After enough people asked if Will Farrell was related to Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, a comedic moment was born.  For his part, Smith even began sporting a shirt with Farrell’s liken…

     Watching the Weather Channel makes one feel sorry for all those people whose lives are turned upside down by the latest meteorological disaster.  Floods, fire, blizzards, ice storms, hurric…

From the Vaults:  The Black Crowes 2026        It has been a while since we checked in with the Brothers Robinson.  When the Gallagher brothers, Liam and Noel, buried the hatchet in 2025 a…

       In Part 1 of Drummers Past, I went all the way back to the beginning of my lifelong love affair with drums and drumming.  The idea was to compile a listing of as many of the drummers…

       After reading Mark Volman’s biography (Happy Forever … as chronicled in two parts – FTV: The Turtles 3-4-26 and Flo & Eddie 4-1-26 (it wasn’t a typical autobiography a…

       When Guitar World Editor-in-Chief Damian Fanelli got an email inquiring if his magazine would be interested in doing an interview with legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richard…