Rock

Kiss staged one of their more unusual concerts on Nov. 27, 1984, as two different lead guitarists took turns playing onstage. An expanded lineup featuring five musicians ended up coming out for the final bow. This was the band’s initial attempt at playing live with Mark St. John, who was hired as Kiss’ third lead guitarist
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Gibson has officially launched its new Murphy Lab Collection, a line of artificially aged electric guitars. The company’s website describes the instruments as follows: “Using the most sophisticated tools and technology, master artisan Tom Murphy and his team create each Murphy Lab guitar inside our Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. Each instrument is a unique,
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The Love Record Stores campaign is returning for a second year in September following last year’s hugely successful fundraising drive for independent record stores across the UK. Over £1 million in sales was taken during the inaugural Love Record Stores Day in June 2020, with the initiative being launched to support record stores who, like
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Alan Cartwright, Procol Harum‘s bassist from 1971 to 1976, died on March 4 at age 75. The musician, born Oct. 10, 1945, first met Procol Harum singer-keyboardist Gary Brooker in 1966, having grown up in the same region of Edmonton/Enfield, England. He joined the progressive rock band five years later, first appearing on their influential 1972
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