Rock N Roll News

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Buddy Holly

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

According to Paul Anka, who appeared with Buddy Holly on some of the Winter Dance Party tour before the plane crash that took Holly`s life, Buddy had plans to take flying lessons when the tour was over.

AC/DC

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

The name AC/DC was suggested by Angus and Malcolm`s sister Margaret Young, who saw a label that read AC/DC on the back of a sewing machine while she made adjustments to his outfit.. The Young brothers thought it was a good name for their band, because `i

Slayer and Beastie Boys

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Kerry King of Slayer played guitar for Beastie Boys` `No Sleep Till Brooklyn`. Who said death metal and hip hop couldn`t work together?

Metallica

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

on the day of cliff burton(metallica)`s death, the band was fighting over who gets the best beds on the tourbus. they used a game of cards to see who will get which bed. cliff won against kirk with an ace of spades. later during the evening when they were

Ron Van Zant

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

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Neil Young and the Ron Van Zant didn`t get along at all. Sweet home Alabama was written after he heard `Southern Man` . It`s was a retaliatory song so to say. Young`s song was poking fun at the southern culture, like racial discrimination and rel

Led Zeppelin`s name

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

For the zep naming, i heard that zepplin opened for the who, after they got off stage, Plant asked Keith moon how he thought they did, to which moon replied, `You guys crashed like a lead zepplin.`

Sweet home Alabama and Neil Young

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Lynyrd Skynyrd`s Ronnie Van Zant is said to be buried with a Neil Young t-shirt, the same he uses on his last cd cover. The admiration between these two musicians was mutual: Young said he`d rather play `Sweet Home Alabama` than `Southern Man` (his own so

Stairway To Heaven

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

zeppelin wrote stairway to heaven and it was the first song Robert Plant wrote the lyrics for and Page let Plant write all the lyrics afterwards!
Stairway to Heaven is the song that has been played the most in the history of humanity, at least once on

Karen Carpenter

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Karen Carpenter was born 2 Mar 1950, died 4 Feb 1983...

Roy Harper and Pink Floyd

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

During the recording of`Wish you Were Here`, Roger Waters voice was shot from SOYCD 1. Roy Harper was hanging out in the studio and was asked to sing for `Have a Cigar`. He sounds exactly like Waters.
Roy Harper sang lead vocals on Pink Floyd`s `Have A C

Def Leppard

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Def Leppard`s drummer, Rick Allen, lost an arm in a car crash in the mid-eighties. However, Rick decided to keep on playing, and learned to do it with his feet and some programmed drum lines. The band continued as normal, and their next album with their `

Jimmy Page

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Jimmy Page played the guitar on the Kinks - You Really Got Me. He also did a song or two for The Who. Jimmy was actually already a well known name where he grew up, doin session work before he hooked up with The Yardbirds. He even funded the first Zepp al

Sting

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Sting`s name is Gordon Sumner and he`s originally from South Sheilds , a small town in
england, described by one local comedian as being `the shittest place on earth. It even has a paracetamol (headache tablet...commonly used in overdose) factory at o

Bob Dylan

nospam@example.com (Webmaster) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:14:38 -0400

Bob Dylan`s real name is Robert Zimmerman, In Hibbing, MN there is a restaraunt called Zimmy`s in Dylan`s honor, the city also has `Dylan Days` during the summer.(Funny thing is Dylan despises the place where he grew up) Highway 61 actually doesn`t run t