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Bret Michaels Thanks the Hospital That Saved His Life

Two years ago, Poison frontman Bret Michaels suffered a life-threatening brain hemorrhage, and he credits the Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz. for delivering him from death’s doorstep.

Since then, he’s donated a music room to the institute, and now he’s also helping celebrate the hospital’s 50th anniversary.


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Metallica’s Lars Ulrich: ‘The Metal Community Is Up Its Own Ass’

Say what you will about Lars Ulrich, he gives one hell of an interview. In a new sit-down with Maxim, Metallica‘s outspoken drummer dishes on porn stars, Hulk Hogan, Napster, and what he really thinks about the metal community.


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Hidden Image in Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ Cover Revived

The cover of Bruce Springsteen‘s landmark album ‘Born to Run‘ is one of the most iconic in rock history. But no matter how well you think you know it, chances are good you haven’t seen the image hidden within.


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Listen to Songs from Dee Snider’s ‘Dee Does Broadway’

Last month we told you that Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider was prepping a Broadway album. Now we have a few tracks for your listening enjoyment — and if you hate them, well, blame Alice Cooper.


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Joe Satriani: Mick Jagger ‘Pretty Much Saved My Career’

Back in 1988, Joe Satriani was losing $8,000 a week on his failing tour to promote ‘Surfing With the Alien,’ and it got so bad that he was even considering putting down his guitar for good. That’s when he got some help from a most unlikely benefactor: Mick Jagger.


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Gene Simmons Rejected Eddie Van Halen’s Bid to Join Kiss

Gene Simmons is just full of surprises. In a recent interview on Motley Crue member Nikki Sixx‘s radio show, he revealed how one of the greatest guitarists of our generation, Eddie Van Halen, wanted to join Kiss after Ace Frehley left — and how Simmons himself turned him down.


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Roger Waters Breaks Rolling Stones’ South American Tour Record

As Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters played around South America on his ‘The Wall’ tour, the newlywed sold out nine shows at River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires, breaking the previous five-night record set by the Rolling Stones.


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Steven Tyler Wants a Connection on ‘American Idol’

Another Wednesday, another performance night on ‘American Idol.’ Let’s check in on our favorite judge (and sometimes the only reason for watching this show), Steven Tyler.


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The Doors’ Robby Krieger Buys His Wife a New Mercedes SUV

There’s an old joke that says if a man shows up with flowers, he’s surely been up to no good. So we can’t help but wonder what the Doors‘ Robby Krieger did to merit dropping $45,000 on a new ride for his better half.


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Crowd Boos Axl Rose at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

In an open letter last week, Axl Rose made himself perfectly clear: he didn’t feel “wanted or respected” by his former Guns N’ Roses bandmates, so not only would he skip the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he didn’t want to be inducted at all.

A couple names you may recognize said the decision was a mistake, and the crowd on Saturday night made their feelings known as well.


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Vince Neil Shows the World How to Take a Fall

Vince Neil sure knows how to roll with the punches — and the falls. The Motley Crue singer did a fairly ungraceful faceplant onto the stage at his strip club, but his recovery was nothing if not laudable.


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Guns N’ Roses Members Thank Fans During Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction

After a tumultuous few weeks that saw both Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin bail from attending Guns N’ Roses induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band members who showed up to accept the honors — Slash, Steven Adler, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan — did so with style.