John Fogerty At 70

John Fogerty. The man that mastered "Swamp Rock." His first label was connected to Jazz not Rock n Roll. No manager. No producer. Everything pretty much said, "Find fame elsewhere." Rather than give up. John relied on the energy of the songwriter he met at the age of 12. It was time to become a prolific songwriter. John Fogerty turns 70 today.

Paul Stanley Designs New Clothing Line

Paul Stanley of KISS. On or off stage. He's always dressed to kill. Now he's going to market it. The famous front man is currently creating a new line of men’s fashion apparel and accessories, footwear, food, spirits, home decor, cookware and more. Epic Rights CEO Dell Furano says, “Paul is the definitive rock renaissance man, with a sense of style in arts, fashion, design and food that is unrivaled in the music industry. His creativity, marketing savvy and personal style truly set him apart.” Stanley adds, "I am excited to watch Epic Rights’ branding professionals find opportunities and outlets that will reflect a lifestyle and point of view that I am passionate about and do it imaginatively and creatively in the years to come.” Look for products to hit stores next year.

Show Prep Rush Style

Rush hits the Greensboro Coliseum this Thursday night. To keep it fresh and moving forward... what's the truth behind the microphone? And is there ever time for a private life? Getty Lee talks about the shape of their present formation. Rush hits the Greensboro Coliseum this Thursday night.

Dennis DeYoung

Dennis DeYoung will spend the summer of 2015 out on the road performing the songs he helped put into the chapters of Rock n Roll. Getting to this point was pretty much a Grand Illusion. Dennis truly didn't dream of becoming a rock star. He's live in at Speedstreet FREE FREE tomorrow night

Bat Out Of Hell Headed To Broadway

Bat Out Of Hell is headed to Broadway!!!! The man behind the chorus is Classic Rock legend Todd Rundgren. Wait! Isn't Bat Out Of Hell a Meat Loaf thing? Rundgren is the only producer that believed in the original seed for the album. It was his skills that made the music come to life. He was spoofing this really good musician out of Jersey. Springsteen...

Preparing For The Zip Code Tour

The Rolling Stones hit the road this Sunday in San Diego. Keith Richards admits the first couple of days of The Zip Code Tour rehearsals are a little testy but things are going great. Except with this thing called Social Media. One of the members doesn't even have a smart phone.

Is There New Music Coming From Van Halen

Diamond Dave and the way he likes to play. But can it be displayed in new Van Halen Music? He says the Van Halen's have their traditions. The translation? Expect many years in between albums.

Bon Scott Song Could Finally Be Recorded

Bon Scott. Gone but not forgotten. Nor are the unrecorded songs credited to his infamous AC/DC name. Australian singer Craig Csongrady just happened to bump into the opportunity.

Steven Tyler's Country Roots

Steven Tyler talks about his new release which has dropped into a fresh field of country livin. His new song is titled "Love Is Your Name." According to the Aerosmith front man he's always written in the style of Country. It later grew into the edge that first made him famous.

U2 Broadcasts Opening Night

The age of live concerts performed on the radio has returned. Tonight U2 will broadcast their opening night performance on 99.7 The Fox and other iHeart Media Radio stations around the country. Absolutely the band was willing to talk about it. Eight months after U2 released Songs of Innocence, the band's 13th studio album, the Innocence & Experience tour in support of it gets underway tonight (Thursday) at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada. Despite being around for more than 35 years, Bono tells us the band still has opening night jitters. "It's a sickening feeling. It's a nauseous, nauseous feeling, and then there's just a certain sound that a U2 crowd makes and it just makes all that stuff go away." The Edge adds that while they may be nervous, the opening of a tour is the one show where they "learn more about what we're doing tonight than any other time in the tour. We'll be taking away a lot of lessons from tonight and I'm sure there will a lot of changes come nights two, three and four." Tonight's show will also be the first time they get to perform songs off of Songs of Innocence in a concert setting. Bono says, "We're gonna find out tonight how tightly people hold onto those songs. That's what you don't know." U2 will do another show in Vancouver on Friday followed by San Jose, California on Monday and Tuesday.

KISS And Scooby Doo Reunite

Gene Simmons and company are hanging with Scooby and Shaggy. July 10th. The Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery takes over the DVD Blue Ray shelf

New Album From Def Leppard Coming This Fall

Joe Elliott from Def Leppard knows the way to a listeners mp3 player. You've got to be open with brought the band to the dance. He says the band's new album is all over place. Which he says is ok! Even Led Zeppelin sounded like Muddy Waters.

Duff McKagan How To Be A Man

It's not everyday. Nor every Monday. The phone rings. It's Duff McKagan of Guns n Roses. He wants to talk about being a writer. His new book is How To Be A Man. Both of us being writers. It was a blast to loaf around on the phone talking about putting words on paper. The entire interview is in post production. This is the Classic Rock Report.

Ron Howard's Beatles Documentary

No matter how many books have been written. No matter how many films have portrayed. Forget counting the number of Prime Time TV specials. You can never locate the entire Beatles story. Ron Howard's Documentary is headed to next weeks Cannes Film Festival. Ron Howard's Beatles Rock-u-mentary is headed to the Cannes Film Festival. The still untitled film is an all-access backstage VIP pass to the groups most famous performances. The Super 8 footage has been digitally repaired. According to Ron Howard, "Viewers are going to feel like they're somewhere in the 1960s. May 13-24.

