ELP Legacy prominently features the guitar, unlike Carl Palmer’s trio work with Emerson Lake and Palmer. He says there’s a reason for that.

Justin Hayward and the Moody Blues kicked off another series of concert dates last night, and he’s making the case for their current lineup as the best ever. That’s saying something for a band that started in 1964. You May Also Like: The Moody Blues’ John Lodge, “10,000 Light YearsRead More

“I haven’t heard this in 35 years,” Gregg Rolie allows, as he and guitarist Alan Haynes launch into a searching version of the title track from Journey’s 1976 album Look Into the Future. It’s never sounded better. You May Also Like: At first, Gregg Rolie wasn’t so sure about aRead More

When Steve Howe quit Asia, he was only leaving one of the two band lineups that he shares with Geoff Downes. The pair continues forward in the current edition of Yes — and Downes says there’ve been no hard feelings. You May Also Like: John Wetton, Geoff Downes say successRead More

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Ian Anderson ended up settling into a scholarly pursuit of his signature instrument in the early 1990s – well after Jethro Tull’s initial heyday.

Aerosmith’s on-going world tour in support of their new album Music from Another Dimension is taking Steven Tyler and Co. into some never-before-played locales — and some very hot ones, too. You May Also Like: Steven Tyler – We’re All Somebody From Somewhere (2016)

For producer Bob Ezrin, who’s worked on signature recordings with Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Alice Cooper and countless others, working with Deep Purple meant a chance to return to rock’s rebel ways. You May Also Like: Ian Gillan on the differences between solo and Deep Purple songs: ‘I’d find somethingRead More

Gene Simmons sorts through his stormy relationship with Kiss’ initial replacement for Ace Frehley, guitarist Vinnie Vincent — saying the split had less to do with artistic differences than it did with simple business. You May Also Like: Kiss’ fussy and overwrought Destroyer tried to out think itself