11/03/2017
"Summer of '69," was originally going to be titled "Best Days of My Life." The phrase "summer of '69" only appeared once in its original form, and Adams initially thought the song wasn't strong enough to be featured on an album.
10/03/2017
Despite the hard-living lifestyle that a 1970s arena act always projected, Simmons has never drank or done drugs. He told CNN he made that choice to honor his mother and her survival story. "Our entire family was killed off in the gas chambers of N**i Germany," he said. "There is nothing that I would do ever to break my mother's heart."
09/03/2017
Starting from when his mother gave him his first guitar at the young age of 15, Keith Richards has had well over 50 years to build his guitar collection to what it is today.Richards reportedly owns over 3000 guitars! So there you have it, the man who owns over 3000 guitars!!
28/02/2017
Queen has broken some huge records since the band's inception. As documented by the Guiness Book of World Records, Queen holds the title for the world's longest running fan club for a rock group, "the UK's favourite hit of all time" for "Bohemian Rhapsody," and for having their albums spending the most time on the UK Album charts than any other band/musician, for a whopping total of 1,322 weeks/26 years.
25/02/2017
On september 24, 1980, Led Zepplin rehearsed for their upcoming tour. Bonham drank there before drinking double vodkas at Page’s house (not Crowley’s former home) then passing out. He was placed in a spare bedroom. The next afternoon, Jones and Robert Plant’s assistant Benji LeFevre found Bonham dead. The coroner's report stated that he had the equivalent of 40 shots of vodka in his system.
24/02/2017
Before taking up the guitar when his grandmother gave him his first one, a stringed acoustic, Slash was mainly interested in BMX biking and briefly competed at the professional level.
24/02/2017
They’re loud!
Deep Purple is recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s “loudest band.” In 1972 the band played a show at the London Rainbow Theatre and rocked so hard that their sound reached an incredible 117dB. Three people were knocked unconscious as a result of the musical onslaught.
23/02/2017
Dimebag Darrell successfully auditioned for Megadeth’s vacant lead guitar position in 1989, but when he couldn’t convince Dave Mustaine to also hire big brother Vinnie Paul, Darrell decided to carry on with Pantera.
22/02/2017
"Hotel California" originally had a different name. In 2003, Crowe revealed in "Conversations with Don Henley and Glenn Frey," which was part of the liner notes for the Eagles' compilation album "The Very Best Of," that "Hotel California" was originally going to be titled "Mexican Reggae".
21/02/2017
Paul Bruce Dickinson, known professionally as Bruce Dickinson from iron maiden, is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, author and broadcaster.