Gary Graff

Mourners assumed the cherry-red Gibson bolted inside the lid was just for the viewing—until the rock ’n’ roll architect’s family gave the final order to shut the lid for good

It's a well-known fact that Chuck Berry was buried with a Gibson ES-355 semihollow electric guitar to keep him company in the afterlife. But the story of h

"Devil On My Shoulder," already a New York Times best-seller, is Alice Cooper's third memoir and, he says, the most accurate and honest. The 464-page book details his life, from birth in Detroit through a controversial career that's gone from reviled to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame -- where Cooper will be discussing the book on Nov. 2.

Sting is an artist who craves change, but in his current 3.0 trio formation he's found something he wants to continue with for the foreseeable future -- including some new music with the band. That, alongside the continuing journey of his stage musical "The Last Ship," are keeping the Police man busy as he rolls into the University of Akron`s E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall for a pair of concerts.

Forty-five years after his first single, Marshall Crenshaw remains active and busy -- touring, including a part-time membership with the Smithereens, and working on a documentary about 60s record producer Tom Wilson. He also dug into his vaults for a new release, “The Bootleg Sounds of Marshall Crenshaw: 1984-87,” in advance of his Nov. 2 date at Beachland Ballroom.

Beat goes on this fall — which is welcome news for King Crimson fans.

Nearly 16 months later, Sharon Osbourne says that watching Ozzy & Black Sabbath: Back to the Beginning — the film of the historic July 5, 2025

A farewell shot -- make that shots -- from Ministry fires the big gun in this week's batch of new releases, joined by titles from Queens of the Stone Age, Daddy Yankee, Nickelback, the Church, Itzhak Perlman and others, along with a solo get-down by Thao Nguyen and an intriguing collaboration between Ben Vaughn and Deer Tick.

Twenty years ago, Dweezil Zappa made an artistic decision to embrace the music of his late father, Frank Zappa, launching a series of Zappa Plays Zappa tours honoring various eras of the patriarch's iconic career — sometimes with members of his bands in tow.

The members of the Damned will be the first to tell you they've had a blessed career during the past 50 years.