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NEWS ABOUT: classic rock

classic rock stories: 8 news summaries

 Supergroup Chickenfoot 
 Revives Classic Rock 

Supergroup is having fun, getting serious

Jun 11, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rock’s newest wave-makers aren’t so new, reports USA Today. Chickenfoot is a supergroup, but “not a pre-fab one. This all really grew out of friendships,” says bassist Michael Anthony. Anthony, along with fellow Van Halen alum Sammy Hagar, has been jamming with guitarist Joe Satriani and... More »

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entertainment • music • rock and roll • Van Halen • rock bands • classic rock • Joe Satriani • Jay-ZTV • Chickenfoot • Sammy Hagar • Michael Anthony • Chad Smith • Red Hot Chili Peppers

Aerosmith to GOP:
Hands Off Our Song

House GOP's Back in the Saddle video yanked after copyright claim

Feb 18, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Minority Whip Eric Cantor's effort to rally the House GOP with a video using Aerosmith's Back in the Saddle was swiftly bucked by the band, reports TPM. The company holding the song’s copyright requested that the video—which crowed about the House GOP's unified opposition to the stimulus package—... More »

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Congress • copyright • song • rock bands • classic rock • House Republicans • Aerosmith • Eric Cantor

LA Rockers Revive Sixties Aura in Laurel Canyon

"Cali Rock' hippie harmonies hop from hillside houses

Dec 10, 08 3:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The sounds of the Sixties were strummed out of the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles, but the neighborhood is now nurturing a similar movement in American music. Musicians are picking up the torch of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and the Doors, by creating new sounds in a ... More »

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California • Los Angeles • folk • classic rock • Laurel Canyon

 Black Ice Signals 
 New AC/DC Blitz 

Aussie power rock group gets back to roots with album you can only get at Wal-Mart

Sep 9, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - After an 8-year hiatus, AC/DC is back—in black, one might say, as their album Black Ice is poised to go on sale exclusively at Wal-Mart stores Oct. 20, Rolling Stone reports. In 2 months of studio work, the Aussie rock icons churned out 15 new songs (including four with... More »

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music • rock and roll • album release • rock bands • classic rock • Wal-Mart • AC/DC

Crow to Croon With Fleetwood Mac

She'll probably join pal Stevie Nicks sometime next year

Mar 14, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fleetwood Mac may soon get a new face and a new voice: Sheryl Crow. "We definitely have plans for collaborating in the future, and we'll see what happens," the singer told Spinner.com. "I think that's going to be next year." She would join her friend... More »

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music • rock and roll • classic rock • Sheryl Crow • Fleetwood Mac • Stevie Nicks • Christinve McVie

Zep Show a Whole Lotta Love

London gig, the first in 27 years, wows 16,000

Dec 11, 07 2:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Until tonight, Led Zeppelin hadn't played a full concert in close to 30 years. But it's clear the band still has a whole lotta love for performing, reports E!. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and Jason Bonham, son of the late John Bonham, blew the roof off London's... More »

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Led Zeppelin • Robert Plant • Jimmy Page • John Paul Jones • Jason Bonham • John Bonham • classic rock

Stairway
to iTunes

Reuniting Led Zep
bows to demands of download devil,
uploads catalogue

Oct 15, 07 2:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Led Zeppelin has joined the digital age, allowing its music to be sold online for the first time shortly before playing a one-off reunion show in November. The essential classic rock oeuvre is one of the last to get the mp3 treatment, Reuters reports. Led Zep will cave in to... More »

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Verizon • mp3 • download • Led Zeppelin • reunion • classic rock • ringtones

The Boss Works Old, New 'Magic'

New album mixes pop and politics - and gets rave reviews

Sep 30, 07 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an era of has-been acts making a mockery of themselves, Bruce Springsteen rolls out his fourth album in five years—a poppy album with steely political undertones that proves he's as relevant as ever. Magic drops sugar-coated bombs on the Bushies, the New York Times' A.O. Scott writes,... More »

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pop music • magic • Bruce Springsteen • classic rock • The Rising • music review

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