January Lament

Read the poem that was shared by a friend of Paula Balish's. (Photo Credit: HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

"Blood & Fire" & "Stay Frosty"

Preview more new music from Van Halen's upcoming album "A Different Kind of Truth." (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Kid Channels Catman

Watch 5-year old Avery perform KISS songs on the drums!

Steven Isn't Alone

Watch Steven Tyler sing the National Anthem along with the worst past performances. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Winter Poem For Bikers
More NEW Van Halen
Flaming Youth
Top National Anthem Fails

One-Hit Wonders: Big Country And “In A Big Country”

Michael Verity

Blogs,Classic Rock
Jan 28

Big Country - "In a Big Country" (Mercury, 1983)

Though they had a string of hits in the UK over the course of more than 15 years, Big Country found only one hit in the US…and we all know which one that is.

Let’s Hit the Big Country

LOCAL 985 Bonus Code – January 28th

Kellie Gannon

Contests,Local 985 Bonus Code
Jan 28

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Check out today’s bonus word for your chance to get 5,000 LOCAL 985 Bonus Points. You can use these points towards concert tickets, prizes, getaways and more!!Find out today’s word for 5000 Bonus Points

A Boy and His Snake

Sue C

Sue, Pets
Jan 28

Credit: Dave Rogers/Allsport

Yup, a real live, large python that this cute little boy has befriended. Take a look and be amazed. And sort of freak out.

Why am I posting about these things that make me have nightmares? Because I happen to bump into a new PBS show called Inside Nature’s Giants, and was completely and totally fascinated as the scientists talked about the python problem in Florida, talked about their evolution, and then their anatomy. What a gorgeous, amazing, living miracle. Not that I’d want one for a pet, behind that really thick glass at the zoo or on television is fine for me. And as a side note, I”m on the snake’s side, so not fair that they are being killed in Florida. I mean I get it, they can be dangerous, but the snakes didn’t buy a ticket, and board a boat to Florida. Most of them are the sad victims of overzealous owners who realize that perhaps a huge python is not the best animal to keep as a pet.

World’s Worst Songs: Eddie Murphy’s “Party All the Time”

J.A. Bartlett

Blogs,Videos
Jan 28

Eddie Murphy, seen here at the premiere of his 2011 movie "Tower Heist," once took a shot at pop stardom. (Getty Images/Theo Wargo)

Everybody who loves music also hates music — certain specific examples of it, anyhow. This feature is about those songs: the World’s Worst Songs.

When choosing the World’s Worst Songs, it doesn’t seem fair to bash records that were doomed from the start. When Britney Spears‘ ex-husband Kevin Federline made his vanity record a few years back, nobody was expecting the second coming of Blood on the Tracks. It sucked, as we knew it would.

When artists of major reputation step in it, that’s noteworthy. Also noteworthy: when artists of major reputation in fields other than music try music and fail spectacularly. Exhibit A: “Party All the Time” by Eddie Murphy.

Steady, Eddie!

Rock Flashback: New Riders of the Purple Sage

J.A. Bartlett

Classic Rock
Jan 28

Detail From the Cover of "The Adventures of Panama Red"

If the Grateful Dead were a tree, its offshoots would be many. One that’s occasionally overlooked is New Riders of the Purple Sage.

But Not Here

Troggs Singer Reg Presley Battling Lung Cancer, Announces Retirement

104.3 WOMC

Blogs,Classic Rock,Music News
Jan 27

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Reg Presley, the 70-year-old lead singer of The Troggs, has announced that he is undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer and he is retiring from the band. Presley suffered a stroke in 2010 and according to Spinner is believed to have had another stroke in 2011. His hospitalization led to the discovery of the cancer.Presley’s Statement

Roxy Music Set To Release 12-Disc Career-Spanning Box Set

Zack Nechvatal // Staff Writer

Blogs
Jan 27

Roxy Music Set To Release 12 Disc Career Spanning Box Set Photos: Bryan FerryRoxy Music plans on celebrating their 40th anniversary in a big way. Virgin Records is set to release a career spanning box set, Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982, on April 2. The collection will include eight CDs and four DVDs with “high-resolution audio.”

The albums set to be re-released are: Roxy Music, 1972; For Your Pleasure and Stranded, 1973; Country Life, 1974; Siren, 1975; Manifesto, 1979; Flesh and Blood, 1980; and Avalon, 1982. Bonus material, non-album singles, B-sides, and remixes will also be included in this mega set. View Full Tracklist, Watch Video, Interviews & More

LOCAL 985 Bonus Code – January 27th

Kellie Gannon

Contests,Local 985 Bonus Code
Jan 27

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Rock Flashback: The Beatles Make the Hall of Fame, 1988

J.A. Bartlett

Blogs,Classic Rock,Classic Rock History,Music News,On This Date,The Beatles News
Jan 27

(Getty Images/Paul Hawthorne)

[Gallery] The Beatles Exhibit At The…This week in 1988, the Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They were part of the third class to be inducted into the Hall — which is probably the only time the Beatles have ever been third-class. How come they didn’t get in first?
Yeah, how come?

Yim Yames, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, & Anders Parker Pay Tribute To Woody Guthrie With New Multitudes Track, “Old L.A.” [Free Download]

Zack Nechvatal // Staff Writer

Blogs
Jan 27

Photos: Yim Yames With Iron And Wine ACL… Woody Guthrie would have been 100 this year. And to honor that, songwritersJay Farrar (Son Volt),Will Johnson (Centro-matic),Anders Parker (Varnaline), andYim Yames (My Morning Jacket) have paid compliment with New Multitudes, an intimate interpretation of the American icon and musical legend.

Yim Yames posted that the album is “culled from Woody’s times in L.A. Lyric wise, it’s a part of the story that is still mostly unknown. From Woody’s experiences on L.A.’s skid row to his later years in Topanga Canyon, they are uniquely intimate, and relate two distinctly emotional periods in his life.” Download The FREE MP3 From New Multitudes