Sterling Whitaker is a Nashville-based musician and music journalist. He is the author of two books; 'Unsung Heroes of Rock Guitar,' and 'The Grand Delusion: The Unauthorized True Story of Styx.' He has appeared as a guest on VH1, BBC Radio, and radio all over North America. Whitaker is also very involved in animal rescue.
Fans who attended the Anaheim, Calif. date of the Rolling Stones' '50 & Counting' Tour' got a little bit more than they bargained for Saturday night (May 18). Former Nirvana drummer and Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl came out mid-set at the Honda Center to join the legendary rockers for a searing rendition of 'Bitch.'
Rock and roll and sex appeal are pretty much inextricable. The term "rock and roll" is itself a sexual euphemism, and since the very beginning of the genre, when Elvis Presley's swiveling hips were considered a threat to America's youth, rock music has been bound up in visual appeal and sexualized marketing
Rod Stewart is obviously one of the greatest blues-tinged rock singers of all time. But despite his undeniable talent as both a singer and a songwriter, Stewart's music has often been overshadowed by his playboy image.
His multiple marriages and long parade of public sexual co
Peter Frampton may very well be one of the most underrated guitar players in the rock idiom. He began his career as the lead singer of a one-hit pop band called the Herd, but proved his instrumental chops in Humble Pie before he became one of the most in-demand session guitarists in rock music.
His early
Rock and roll is a male-dominated business with a male-dominated perspective on women. It's been a tough road for female rockers, and when Heart first came on the scene in the '70s, they actually had to sue their first record company for putting out promotional materials suggesting they were secretly lesbian lovers.
They suffered similarly in the '80s, when the advent
The music of Led Zeppelin was extremely diverse, encompassing elements of blues-based hard rock, folk, progressive rock and even world music. But the heart of Zep's mystique for many fans seemed to lie in
No list of rockers too sexy for their own good could possibly be complete without Mick Jagger. The Rolling Stones singer has always trod the line between being one of the greatest rock front men of all time, and the biggest horndog in the history of the world this side of Warren Beatty.
Jagger's reputed list of conquests is too extensive to list here, reportedly encompassing more than 4,000 women including An
One of the most confounding musicians ever to grace the rock genre, Frank Zappa had a penchant for taking what essentially amounted to full-blown avant garde compositions and arranging them for rock ensemble playing. His bizarre, conceptual live performances were an astonishing mix of exceptional musicianship, onstage theatrics and pop culture satire. On May 16, 1988 Zappa showcased some of the standout live tracks from various eras of his development by releasing a career-spanning double live album titled 'You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 1.'
After a break of a mere 30 years, HSAS are back -- sort of. Sammy Hagar and Journey guitarist Neal Schon have reunited for a few songs on Hagar's upcoming CD, and they recruited Hagar's Chickenfoot rhythm section of Michael Anthony and Chad Smith for the three tracks.
Kiss recently revealed that the staging for their upcoming tour will feature an enormous, fireball-spewing spider. And while the stage set is brand new, the idea is not -- in fact, David Bowie's 1987 Glass Spider tour featured a huge spider set, and more than a decade before that, original shock rocker Alice Cooper used an oversized arachnid as part of his 1975 tour.
