Slash, “Orgy of the Damned.” The blues come in many colors, and Slash made some solid and varied – if not terribly original – choices for his sixth studio album outside of Guns N’ Roses, Orgy of the Damned. Orgy of the Damned Slash Gibson Records, May 17 7/10…

Duff McKagan, “Lighthouse.” Duff McKagan is easily one of the 10 coolest guys in rock. The Guns N’ Roses, Velvet Revolver and Iggy Pop and the Losers bassist does his job, doesn’t make a big deal about things and doesn’t look too up or down. He always seems to…

Guns N’ Roses perform during Aftershock Festival at Discovery Park in Sacramento on Oct. 8, 2023. SACRAMENTO — The final day of Aftershock Festival was all about headliners Guns N’ Roses. The biggest rock band on the bill, which also included the likes of Queens of the Stone Age,…

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators, “4.” While many have been limited to writing and recording their albums in isolation or over video calls, Slash and Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators flipped the script for the release of their latest collaboration. The group traveled together to Nashville, where…

Miley Cyrus performs at BottleRock Napa on Sept. 4, 2021. Photos: Adam Pardee/STAFF unless otherwise noted. NAPA — Miley Cyrus has rebelled against the constructs that limited her for many years now, and that didn’t change at her co-headlining slot at BottleRock Napa Valley on Saturday. She used the…

Long Live Rock…Celebrate The Chaos, courtesy. Is rock dead? The question, seemingly an early point of new documentary “Long Live Rock…Celebrate the Chaos,” only works rhetorically. “Long Live Rock…Celebrate the Chaos” Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Halestorm and more, director Jonathan McHugh  Watch Now @ Home Cinema, Abramorama, March 12…

Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…

Demi Adejuyigbe’s morning routine. So I guess it’s fall now, apparently? The calendar says it is. Not seeing any crisp autumn air, though. It’s going to break 100 degrees every day next week here, but it’s technically fall nonetheless. Songs about the season tend to be from before climate…

Cherie Currie, Courtesy: Robert Sebree. Cherie Currie is a badass. The former frontwoman for The Runaways burst onto the scene in the mid-1970s with an outsized attitude, an undersized corset, hellbent on injecting some estrogen into the rock and roll patriarchy. Even over the phone from her house in…

Slash performs with Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators at the Warfield in San Francisco on July 15,2019. Click the image below to start the slideshow. SAN FRANCISCO — Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators are truly Living The Dream with their 2019 world tour. After playing two continents,…