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103 items by Jaan Uhelszki
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Diamond dave May Be Back With Van Halen | ARTICLE
David Lee Roth was shooting his mouth off at Hollywood strip joint Crazy Girls last Friday night about his current trial marriage with Van Halen, in the works at Eddie Van Halen's 5150 studio. Apparently, all that...
January 28, 2000 12:00 AM ET -
Johnny Marr Flies Solo | ARTICLE
Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr will release his debut solo album this summer under the tag "Johnny Marr and the Healers." Marr, who never sang on a single Smiths song, will be making his debut as a...
January 27, 2000 12:00 AM ET -
Green day to Work with R.E.M. Producer | ARTICLE
Except for Green Day's appearance at Neil Young's annual Bridge School concert in November, the platinum-selling California punksters have been missing in action. Billie Joe Armstrong was reportedly holed up in his new Oakland home...
January 12, 2000 12:00 AM ET -
Harrison Back at Home After Attack | ARTICLE
George Harrison is back at his 120-room home west of London, after spending the first weekend of the millennium in the hospital undergoing treatment for stab wounds allegedly inflicted by thirty-three-year-old Michael Abram last Thursday. Harrison had...
January 3, 2000 12:00 AM ET -
Van Halen To Continue Without Cherone | ARTICLE
Van Halen will continue on without recently departed singer Gary Cherone. In a press release posted on their Web site (www.van-halen.com), Eddie and the band voiced their regrets about the singer's exit but assured fans that the "departure was both mutual...
November 8, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Gary Cherone Out of Van Halen | ARTICLE
After just three years in the saddle and only a single appearance on record -- last year's lackluster Van Halen III -- former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone has left Van Halen. Although label sources as well as Cherone's Web site...
November 5, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Dave Grohl Breaks Silence on Nirvana Box Set | ARTICLE
Dave Grohl has finally spoken publicly about the long-anticipated box set from his former band Nirvana. In an interview with the BBC, the erstwhile drummer said, "the last song we ever recorded will be on there. That...
October 14, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Online Fans Prefer "Original" Over "Clean" Albums | ARTICLE
While Metallica have only days before they have to turn in the mixes of S&M, the live album documenting last April's bombastic collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony (due out Nov. 23), the mood at the Plant recording studio is...
October 12, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Ozzy Says "No Thanks" to Hall of Fame | ARTICLE
Most rockers would be honored to be nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but Ozzy Osbourne isn't most rockers. He has attempted to take Black Sabbath's name off the Hall of Fame's 1999 nomination list, deeming the...
October 5, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Dylan's Entry Into Brussels | ARTICLE
Even though the Nobel Prize commission chose Gnnter Grass for this year's Nobel Prize in literature, over-looking Bob Dylan for the third year in a row, the J. Paul Getty museum appreciates the iconic minstrel. They have...
October 1, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Bowie Shows Support For Controversial Art Show | ARTICLE
David Bowie has never been afraid of a little controversy, so it comes as little surprise that the renaissance man, who sits on the editorial board of Modern Painters and is a co-owner of the art book purveyor 21 Publishing,...
September 30, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Floyd Revisits "The Wall" | ARTICLE
Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour wasn't exactly lying when he told the BBC last November "I greatly doubt there will be a new album out by the millennium." However, according to a source, Pink Floyd are scheduled to release a...
September 23, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Page and Plant Future Unclear | ARTICLE
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page may have spoken too soon last month when he told Kerrang! magazine that he didn't know whether his resuscitated partnership with Robert Plant would continue. Page and Plant's management has issued a press release implying that...
September 22, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Eminem Sued By His Mom | ARTICLE
Eminem's mother, Debbie Mathers-Briggs, filed a lawsuit Friday against her son in a Michigan court. The suit contends that the twenty-six-year-old hip-hop superstar (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III) slandered her in various broadcast and print interviews, by implying she was an...
September 20, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Graham Nash Breaks Both Legs in Boating Accident | ARTICLE
A freak boating accident on Sunday has left Graham Nash with two broken legs and the Crosby, Stills and Nash appearance at the thirteenth annual Bridge School Benefit up in the air. According to a statement issued by his manager,...
September 14, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Beck Names His "Dumb-Ass Party Record" | ARTICLE
Details about Beck's sixth album have been posted on his official Web site, (www.beck.com). Officially dubbed Midnight Vulture, the record will be in stores on Nov. 16. The musician has also unveiled the titles of six songs: "Sexxlaws," "Milk and Honey,"...
September 14, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
David Bowie Teams With Former Helmet Guitarist | ARTICLE
Amid rumors that David Bowie and longtime collaborator Reeves Gabrels have had an acrimonious parting of ways, comes news that Gabrels asked Bowie for a leave of absence to work on a solo album; the fact that...
September 9, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Dylan May Revisit Grateful Dead Days With Tour | ARTICLE
Bob Dylan's representatives are in discussions with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh about touring with Phil Lesh and Friends during the band's swing through college campuses this fall. "All I can say is there has been some contact, some talks,...
August 25, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Coop Vs. Kiss Case Put to Rest | ARTICLE
Eleven months after Alice Cooper's former publishers filed a suit for copyright infringement against Kiss frontman Paul Stanley and former guitarist Bruce Kulick, the parties have reached an out-of-court settlement. Six Palms Music Corp., which filed the complaint with the U.S. District...
August 18, 1999 12:00 AM ET -
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Paul Simon Cause Trouble | ARTICLE
Leave it to those rabble-rousers Rage Against Machine to ruin it for everybody. After the So Cal agit-rockers played Mansfield, Massachusetts' Tweeter Center in 1997 and refused to leave the stage until long after the 11 p.m....
August 13, 1999 12:00 AM ET
