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11 items by Bill Crandall

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  Sum 41 Immortalize Chuck | ARTICLE

  Sum 41 have named their third album Chuck as a tribute to United Nations representative Chuck Pelletier, who the band members credit with saving their lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo back in May. The Canadian...

  August 19, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  DMB, Blige Rock for Kerry | ARTICLE

  The rock world serenaded the new Democratic presidential ticket Thursday night in New York, as the Dave Matthews Band, Jon Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, Mary J. Blige, John Mellencamp and John Fogerty literally sang the praises of...

  July 9, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  The Cure: Album by Album | ARTICLE

  Before the release of Bloodflowers, fresh off a photo shoot and all made up in his trademark teased hair and lipstick, Robert Smith sat in a New York City hotel bar in front of a stack of...

  June 18, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Brian Wilson to Bare "Smile" | ARTICLE

  While what's left of the Beach Boys continue to sing songs about surfing and girls all across America, Brian Wilson is holed up in a Los Angeles studio recording Smile. Yes, in the Beach Boys' world,...

  May 19, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Surf Legend Jan Berry Dies | ARTICLE

  Jan Berry, the creative force behind legendary surf rock duo Jan and Dean, died Friday after suffering a seizure at his Los Angeles home; he was sixty-two. The singer had endured various health problems ever since a...

  March 29, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Morrissey, Lips Join Lolla | ARTICLE

  Prince isn't the only Eighties icon making a huge go of it in 2004, as Morrissey -- following the release of You Are the Quarry, his first album in seven years -- will head out on Lollapalooza....

  March 29, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  George Michael Quitting Biz | ARTICLE

  George Michael's tumultuous tenure as a member of the record business is soon to be over. Following the release of Patience (Sony) -- his first album of new material in eight years, due out in the U.K....

  March 11, 2004 12:00 AM ET
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  Righteous Bros' Hatfield Dies | ARTICLE

  Bobby Hatfield, one half of the legendary blue-eyed soul duo the Righteous Brothers, was found dead yesterday in a hotel room in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was sixty-three. Hatfield and partner Bill Medley were on the road doing what they've been...

  November 6, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Bernie Williams' Journey Within | ARTICLE

  If you've ever seen Bernie Williams take off a bit late after a fly ball, you'll have to excuse him -- he has music in his head. And, besides, it's not like the Gold Glover has had much trouble...

  July 14, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Sex Pistols Vow to Rock Iraq | ARTICLE

  As evident from the Sex Pistols' impromptu 1977 boat gig on the River Thames -- wherein they serenaded Queen Elizabeth from a afar on the twenty-fifth anniversary of her coronation with "Anarchy in the U.K." -- to their ill-fated U.S....

  July 11, 2003 12:00 AM ET
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  Arthur Lee Rocks "Forever" | ARTICLE

  Arthur Lee didn't expect to see 1968, much less 2003. When the twenty-two-year-old Love frontman retreated in 1967 to his Hollywood Hills home -- purchased after his band became the first rock act to sign with Elektra Records -- to...

  June 6, 2003 12:00 AM ET