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JOSH HOMME EXPLAINS WHY PLAYING WITH DAVE GROHL IS “ADDICTIVE”Josh Homme has worked with some extraordinary musicians ov...
06/10/2026

JOSH HOMME EXPLAINS WHY PLAYING WITH DAVE GROHL IS “ADDICTIVE”

Josh Homme has worked with some extraordinary musicians over the years, but he says there is something uniquely inspiring about playing with Dave Grohl.

Speaking with Rick Beato, the Queens of the Stone Age frontman described Grohl as incredibly intuitive and effortless to play alongside.

According to Homme, Grohl does far more than simply keep time. When given a guitar riff, he can respond to it rhythmically on the drums, then build around it with what feels almost like a counter-melody.

That musical instinct, Homme said, is what makes playing with him so addictive.

He also praised Grohl’s remarkable consistency behind the kit, pointing out how he can make different parts of the drum set hit with the same intensity and presence, whether he is playing aggressively or quietly.

For Homme, that ability to match the music so naturally is what makes Grohl such an inspiring collaborator.

The two famously worked together on Queens of the Stone Age’s 2002 album Songs for the Deaf, where Grohl delivered some of the most celebrated drumming of his post-Nirvana career.

As Homme put it, playing with Grohl is simply “so easy” that you immediately want to do it again.

In his memoir Time Between, Chris Hillman looked back on the period when Gram Parsons became his roommate in the fall of...
05/10/2026

In his memoir Time Between, Chris Hillman looked back on the period when Gram Parsons became his roommate in the fall of 1968.

The two could hardly have been more different. Hillman was disciplined, serious, and focused on the work. Gram was magnetic, unpredictable, and far more interested in the idea of becoming a star. Yet beneath those differences, they connected deeply through their shared love of country music at a time when much of the rock world still looked down on it.

There was also a more personal bond between them. Both had lost their fathers to su***de at a young age, an experience that left lasting scars neither of them really knew how to talk about. Hillman later reflected that the grief, anger, and sadness they carried may have helped create an unspoken understanding between them.

For a while, he said, they were almost like brothers.

That closeness also fed directly into the music.

One morning, Hillman began working on a new song about the darker side of Los Angeles. He woke Gram, showed him what he had written, and Parsons quickly contributed another verse. Hillman later added a final section inspired by Robert Kennedy.

The song became “Sin City,” one of the defining tracks from The Flying Burrito Brothers and a perfect example of the chemistry Hillman and Parsons shared during that remarkable period.

Source: Chris Hillman, Time Between, excerpt published by Rolling Stone, August 19, 2020.

OCTOBER 4, 1975. 🎸Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band’s second chart...
05/10/2026

OCTOBER 4, 1975. 🎸

Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band’s second chart-topping album in Britain.

Released as their ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here would become one of the defining records of Pink Floyd’s career. Songs such as “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” “Have a Cigar,” and the unforgettable title track explored absence, loss, disillusionment, the music industry, and the pressures that came with enormous success.

At the emotional heart of the album was the memory of former bandmate Syd Barrett, whose absence continued to cast a long shadow over the group.

More than five decades later, Wish You Were Here remains one of rock music’s most enduring and deeply emotional albums.

Around 1983, a young drummer named Richie Reinhardt answered an ad in the Village Voice and walked into what he thought ...
05/10/2026

Around 1983, a young drummer named Richie Reinhardt answered an ad in the Village Voice and walked into what he thought would be just another audition.

Waiting inside were Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee Ramone.

The Ramones had already helped reshape rock music, but they needed a drummer capable of matching their relentless speed and energy. Richie got the job, became Richie Ramone, and spent the next four years driving the band from behind the kit with a harder, more precise attack.

But Richie contributed far more than just drumming.

He wrote “Somebody Put Something in My Drink,” inspired by an unsettling night at a club when someone allegedly tampered with his drink. The song became one of his defining contributions to the Ramones and one of the relatively few tracks written by a drummer in the band's history.

Richie would appear on three studio albums and tour extensively with the group before leaving in 1987.

