here the fawning feels awkward. CREEM photographer Robert Mattheu’s stilted writing never dives deeper than anecdotes and base descriptions. We learn Ron Ashton’s apartment, when he hosted Elektra Record executives in 1971, was “too horrible to describe.” The execs... read more
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