American Rock musician Alice Cooper (born Vincent Furnier) performs onstage at the University of Michigan’s Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan, December 12, 1973. (Photo by Steve Kagan/Getty Images) On April 21, 1973, Alice Cooper unleashed their sixth studio album upon the world, sending shockwaves through the music industry and solidifying their status as rock ‘n’ […]
The songs on the Fiery Furnaces' 'Widow City' are like a multiverse 45; they'll never be hits on this Earth but might sell millions in a world slightly tweaked.
The AFS Hedy Lamarr Award, an honor recognizing outstanding contributions to science and technology, will be presented to Jeffrey Allen "Skunk" Baxter. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at EarthX's Congress of Conferences at the Hilton Anatole on Monday, April 22, 2024, with the award to be presented by notable figures David Hamilton and Trammell Crow Jr.
Out now is the new book "Livin' Just to Find Emotion: Journey and the Story of American Rock," written by historian David Hamilton Golland and timed to the band's 50th anniversary celebration. The 363-page book offers a meticulously researched history of the band, with album-by-album analysis covering every Journey song and a document-sourced look at Journey's corporate structure and legal machinations, particularly of the past few years when band members Ross Valory and Steve Smith were fired and the recent feuding between founding guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain, that has since been resolved. Golland, a professor at Monmouth University in New Jersey whose specialty is African American History, became a Journey fan when he was young, after hearing "Don't Stop Believe in'" on the radio. He tells us that researching and writing the book as a pandemic project enhanced his view of the group: "I definitely came to appreci