Danny Wright

5 days ago | 977theriver.com | Danny Wright

There was a mini R.E.M. reunion in the band’s hometown of Athens, Georgia, on Sunday. R.E.M.’s Peter Buck was headlining a show with Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ singer Kevn Kinney at the Rialto Room when Buck’s bandmate Mike Mills decided to join in on the fun.

1 week ago | 977theriver.com | Danny Wright

Dee Snider’s contribution to the all-star Triumph tribute album has just been released. The Twisted Sister frontman has recorded a cover of the Canadian rockers’ classic “Lay It On the Line,” one of 15 songs that will appear on Magic Power: All Star Tribute to Triumph, dropping June 6. “The first time I heard this song, I was blown away,” Snider shares. “There’s only one (Triumph frontman) Rik Emmett and Triumph.

1 week ago | 977theriver.com | Danny Wright

The Bruce Springsteen film Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, is due out later this year, and it sounds like Springsteen didn’t have many qualms about the film being made. “They pitched the idea, and I said, ‘It sounds like fun,’” Springsteen tells Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast. “It’s an interesting concept, because it’s only a couple of years out of my life.

1 week ago | 977theriver.com | Danny Wright

Pink Floyd’s 1972 concert film, Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII, is set to hit theaters and IMAX on April 24, but it sounds like the band almost skipped out on the whole project. During a preview screening of the film in London, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason revealed that the band initially wasn’t interested in making the film. He credits the director, Adrian Maben, for getting them to do it.

1 week ago | 977theriver.com | Danny Wright

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Alice Cooper are set to take part in an upcoming Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp, dubbed Welcome to My Rock Camp, Nov. 13-16 in Phoenix. The camp gives everyday musicians the chance to perform alongside the rock legends. There will also be Q&As, master classes, jam sessions and more, with counselors like former Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice, Megadeth’s David Elefson, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Bumblefoot and more.