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1 week ago | audioinkradio.com | Cat Badra

Legendary Rock Guitarist Dead at 772025-05-27It’s always a sad moment to learn about a beloved rocker passing away. But, it’s happening more often as our favorite musicians are getting older, especially in the classic rock world. Now, the music community is mourning after the death of a legendary rock guitarist who was also a singer, producer and songwriter. That musician is Rick Derringer, who passed away this week at 77 years old.

1 week ago | audioinkradio.com | Anne Erickson

4 Hair Metal Albums That Still Sound Fresh Today2025-05-24Every genre of music has its own place in musical history. For hair metal, while the genre was famously popular during the 1980s, when grunge was introduced in the 1990s, it quickly became, well, a guilty pleasure style of music. After Nirvana broke out with “Nevermind” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1991, rockers rashly turned their glam-rock look in for flannel and long, messy hair.

1 week ago | audioinkradio.com | Charles Ken

Ozzy Osbourne Sends ‘Very Important’ Message2025-05-24Metal icon Ozzy Osbourne is finally hanging up his performance attire and officially retiring. Osbourne and Black Sabbath will perform their final show on July 5, dubbed their Back to the Beginning concert, which will take place on Osbourne’s home turf of Birmingham, England. Leading up to the show, there have been concerns about his health, which has been the case for Osbourne for years now.

2 weeks ago | audioinkradio.com | Charles Ken

Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider Shares Emotional Personal News2025-05-23Dee Snider is known for rocking hard in Twisted Sister back in the 1980s, but he’s also a family man. He’s been married to his wife, Suzette, a costume designer, since 1981, and they’ve never really had any major public problems or gone through any of the drama that most famous couples do. Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s been a cakewalk, but it appears that Dee and his family are very solid.

2 weeks ago | audioinkradio.com | Cat Badra

The Greatest Judas Priest Album of All Time2025-05-20Judas Priest is not-so arguably one of the greatest metal bands in the history of the genre. From the band’s early days in Birmingham in the late-1960s to their latest studio album, 2024’s “Invincible Shield,” Judas Priest have helped carry the torch of British heavy metal for decades. Without Judas Priest, it’s very possible that the British heavy metal movement would never have become as strong and influential as it did.