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Bryan Adams is among the most successful artists of all time, with an estimated amount of more than 75 million records sold worldwide, but before becoming a huge Rock star he wrote some songs for Kiss. He recently recorded those songs as a solo artist and released them. He recalled in an interview with Eddie Trunk (Transcribed by Blabbermouth) how he ended up co-writing "War Machine" and "Rock and Roll Hell" for Kiss. Bryan Adams recalls how he ended up writing songs for Kiss "I was 21, and I released my album called 'You Want It, You Got It'. And I got a call from a guy called Michael James Jackson, who was a producer at the time, and he called me to say, 'Hey, I really like your record. And I'm actually working with this band KISS. Would you like to write a couple of songs with them or for them?' And I said, 'Yeah. What? Is this for real?'" "He said, 'Yeah.' And so they flew me to Los Angeles and I met Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley and Eric Carr, who was the drummer at the time. I sort of sat down with each one of 'em individually and wrote songs with each one. I wrote a song with Paul and I wrote a song with Eric. And with Gene I didn't write anything, but Gene had a really good bassline that I sort of recorded on my cassette recorder." He continued: "I took it back to Vancouver, and I was telling my usual songwriting collaborator, Jim Vallance, that I'd done this thing, and 'Check out this bassline of Gene's.' And we listened to it, and within an hour or so, we'd written this song called 'War Machine' around it. So that's how 'War Machine' came about. And then just to drag Jim into it further, he had a song that he wrote by himself called 'Rock And Roll Hell'". "I said, 'We should retool that song' — 'cause it didn't do anything — 'we should retool it for KISS.' And he said, 'Okay, let's give it a go.' So I came up with a verse idea and then the two of us sort of came up with a lyric idea and we finished the song and sent it down there. And that became the second KISS song. Gene wanted a third verse, so he wrote a third verse for it," Bryan Adams said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gI4vlvwO1M&t=1s&pp=ygUQYnJ5YW4gYWRhbXMga2lzcw%3D%3DThe post Bryan Adams recalls how he ended up writing songs for Kiss appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

John Lydon, the original Sex Pistols vocalist and the leader of P.I.L, announced he is extending the spoken word called "I Could Be Wrong, I Could Be Right" due to the "overwhelming success" of this 2024 Q&A tour. As the tour announcement says, it will be "untamed, unscripted and uncensored". So far, only dates in the United Kingdom and Ireland were announced. John Lydon 2025 spoken word tour September 10 - Dundalk, An Táin Arts Centre, Ireland 11 - Cavan, Town Hall Arts Centre, Ireland 12 - Ballybofey, Balor Arts Centre, Ireland 13 - Dublin, The Complex, Ireland 19 - Leeds, City Varieties, UK 20 - Colne, Muni, UK 22 - Isle of Man, Gaiety Theatre 24 - Ilkley, King’s Hall, UK 25 - Hull, City Hall, UK 26 - Scunthorpe, Baths Hall, UK 27 - Lytham St Annes, Lowther Pavilion, UK 28 - Stockport, Forum, Romiley, UK October 1 - Buxton, Opera House, UK 2 - Whitley Bay, Playhouse, UK 3 - Hexham, Queens Hall, UK 4 - Yarm, The PAA, UK 5 - Middlesbrough, Theatre, UK 8 - Langholm, Buccleuch Centre, UK 10 - Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall, UK 12 - Aberdeen, Tivoli, UK 15 - Wrexham, William Aston Hall, UK 16 - Sale, Waterside, UK 17 - Cromer, Pier, UK 18 - Dudley, Town Hall, UK 22 - Spalding, South Holland Centre, UK 23 - Hunstanton, Princess Theatre, UK 24 - Bury St Edmunds, Apex, UK 25 - Stamford, Corn Exchange UK 26 - Peterborough, New Theatre, UK 29 - Runcorn, Brindley, UK 30 - Mansfield, Palace, UK 31 - Wellingborough, Castle, UK November 1 - Eastbourne, Congress, UK 2 - Greenwich, Theatre, UK 5 - Eastleigh, Thornden Hall, UK 6 - Paignton, Palace, UK 7 - Frome, Cheese and Grain, UK 8 - Worcester, Huntingdon Hall, UK 12 - Blackburn, King George Hall, UK 13 - Cannock, Prince of Wales, UK 14 - Stratford Upon Avon, Playhouse, UK 15 - Redditch, Palace Theatre, UK 16 - Melton, Mowbray Theatre, UK 19 - Barnstaple, Queens, UK 20 - Plymouth, Quad Theatre, UK 21 - Launceston, Town Hall, UK 22 - Swansea, Brangwyn Hall, UK 24 - London, Golders Green Hippodrome, UK The post John Lydon announces spoken word tour dates appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Sammy Hagar was on the road with the "Best of All Worlds tour", which is