The Great 80s

  (FROM BILLBOARD) – Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist Lindsay Buckingham told Billboard the band was surprised by recent claims made by Sheryl Crow that she and the group ”definitely have plans for collaborating in the future.” Crow, who is friends with … Continue reading →

  Look what the cops dragged in. Rikki Rockett, the 46-year-old drummer of ’80s hair-metal purveyor Poison, was taken into custody on a rape warrant as he arrived Monday at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight back from New … Continue reading →

Rocker Eddie Money is going country with a little help from his friends. Money is working on an album featuring “countrified” versions of some of his early hits and country star Vince Gill is singing background vocals. Money, 58, hasn’t … Continue reading →

  Curt Smith has been one half of Tears For Fears, a radio show personality, MTV host and commercial songwriter. In May, when Smith releases “Halfway, pleased,” you can add solo artist to that list. The Bath, England, native tells … Continue reading →

His biggest hit ever was The Never Ending Story, and ironically enough, it was nearly the end to his story. After selling four million copies of the single, the artiste known as Limahl just about disappeared from the face of … Continue reading →

Calvin Hayes from “Johnny Hates Jazz” remembers the 80s… “IT’S very refreshing to see that the climate has changed,” says Calvin Hayes. “People now seem very interested in 1980s music. Many bands are even reforming.” Hayes, along with Mike Nocito … Continue reading →

   Younger fans of contemporary guitar music may not know this, but rock music actually used to be fun. Before Nirvana and Korn ushered in an extended golden age of alternately mopey and angry disenfranchisement, exiling rambunctious irresponsibility to the … Continue reading →

IF ANYONE has ever doubted the pulling power of Bryan Adams’ iconic song Summer of ’69, then they should have witnessed a music experiment at Boardwalk Tavern, on the Gold Coast, last week. Adams may have sold 60 million records in … Continue reading →