Wreckless Eric Finds New Home For Forty-Year-Old Songs

October 10, 2025

When CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY released a platter titled “A Roomful Of Monkeys” in 1985, it went down largely unnoticed because people didn’t know it was by a supergroup which included Eric Goulden, Micky Gallagher and Norman Watt-Roy, the first of them, a man who wrote all the songs there, also known as Wreckless Eric. The singer always maintained that those pieces were good but his delivery didn’t do the music justice, which is why, four decades on, the veteran decided to repurpose old material for a new record, one reflecting his maturity as a performer.

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Alice Cooper, Paul Rodgers, Orianthi And Josh Homme Rock The Plaza On Record

October 10, 2025

Back in November of 2022, a star-studded show was staged, under the guidance of Paul McCartney‘s lieutenant Brian Ray and QUEEN associate Spike Edney, to raise funds for the restoration of Palm Springs’ historic The Plaza, with some unique performances from Orianthi and Josh Homme, who went for classic covers, and some smashes delivered by Alice Cooper and Paul Rodgers, who aeons ago were part of the “British Rock Symphony” project. Three years later, the works are well underway, and so it’s fitting that a recording of that concert, in which Matt Sorum and Eric Singer were a part of backing band, is to be released now.

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Fabulous Thunderbird Kim Wilson Goes Solo For Slow Burn

October 9, 2025

Being busy with THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS, a band he cofounded more than fifty years ago never got in the way of Kim Wilson‘s solo career when the singer felt the urge to strike out beyond usual surroundings. With the band’s last album proving he still has a lot to offer, the veteran decided to finalize his extracurricular activities of the last decade and chisel a record of what was laid down during two separate spells in the studio, in 2014 and 2020. And so the natural successor to “The Bigtone Sessions” will be issued on November 21st.

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BUZZCOCKS Adjust Their Attitude To Embrace Soul Vibe

October 8, 2025

With their 50th anniversary on the horizon, BUZZCOCKS don’t seem to be slowing down. With 2022’s “Sonics In The Soul” successfully proving that the British veterans can carry on without Pete Shelley, who’d passed away in 2018, and get steered further by Steve Diggle, the last remaining member of the original line-up, it would make no sense for them to stop. That’s why the band releases a new record on January 30th.

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Bill Wyman’s Principal Output Gets Anthologized

October 7, 2025

Despite Bill Wyman‘s solid sonic contribution to THE ROLLING STONES oeuvre – arrangement-wise, because the bassist’s songwriting input was largely limited to a single piece, “In Another Land” from 1967 – he remains the most underrated member of the ensemble’s classic line-up, and his solo records don’t get enough attention despite the presence on them of such top-notch players as Dr. John, Joe Walsh and Guy Fletcher. It’s about time, then, to have a comprehensive look at the veteran’s creative career under his own name, what with 2026 marking the legend’s 90th spin around the sun, and so the forthcoming box set titled “Treasury” is very much welcome.

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