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Producer Steve Lillywhite On Axl Rose’s Voice: ‘Like Fingers On A Chalkboard’

“I was listening to it and I thought ‘Oh my God, I’d forgotten how much I hate his voice.’ I’m sorry! To some people, Axl Rose is royalty. To me, it’s like fingers on a chalkboard.”

2013/05/23

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Steven Adler Cancels Tour, Enters Rehab

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler has checked into rehab, forcing the cancellation of his 2013 summer tour. His newest group, simply named Adler, addressed the cancellation on their website. A posts reads: “We […]

2013/05/03

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Guns N’ Roses Playing NYC’s Governors Ball – And No One Is Happy About It

Entering its third year and hoping to make a stand as New York City’s premiere music festival, Governors Ball continued to expand in 2013 from two days to three and booked bigger and better acts […]

2013/02/08

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40 Years in 40 Days: Best Album(s) of 2004

As we look back at 2004, I’d like to commend you for your work in the 2004 XRT Listener Poll.  In this DJ’s opinion, you were spot-on with your picks for #1 album and #1 […]

2012/11/06

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5 Great Moments At The 2012 Bridge School Benefit Concert

Over the weekend, Neil Young headlined his 26th annual Bridge School Benefit Concert. The annual acoustic concert always features a diverse lineup, and that was certainly true this year, as the lineup featured Young with Crazy Horse, Guns ‘N Roses, Jack White, psychedelic rockers Flaming Lips, bluesman Gary Clark Jr., Steve Martin with his bluegrass group The Steep Canyon Rangers, alt-rockers Foster The People and singer/songwriters k.d. lang, Sarah McLachlan, Ray LaMontagne and Lucinda Williams.

2012/10/22

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Watch The Bridge School Benefit Live Online This Weekend

This weekend, Neil Young is holding his annual Bridge School Benefit concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. The all-acoustic concert will feature Young playing with his usually-electric band Crazy Horse, as well as Guns N’ Roses, another band more well known for loud, electric music.

2012/10/19

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Neil Young, Guns N’ Roses, Steve Martin Playing This Year’s Bridge School Benefit

Axl Rose may have to stick to a schedule for once: he and Guns N Roses have signed on to perform at this years Bridge School Benefit Concert, and the young audience have a curfew to stick to. Also on the bill: Neil Young & Crazy Horse, comedian Steve Martin and his bluegrass group The Steep Canyon Rangers, The Flaming Lips, Jack White, Sarah McLachlan, Foster The People, Lucinda Williams, k.d. lang and Gary Clark Jr.

2012/09/07

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Jack White Interviewed By Duff McKagan Of Guns N’ Roses

Rock’s reigning renaissance man Jack White talks to the former Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist about songwriting, Iggy Pop and recording with rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson.

2012/08/09

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New Releases: Paul McCartney’s “RAM” Reissue, Slash, Joey Ramone [Full Album Stream]

Let’s take a look at this week’s albums, reissues and other musical goodies from classic artists making musical waves yet again. Spotlight Release of the Week: Between the dissolution of the Beatles in 1970 and […]

2012/05/22

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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong And GNR’s Duff McKagan “Devised Plan” For Armstrong To Fill In For Axl Rose

Although feisty frontman Axl Rose and former guitarist Izzy Stradlin didn’t show up to  Guns N’ Roses’ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in April, bassist Duff McKagen wrote that after an early morning […]

2012/05/15

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