This year Styx, Foreigner, and Asia are doing several shows together. How does that lineup sound? loog droog Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SonicDreamer Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Journey and Styx and Foreigner > > Yikes. > > The unholy three. The bands that give tr
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Not sure, but I seem to recall that doll with the Stones sweater being up for auction on Ebay awhile back.
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An oldie but a goodie: What's the difference between an Englishman and a Scotsman? An Englishman says "Hey you, get off of my cloud," while a Scotsman says "Hey McCloud, get off of my ewe."
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The point being that this looks to be another, probably futile, attempt at changing the concert ticket pricing system that everyone hates.
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OZZFEST 2007...FOR FREE GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT PULLS PLUG ON TICKET PRICES "This will change everybody’s impression of the way touring in the summer in America should be."--Sharon Osbourne Imagine a day of wall-to-wall hard rock. Imagine the world's greatest headliner sharing a bill with cutting edge new artists. Imagine if this brass-knuckled beast was hellben
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Just in time for Valentine's Day: The 100 most romantic love songs of all time BY JIM FARBER Some may find them smug. Or sappy. Or at the very least overplayed. But the songs below have probably made more lovers misty than any music in memory. So how did we go about compiling this list of hand-holding odes? Eligible songs had to have endured at least a decade in the publ
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EMI to combine two labels By Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer January 26, 2007 Ailing music giant EMI will merge two of the music industry's best-known labels, Capitol Records and Virgin Records America, in a sweeping reorganization prompted by the company's financial troubles. EMI on Thursday unveiled the new Capitol Music Group, retaining the name of its iconic label who
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I was there. Great show. I even bumped into Mick as he was leaving the B-stage. How I wish there was a video of this show.
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The proper term is "whacking." Get it right. :-)
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Donnie Iris wasn't on the recording of Play the Funky Music but he did tour with Wild Cherry before going solo. According to Donnie's official site: The Story Donnie learned how to sing from his Mother and then from Tony Bennett and Marvin Gaye. In 1970, as a member of the Jaggerz, Donnie earned a gold record for writing and singing the No. 1 song “The Rapper.” In or aroun
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I never thought I would see the name "Eddie Murphy" on a list of Oscar nominees. He should have won for "Beverly Hills Cop." ;-)
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Donnie Iris had another lesser known solo hit with "Love is Like a Rock." He was also briefly a member of another one-hit wonder band called Wild Cherry ("Play that Funky Music"). Donnie has recorded lots of great tunes but few have gotten any airplay outside his hometown Pittsburgh. Elmo Lewis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Donn
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No mention yet of my favorite: Never Been Any Reason by Head East
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Thanks to the ever helpful Wikipedia site: 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders was a music countdown special (hosted by William Shatner) that premiered on VH1 in 2002 to salute the chart toppers who had only one hit single in the US charts; many of these artists had additional successes internationally, e.g. on the UK charts. Al
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I'm surprised that KISS has never opened for the Stones. It's pretty obvious that the Stones were a huge influence on them. KISS opened for Aerosmith a few years ago so I could see them opening for the Stones. I'm guessing they were never asked.
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I don't know if they're necessarily terrible band names, but generic words like Kiss and Heart sure make it tough to find their stuff on Ebay. Young bands should probably take that into consideration in this new internet age.
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I'll see your Brian Wilson doll and raise you a Freddie Mercury doll: and a John Lennon doll: Available at finer Spencer Gifts and FYE stores everywhere. There's also the new Jimmy Page action figure from Macfarlane, makers of possibly the finest action figures on the common market: Speaking of which, why do you suppose there have been no Mick or Keith actio
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Hell yeah! Same applies to Deep Purple and Alice Cooper. danielb Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I do think that Kiss deserve to be in the hall. >
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Not sure if you can consider this to be "hellraising" but this story has been told many times: When Mötley Crüe opened for Ozzy Osbourne's Bark at the Moon tour in 1984, a gross-out showdown seemed inevitable. After snorting a line of ants, Ozzy upped the ante by urinating on the floor and licking it up. Crüe guitarist Nikki Sixx rose to the challenge and also peed, but Ozzy bea
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Black Sabbath was inducted last year.
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Van Halen, R.E.M. lead Rock Hall class By JOE MILICIA, Associated Press Writer CLEVELAND - Van Halen made a "jump" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday, along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five — the first rap act to be inducted into the hall — and R.E.M., the Ronettes and Patti Smith. A panel of 600 industry figures selected the five acts to be inducte
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I have always found this site to be quite enlightening when it comes to deciphering slang phrases: I've never heard anyone say "bag" outside the famous James Brown song. "My bad" is pretty common among younger folks.
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JB wouldn't be the first performer brought back from the dead in Branson. Just look at the rest of their roster.
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"Theirs goes, 'Ding ding ding dingy ding-ding.' Ours goes, 'Ding ding ding ding dingy ding-ding.'" -- Vanilla Ice, 1990 It's that extra "ding" that makes a song like "Ice Ice Baby" different than "Under Pressure." Really, it's like comparing apples to a slightly different kind of apples.
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My favorite uptempo/rocker of the 90s - Lie to Me - Jonny Lang My favorite slow song/ballad of the 90s - Wander This World - Jonny Lang My favorite cover of the 90s - Hard to Handle - Black Crowes BTW, Rockin' in the Free World came out in 1989.
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14 December 2006 FLIP SIDE OF WORK FOR MICK By Pete Samson MICK Jagger might have ended up flipping burgers for a living if the Rolling Stones had bombed, said fellow rock legend Gene Simmons. Kiss frontman Gene, 57, said stars who failed to make it big would be good at little else. The Channel 4 Rock School presenter added: "They'd probably now be asking you if you want frie
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Does it roll? :-) J.J.Flash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All I got was a rock.
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Nothing beats C***sucker Blues in the nasty department.
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I'm afraid you'll have to go see Rod Stewart if you want to hear "Still the Same." It is the title track to his newest album after all. Ugh.
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