Ultimate Classic Rock

Randy Bachman -- guitarist, songwriter and founding member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive -- celebrates his 69th birthday on Sept. 27. Bachman started playing guitar at age 15, and just two years later founded the legendary Guess Who...

Rare is it that someone's able to attain any level of fame while being named after a dinner dish, but somehow, Meat Loaf, who turns 65 on Sept. 27, was able to do it. Of course, it didn't hurt that he has an incredible voice. Over the years, the singer born Marvin Lee Aday transfixed us with a unique repertoire of epic songs including 'I'd Do Anything For Love,' 'Paradise By The Dashboard Light,'

T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan, who died just two weeks shy of his 30th birthday, would have been 65 years old on Sept. 30. The legacy left by this London born glam rocker is one of innovation and creativity. T. Rex was formed in 1967 by Bolan, originally under the name Tyrannosaurus Rex...

Kiss and Rush each led the voting in two categories when Ultimate Classic Rock's End of Summer Survey polls closed, setting the pace for a field of winners that also included Van Halen, Black Sabbath and Aerosmith.

The latest episode of the ongoing Queensryche soap opera could be titled 'A Tale of Two Queensryches.' Singer Geoff Tate has announced the musicians he's chosen for an entirely new lineup of the group that he is launching, while his former band mates also continue to use the name.

Sammy Hagar took fans on a trip through his 40-year career last night (Sept. 1) during a special '4 Decades of Rock' concert in Lake Tahoe, Nev. The show featured appearances from members of all three of his famous bands -- Montrose, Van Halen and Chickenfoot -- as well as David Coverdale of Whitesnake.

Epping, N.H. can no longer be described as a "sleepy little town," mainly because nobody has been able to get to sleep thanks to Joyce Coffey. The 53-year old woman was arrested three times in one day earlier this week for blasting music, which included AC/DC's 'Highway to Hell,' according to the Union Leader.

Back in February, Paul McCartney pulled his entire solo and Wings catalog from streaming services such as Rhapsody and Spotify. However, he appears to have had a change of heart. Seattle Weekly is reporting that several of his albums are currently available to subscribers at two of the most popular sites around.

We take a moment here to salute the sophomore LP by one of rock and roll's greatest bands, 'In Color' by Cheap Trick. Released in September of 1977, it was a sharp turn from the band's raw and blistering debut from earlier in the year, into a more Pop (with a capital 'P') direction...

Veteran keyboardist Chuck Leavell, who has worked with such big names as the Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton and John Mayer, recently spent a week in Paris with old friends. That might not seem like news until you realize that he wasn't hanging out at the Eiffel Tower, but in a recording studio, and the old friends were the Rolling Stones.