‘Great training for rock and roll’: Had Nick Mason not co-founded Pink Floyd, he might have done this
Nick Mason has been the only constant through Pink Floyd’s many incarnations.
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‘I just said immediately — this is it’: Steve Cropper knew he had a hit with this Otis Redding favorite
And it’s not like Cropper hasn’t had a slew of them, from Wilson Pickett to Otis Redding.
Ringo Starr’s current All-Starr Band can’t stop having fun: ‘It was very organic and natural’
Together since 2012, the All-Starrs play the Greek in LA tonight – but they’ll be back.
Something Else! sneak peek: Dirty Loops, “Wake Me Up” (2014)
A lot of Dirty Loops’ covers have been released via YouTube, and the latest one to hit the video circuit is their more organic, more virtuosic rendition of Avicii’s Aloe Blacc-sung “Wake Me Up.”
‘The standard is unbelievably high’: Picking Carl Palmer’s brain on the best modern drummer
Palmer boasts a lengthy resume of success with Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Asia.
For Micky Dolenz, there’s been much more to life: ‘I’m not a Monkee every day’
His solo shows are a varied delight. Later this fall, he’ll appear in ‘Comedy is Hard.’
‘He said the song was a hit because he was better looking’: How Rick Springfield got the best of Sammy Hagar
A late-’70s Hagar tune eventually hit the Top 10, but only after Springfield covered it.
‘We think we’ve got it just fine’: Brian May bristles at notion that Queen + Adam Lambert is a tribute band
He says they walk a fine line between celebrating their past and moving forward.
Geddy Lee admits he has no idea why Rush suddenly became cool: ‘It’s hard for me to have perspective’
What changed? Lee isn’t exactly sure. But he’s got a theory or two.
‘There was a freedom in it’: Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page on the wonder and power of John Bonham
He says Led Zeppelin gave Bonham “the vehicle to play the way he really wanted.”
