Well maybe they’re way too old to be soldiers, but The Rolling Stones left EMI for Universal Music Group. My question is: How many more records does this band have left in them and I wonder if the new contract with Universal is for a specific amount of new records or if it’s indefinite?
New recordings will be released via UMG’s Polydor label worldwide, putting the distribution of the entire Stones catalog under one roof for the first time. The deal covers both digital and physical distribution, with UMG already working on a long-term strategy to digitize the catalog.
The Stones tested …read more

Not the first time a rapper has been accused of and had a lawsuit filed against him for using someone elses music without permission. Lil Wayne, or better known by his mother as Dwayne Carter, is being accused by Abkco music inc of using The Rolling Stones song “Playing With Fire” and adding his own lyrics to it. The Rolling Stones did not authorize Lil Wayne to use the song which has explicit language that The Rolling Stones nor their management and label want the public to believe was authorized by the them. Vanilla Ice is saying “I told …read more

MSN music recently published an editorial entitled 10 Artists Who Should Stop Making Records. While there is ten of them, I’m going to weed out the Rock relevant ones and a snip of their article with my views on it at the end.
The Black Crowes
MSN Said:
”Remember the recent controversy in which Maxim magazine reviewed the new Black Crowes album before the writer had even heard it? Well, that is obviously inexcusable, but here’s the thing no one seems willing to say: He was right. (They must not have read my post at Metalmartyr)
You don’t really need to hear a Crowes …read more

Gibson.com has a pretty cool article on the 10 Greatest Live Albums From The Rock Era. The include the following in no particular order.

The Beatles: At The Hollywood Bowl (1977)
James Brown: Live At The Apllo (1963)
The Who: Live At Leeds (1970)
Kiss: Alive (1975)
Led Zeppelin: How The West Was Won (2003)
Johnny Cash: Live At Folsom Prison (1968)
Bob Dylan: Live 1966 The Royal Albert Hall Concert (1998)
Cheap Trick: At The Budokan (1978)
The Rolling Stones: Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out (1969)
Allman Brother: At Fillmore East (1971)

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