After a five year hiatus, a 90s band is back on the scene. Vertical Horizon found some success with the song ‘Everything You Want’ and could have gotten bigger but a dispute with their record label caused their split. Now, founding members Matt Scannell and Keith Kane have brought in two new members, Sean Hurley and Ron Lavella, and have released a new CD called ‘Burning the Days’ on their own label. I haven’t heard anything from it yet, but with the rising of other former 90s bands like Third Eye Blind and other rock bands taking off like Daughtry, there may be a place for them on the radio again.
Ronnie Wood has become a grandfather again after his daughter Leah gave birth to a girl called Maggie.
Leah, 30, and TV producer husband Jack MacDonald welcomed 7lb baby girl Maggie two weeks prematurely, and she will be Wood’s sixth grandchild.
A source said: “Mother and baby are doing really well and the family are thrilled.”
Leah’s parents Ronnie, 61, and Jo have recently started divorce proceedings after Ronnie left Jo, his wife of 23-years, in July last year for 20-year-old Russian model Ekaterina Ivanova.
The Glitter saga continues as pedophile Gary Glitter has no choice but to go home. The glam rocker was released last week from a Vietnamese prison and was en route to England via Thailand. However, he refused to go on a connecting flight in Thailand and instead went on a flight to Hong Kong despite proclamations from the Chinese government that he would not be allowed entry to the country. A report says that once Glitter arrived in Hong Kong, Chinese immigration officials refused him entry and sent him back to Thailand. He doesn’t have a choice anymore but to face the scorn of his countrymen.
Queen guitarist Brian May has written something that is harder to understand than some of his group’s songs – his astrophysics doctoral thesis. The rocker just published his thesis entitled “A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud” which actually won him a PhD from Imperial College in London. According to Live Science, May’s thesis examines the mysterious phenomenon of Zodiacal light, a cone of light that appears in the western sky after sunset and in the eastern sky before sunrise. I can hardly believe that this came from the guy behind ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ but still, congratulations go out to him.
Alice Cooper claims he is addicted to his wife. The 60-year-old rocker – who has just released his latest album ‘Along Came a Spider’ – says he has loves spouse Sheryl Goddard so much that he has never been unfaithful to her.
Alice said: “I’ve been married for 32 years and never cheated on her because I’m addicted to her.”
The musician, who gave up drink and drugs 26 years ago after a well-documented struggle, also revealed he admires Mary Whitehouse, despite her banning the music video for his hit ‘School’s Out’.
Alice also revealed he sent Mary – who campaigned for morality and decency on TV – flowers to thank her for her controversial decision.
He added: “Banning us was the greatest thing that could ever have happened. We were sending her roses every day to say thank you. And she couldn’t figure out why. Well, we sold out a major London venue because of that.”
Sources are saying that things on The Who reunion tour aren’t going well. Front man Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend are supposedly not getting on well. Townshend supposedly wants to try out some new stuff while Daltrey thinks they should stick to the classics. But with the tour expecting to make $100 million, everyone is doing anything to keep it together. The rockers have separate locker rooms on opposite ends of the hallway. There’s no conversation made between the two before and after performances. They even have separate travel arrangements, separate hotel accommodations and separate staffing. That’s some crazy work.
Sammy Hagar doesn’t need to fly out to meet Van Halen yet as David Lee Roth is still alive and kicking thanks to 2 Canadian cops. According to reports, the rocker was pulled over in Ontario, Canada for speeding but when cops approached the vehicle, they discovered that he was in anaphylactic shock. Roth apparently has an allergy to nuts and was suffering a severe reaction after coming into contact with a contaminated substance. The officers called an ambulance and kept the rocker calm until paramedics arrived. One of the police officers said that he didn’t even realize that he was dealing with a famous rock star. Roth is one lucky guy!
Gary Glitter plans to resurrect his music career when he is released from a Vietnamese prison.
Speaking to local newspaper Cong An Nhan Dan (which means ‘People’s Public Security’), he said: “I have an incomplete album that I want to finish. I have been thinking about the plan during my days in jail. I have sung rock & roll for 40 years. After jail, I will continue to rock & roll.”
He has no intention of returning to his native Britain, however, saying, “I will contact my friends and lawyers to decide where is the best place to live, but probably Hong Kong or Singapore.”
The star, who’s hits include ‘Leader of the Gang’, ‘Do You Wanna Touch Me?’ and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Pts 1 & 2′ was sentenced to three years in prison in 2006 for committing “obscene acts with children”, who were aged 11 and 12, but has had three months cut from his sentence for good behaviour.
In 2002 he was expelled from Cambodia, although no charges were formally laid against him and in 1999 he served four months in prison in Britain for possession of child pornography.
While I’m having some trouble with actresses thinking that they can sing, I have no problem with other people from different industries thinking so. They may not be able to do anything about rising gas prices but a band comprised of US Reps Colin Peterson, Dave Weldon, Jon Porter and Kenny Hulshof, called The Second Amendments, can play a mean cover of Santana’s ‘Evil Ways’. If their political careers ever went down the drain, they can always turn to their music. This is what the music industry needs – talent and not some famous face thinking that she can sing her way out of the bathroom.
If you thought that Richie Sambora’s recent DUI arrest was his biggest problem, think again. The Bon Jovi guitarist is now getting the fallen American Idol treatment as he is not doing gigs at condominiums. The rocker recently appeared at the Las Olas River House in Fort Lauderdale, Florida using his downtime between Bon Jovi gigs, as they are currently on tour, to play the gig. I guess there were no mall openings or ground breakings that day. Who would have thought that this iconic rock star would ever experience such a shameful day? Those fallen idols must be laughing so hard right now.
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