focused on Van Halen material and his band is formed by Jason Bonham, Michael Anthony and Joe Satriani. However, Bonham recently had to leave the tour because of a medical emergency with his mother, that's what Sammy revealed in an interview with KSHE 95 (Transcribed by Blabbermouth). He was replaced by the drummer Kenny Aronoff, who had already played with many incredible artists. Sammy Hagar explains why Jason Bonham had to leave his tour "Well, I've known Kenny for a long time. Kenny has been my backup drummer for about — not just me. You talk to Billy Gibbons, you talk to anybody, they're gonna tell you that he's their backup drummer because he's the only guy that you can hand a setlist of 24 songs and in 24 hours he can play 'em." "Jason's (family emergency) was a sudden thing. His mother had a stroke and went into a coma and it's serious. So (his) whole family went over there (to the UK). And he held out for two or three days, and he says, 'I gotta go. I gotta go.' I said, 'You go. Go.' So we told Kenny. He had about 24-hour notice. And he came in the first night. He got there at six in the morning. We played that night in Cincinnati. And he did a 90-percent perfect show. I swear to you, I make more mistakes every night than he did. So that's big hats off to this guy." "The (U.S.) tour is over now, but we're going to Japan. And if Jason is still with his mom, he's gotta be there till she either comes through or… whatever. I shouldn't be talking about his personal business, but he's got a medical emergency with his mother. You don't ignore that. We got Kenny, thank God. And if we have to go to Japan with him, we'll go to Japan. I just love playing with him 'cause he's so enthusiastic. He's the most enthusiastic guy. 'Oh man, we're gonna kill it. Oh, don't worry about me.' He's, like, foaming at the mouth. He's crazy," Sammy Hagar said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWRVeDhfTjQ&pp=ygUQc2FtbXkgaGFnYXIgMjAyNA%3D%3DThe post Sammy Hagar explains why Jason Bonham had to leave his tour appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Ritchie Blackmore and Eric Clapton were both born in 1945 and became two of the most important guitarists of all time. They started their careers still in the 60s but Clapton had the chance to achieve fame a few years before Blackmore would have the chance as a member of Deep Purple. Although they never really did the same kind of music and were different kinds of players, they had the chance to get to know each other. As Blackmore recalled in an interview published on his Youtube channel (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar), Clapton even gave him a present once. Also revealed that he started using the Stratocaster because of Eric Clapton and it was a guitar which was previously owned by him. Ritchie Blackmore recalls a birthday gift from Eric Clapton Blackmore recalled that his relationship with Clapton started still back in the 60s when Deep Purple was Cream's opening act. Ritchie asked Clapton about the strings he was using to achieve a "fat sound". Sometime later, one of Clapton's roadies went to the house where Purple members were living. He took with him a Stratocaster which previously belonged to the Blues Rock guitarist. "I was living in Acton (town area in west London) with the band, Deep Purple. We were all together in one house. I'd often been interested in playing a Strat, and one of the roadies for Eric knew one of our roadies." "He came over to the house with this Strat with a slightly bent, bowed neck. I was very intrigued by this guitar. So, I picked it up. I said, 'Would you sell this?' He said, 'Yes.' I think I paid 60 pounds for the guitar, which used to be Eric's. Eric gave it to whoever this guy was." He continued: "I think the next time I saw him (Clapton) was on my birthday. He had been sick. He'd been in the hospital, which was in Minneapolis, I think, or one of those places. He was in the same hotel as we were. I had a knock at the door. He'd just been let out of the hospital. I (opened) the door, and Eric was there. He had a little wooden pole, and on the end of the pole was a duck. The duck would quack as he pushed it along." "He said, 'This is a present for you on your birthday.' I was taken aback, because I didn't know Eric that well (at that point). I took the duck and we exchanged pleasantries. I had the duck for years," Ritchie Blackmore said. https://youtu.be/aXVcOvYu_bsThe post Ritchie Blackmore recalls a birthday gift from Eric Clapton appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.