RollingStone Magazine Readers Pick Their Top 10 For The Hall Of Fame

Depending on who you talk to. Getting into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame is the pinnacle of music success. Jann Wenner. Co chair of the Hall of Fame Foundation conducted a Rollingstone Magazine Readers poll. It's no surprise seeing the names that made the list -- Deep Purple, The Moody Blues, Chicago -- but let's see if the nominating committee takes notice when they get together later this year to decide who should be nominated. Out of the 10 names on this list, only Deep Purple, Yes and The Smiths have been nominated before. ROLLING STONE READERS' TOP 10: 1.Deep Purple 2.Electric Light Orchestra 3.Yes 4.Cheap Trick 5.Chicago 6.Warren Zevon 7.Little Feat 8.Iron Maiden 9.The Moody Blues 10.The Smiths

New Book From Brian Johnson Of AC/DC

Brian Johnson of AC/DC has a way to heat up the engine of Classic Rock fans. But its cars that make his creative motor hit the road. He's got a new book and isn't afraid to talk about it. Brian Johnson of AC/Dc has penned out a book. It's not a typical rocker tell all. But rather a book about cars and racing. A book. An AC/DC tour and a new album. There's a lot going on. But what fuels the engine moving forward? In 2011, AC/DC singer Brian Johnson wrote his first book, Rockers and Rollers: A Full Throttle Memoir. Instead of it being some typical sleazy tell-all, he concentrated on his love of cars and racing, along with other aspects of his life and career. That book led him to hosting a show on British television called Cars That Rock, and that in turn led to his second book, Cars That Rock - The Book, which he says is a "take on the fun we have where we're filming me driving all these fabulous cars and the mishaps that happen behind-the-scenes." It will be out in the U.S. on August 4th. If you can't wait that long, it's out in the U.K. on June 4th.

RollingStone Magazine's Top 50 Live Albums Of All Time

Rollingstone Magazine has listed the Top 50 Live Albums of all time. The list will shock you. You may shrug it off. But in the end which live perform caught on vinyl became your walk of life? Cheap Trick, John Paul Jones and Frampton talk about their participation. Rolling Stone magazine has once again compiled a list of the "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time" and topping it this time out is James Brown's Live at the Apollo from 1963. The rest of the Top 10 is: •2) At Fillmore East - Allman Brothers (1971) •3) At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash (1968) •4) Live at Leeds - The Who (1970) •5) Live at the Regal - B.B. King (1965) •6) Alive - KISS (1975) •7) Live/Dead - Grateful Dead (1969) •8) Kick Out the Jams - MC5 (1969) •9) The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert" - Bob Dylan (1998) •10) MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana (1994) Other notable classic rock acts to round out the list include: •11) Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (1984) •13) At Budokan - Cheap Trick (1979) •17) Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! - The Rolling Stones (1970) •18) Jimi Plays Monterey - Jimi Hendrix (1986) •19) Europe '72 - Grateful Dead (1972) •20) Live 1975-'85 - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (1986) •22) Rock of Ages - The Band (1972) •23) How the West Was Won - Led Zeppelin (2003) •26) Live Bullet - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (1976) •28) It's Alive - Ramones (1979) •29) Roxy & Elsewhere - Frank Zappa and the Mothers (1974) •30) Metallic K.O. - Iggy & The Stooges (1976) •32) Made in Japan - Deep Purple (1972) •34) Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers (1975) •37) Time Fades Away - Neil Young (1973) •38) 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed - Velvet Underground (1974) •39) Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell (1974) •40) Live in Cook County Jail - B.B. King (1970) •41) Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton (1976) •43) Arc-Weld - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1991) •44) Under a Blood Red Sky - U2 (1983) •45) No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith - Motörhead (1981) •46) Live and Dangerous - Thin Lizzy (1978) •49) Waiting For Columbus - Little Feat (1978)

KISS Gets ASCAP Founders Award

KISS gets the ASCAP Founders Award last night. Gene Simmons brought awareness. Why isn't the group Humble Pie in the RnR Hall Of Fame but Madonna is? Dave Grohl...the greatest rocker of all time was the man that brought them out on stage. KISS gets the ASCAP Founders Award for career achievement -- and an enthusiastic introduction by superfan Dave Grohl. The Doobies picked up the Voice of Music Award, for giving voice to the spirit of a generation. The group was represented by current members Tom Johnston, Patrick Simmons and John McFee plus former member Michael McDonald, The ceremony also recognized the ASCAP-affiliated writers of the 50 most-performed songs of 2014. KISS not only received the Founders Award, but a musical tribute from Rock of Ages star Constantine Maroulis backed by Tom Morello's band. They did a medley of "Detroit Rock City," "Love Gun" and "Rock and Roll All Nite." The four Doobie Brothers joined with Richie Sambora and his bandmates Orianthi and Michael Bearden to perform "Black Water" and "Taking It to the Street." Introducing KISS, Dave Grohl spoke about what buying his first KISS album meant to him as a kid.