Some bands are built on friendship. Others, like Led Zeppelin, revolved around good old-fashioned work. When Led Zeppelin parted ways in 1980, Jones' entire existence changed. "Being in Led Zeppelin ...

Bipartisan lawmakers on the Select Committee on China accused Beijing of escalating tensions in the region on Tuesday, warning that Capitol Hill had taken notice of their military display around ...

If you’re a music fan who hasn’t thought much about drumming (I’m guilty on both counts), “Backbeats” will be a revelation. Amateur drummer John Lingan divides his book into 15 chapters about 15 ...

Back when I was a teenager first getting into rock 'n' roll music, I noticed that two Wilmington streets intersecting with Wrightsville Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard share names with a couple of rock ...

Stories of rockstar debauchery are endless. The list of what we do know about rock stars in their mid-century heyday is lengthy enough. Now, imagine all the stories no one has ever told. We can’t even ...

My book Backbeats: A History of Rock and Roll in 15 Drummers tells a familiar story from an unfamiliar vantage. Moving from Chicago blues to Phil Spector’s early-1960s confections to the British ...

November is here and before we gear up to overeat, argue with distant relatives and revel in all things Thanksgiving, we should probably schedule our musical escapes to help cope with the insanity.

Jason Bonham has worked in a number of musical situations during his career, including his own bands and memberships in others such as Foreigner and Sammy Hagar’s band the Circle. For the past 15 ...

Anyone who knows about drumming will acknowledge that Carmine Appice’s influence is towering. New York-born Appice’s powerful style has been the engine behind Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Rod Stewart, Blue ...

For the past 15 years, Jason Bonham has been making sure his father’s beat goes on. Bonham, 59, is the oldest child of Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham, who passed away in September 1980, when his son was ...

John L. “Bud” Bonham, age 95, of Ft Walton Beach FL, peacefully passed away at home on October 17, 2025. Born into a military family in Bonham, Texas to William Arthur Bonham and Marye Magdalene ...