Kinks guitarist Dave Davies has mixed feelings about Van Halen's cover of his band's most famous song, "You Really Got Me." He tells Classic Rock magazine, "Van Halen's version was very middle America. It was like, 'Hey man, look at me with my tight trousers! Here's our version of You Really Got Me!'... I shouldn't encourage him, but I'm sure Eddie Van Halen played better when he was drunk. But it must be a good record if people like it."
The Van Halen version was on their 1978 self-titled debut.
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Ex-Guns n' Roses drummer Steven Adler says that being on tour with his band Adler's Appetite and promoting his new book, My Appetite for Destruction, tests his sobriety every day. He tells us that he seems to attract people who have easy access to drugs. For example, at a show this week, a fan offered Adler cocaine for a broken cymbal. But Adler says he turned the fan down, adding, "Every day I feel stronger and more secure with myself."
Adler's Appetite is scheduled for The Phoneix Lounge in Harrisburg, SD in mid-August.
Ozzy Osbourne slammed Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson in a new interview with The Quietus over an incident that occurred on the 2005 Ozzfest tour. During an August 20th show in San Bernardino, California, Sharon Osbourne allegedly messed with Maiden's sound and had the band pelted with eggs onstage, after claiming that Dickinson had made disparaging remarks about her husband throughout the tour.
Ozzy told The Quietus about the incident, "Unbeknown to me, every night he was going on stage slagging me off. And...
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Billy Joel's upcoming premiere of his Last Play At Shea concert documentary will be shown at the New York Mets' new home -- Citi Field -- on August 21st, according to Vintage Vinyl News. The film will be the largest outdoor film showing since Columbus, Ohio's "Motion Picture Day" on July 4th, 1919.
Last Play At Shea features highlights from Billy's 2008 two-night venue closing concerts at New York's legendary Shea Stadium, featuring special guests Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler, and Garth...
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Bob Dylan will release the ninth installment of his critically acclaimed Bootleg Series in October, according to the Dylan magazine Isis. As opposed to the past few editions, Bootleg Series Nine will not feature live-in-concert tracks or studio outtakes, but Dylan's legendary publishing demos recorded between 1962 and 1964 featuring many songs which never made their way into the official Dylan catalogue -- as well as early demos of future Dylan classics, such as "Mr. Tambourine Man," "When The Ship Comes In," "The...
Read more: BOB DYLAN'S LATEST 'BOOTLEG SERIES' TO FEATURE EARLY PUBLISHING DEMOS
Lynyrd Skynyrd will be featured this Sunday (August 1st) on A&E's Private Sessions hosted by Lynn Hoffman. The band will be chatting about their latest release, God & Guns and performing four songs -- the album's title track, the new tribute to fallen bandmates called "Still Unbroken," along with such Skynyrd staples as "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird." A&E's Private Sessions airs on Sunday at 9 a.m. EST/8 a.m. CST.
Although they've been eligible for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1998,...
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In celebration of what would've been John Lennon's 70th birthday on October 9th, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Box Of Vision will be planting three separate John Lennon time capsules. One of the capsules will be planted at the Rock Hall in Cleveland, with the two others at spots relevant to Lennon's life.
The capsules are scheduled to be opened on October 9th, 2040. The time capsule dedication ceremony at the Rock Hall will take place on October 8th on at 10:30 a.m. and will kick off a weekend...
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Queen guitarist and astronomer Brian May will give his final U.S. presentation of his new photo book, A Village Lost and Found, tonight at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. Though he's not a fan of being on the road all the time, May says this book tour has been fun. He tells us, "We're having a great time with it, and we get some great responses from the audience."
Since tonight's event is being held at the Griffith Observatory, May will also sign copies of astronomy book, Bang: The Complete History of the Universe.
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