Classic Riffs
Charity Songs Are Fun!
Passing the time well? Drinking White Claws and planning to set your neighbor's double wide on fire? Perhaps you've drawn a summoning circle on the cement of your driveway, the pastels of green, yellow, and pink in sidewalk chalk highlighting your hopes of calling Pazuzu of ancient Mesopatamia to smite your enemies and...
Apr 30, 2020
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Live Concerts At Home!
We may be keeping our distance right now, if you're missing concerts like we all are KSTR has great news! Live Nation, the biggest concert promoter in the country has a new virtual hub on our website at 961kstr.com! it's updated daily with live performances, exclusive artist content, new songs and more from the homes a...
Apr 27, 2020
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OZZY'S BIG DONATION TO PARKINSON'S RESEARCH
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath are donating a portion off merchandise sales to the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Fans can bid on a variety of items from both acts, including clothing, tour programs, laminates, vinyl and signed Cd's. April is Parkinson's Awareness Month, Ozzy was first diagnosed wi...
Apr 20, 2020
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BEATLES MEMORABILIA FETCH RECORD PRICES
Last Friday Julien's Auction House in New York City held a special auction of Beatles memorabilia, strangely enough to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles breaking up. All the items in the 250 piece lot sold for more than the Auction House estimated, like a bass drum head for $200,000, but the piece that fetched t...
Apr 13, 2020
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FREE ONLINE GUITAR LESSONS FROM ICONS!
With the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is stuck at home including rock stars and now some have filmed tutorials for fans who cannot see them in concert right now. Paul Stanley from KISS has a new video on his website telling the stories of how some KISS hits came about and even showing fans how to play Love Gun, a song h...
Apr 07, 2020
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Learn The Guitar For Free
If you haven't dreamed of being in your favorite legendary rocker's pants (in whichever way you want you perverts), then are you really alive? You've belted out your favorite songs in the shower, at work, or wherever. You've strummed and slammed the air axe with the best of them, a veritable imitation Angus Young, play...
Mar 27, 2020
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New Metallica Vinyl Club
Metallica have announced that they have launched their very own Vinyl Club that will be open exclusively to members of their Fifth Member Fan Club. The band said in a statement, " As huge music fans, the band has been sup4r excited to experience the resurgence of vinyl and the enjoyment of collecting, exploring an...
Mar 25, 2020
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Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony Postponed
The Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony that was to be held this April has been rescheduled for November 7th. It will still be held at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland and all of the performances that are scheduled have not changed. The President of the Rock Hall said in a statement that they decided to err o...
Mar 25, 2020
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AEG ABD LIVE NATION PULL CONCERTS AMID COVID 19 CONCERNS
The two largest concert promoters in the US have decided to halt ALL of their tours through the end of March amid concerns over the spread of the Coronavirus. Giants AEG and Live Nation said reluctantly for the safety of fans as well as the artists, all concerts will be cancelled or postponed until the end of this mont...
Mar 13, 2020
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JOURNEY FIRES TWO MEMBERS
Journey's Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain have fired drummer Steve Smith and bassist Ross Valory and have filed a lawsuit against both. The law firm representing Schon and Cain, filed suit in. California Superior Court on Tuesday (March 3rd) that accused Smith and Valory of sowing discord among the band members by engagin...
Mar 04, 2020
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