Decades later, “Somebody Put Something in My Drink” remains a fan favorite and a reminder that even arriving years after the Ramones began, Richie still managed to leave his own unmistakable mark on the band’s legacy.

Mick Taylor once admitted that when he first joined The Rolling Stones and began rehearsing with them for Hyde Park, he ...
05/10/2026

Mick Taylor once admitted that when he first joined The Rolling Stones and began rehearsing with them for Hyde Park, he was stunned by how rough they sounded.

He remembered thinking, “How do they make such great records?”

For Taylor, the answer became much clearer after working with producer Jimmy Miller, the man behind some of the Stones’ most celebrated albums, including Let It Blee, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Main St.

Taylor later explained that the magic was never simply about technical perfection. It was about chemistry.

The tension, interaction, and instinct between Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Taylor himself, and Jimmy Miller created something far greater than polished musicianship alone.

That unpredictable chemistry became part of what made The Rolling Stones sound like The Rolling Stones.

Source: Jackson Maxwell / Guitar World

Mick Taylor performing live with Jack Bruce at the Crystal Palace Garden Party in London on June 7, 1975.

JOURNEY IN 1981. 🎸This was the year Journey went from being a hugely successful rock band to becoming one of the definin...
05/10/2026

JOURNEY IN 1981. 🎸

This was the year Journey went from being a hugely successful rock band to becoming one of the defining acts of the era.

With Jonathan Cain joining Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Ross Valory and Steve Smith, the band released Escape in July 1981 — an album that would take Journey to another level.

It gave us “Who’s Crying Now,” “Open Arms,” and a song that would eventually become one of the most recognizable anthems in rock history: “Don’t Stop Believin’.”

Escape reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while Journey filled arenas with the unmistakable combination of Neal Schon’s soaring guitar and Steve Perry’s extraordinary voice.

1981 wasn’t simply another successful year for Journey.

It was the moment they created songs that would still have entire crowds singing along more than four decades later.

35 years ago this month, Tesla released Psychotic Supper, an album that included one of their most emotional songs, “Son...
05/10/2026

35 years ago this month, Tesla released Psychotic Supper, an album that included one of their most emotional songs, “Song and Emotion.”

Tesla, who had previously opened for Def Leppard during the Hysteria tour, wrote the track as a heartfelt tribute to their close friend Steve Clark, who had tragically passed away earlier that year.

More than just a song, it remains a powerful remembrance of a gifted guitarist, a friend, and one of rock’s most unforgettable talents.

OCTOBER 4, 1975.During the sessions for Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd were working on music shaped by the absence of th...
05/10/2026

OCTOBER 4, 1975.

During the sessions for Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd were working on music shaped by the absence of their former frontman, Syd Barrett, when a strange man appeared inside Abbey Road Studios.

He had a shaved head, no eyebrows, and looked so different that at first, the band did not recognize him.

It was Syd.

Barrett had been gone from Pink Floyd for years, and now, while they were creating an album haunted by his memory, he had suddenly walked back into the room.

The moment became one of the most surreal stories in rock history. The man who had inspired so much of the album was standing directly in front of them, almost unrecognizable from the person they once knew.

On October 4, 1975, Wish You Were Here reached No. 1 in America.

Pink Floyd had created a masterpiece about absence, memory, and loss — and during its making, the ghost at the center of it briefly returned.

Calling Metallica’s arrival at the $2.3 billion Las Vegas Sphere a residency doesn’t quite capture it. This feels more l...
05/10/2026

Calling Metallica’s arrival at the $2.3 billion Las Vegas Sphere a residency doesn’t quite capture it. This feels more like a full-scale, high-tech takeover by a band that has long since outgrown the limits of a traditional stage.

Across two completely different, no-repeat nights, four decades of raw, relentless metal will collide with one of the most technologically advanced venues on the planet.

But that raises one big question: in a place built to overwhelm the senses and constantly pull attention toward its massive visuals, can Metallica still preserve the intense, personal connection with the crowd that has defined their live shows for more than 40 years?

Gary Moore and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott light up the stage at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, on February ...
05/10/2026

Gary Moore and Thin Lizzy frontman Phil Lynott light up the stage at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 21, 1977 — two Irish rock legends captured in their prime.

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