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Mike Campbell Knows He Couldn’t Have Saved Tom Petty

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Mike Campbell Knows He Couldn’t Have Saved Tom Petty

Mike Campbell explained why he couldn’t have prevented Tom Petty’s death in 2017, and said his conscience was clear on the matter.Petty passed at the age of 66 of an accidental overdose. He’d been using drugs to manage the pain of a fractured hip and marriage problems, which had also affected the Heartbreakers’ last tour.In a new interview with Guitar Player, Campbell said he could only intrude so far into […]

todayMarch 13, 2025 2

Peter Engel, ‘Saved by the Bell’ Creator, Dead at 88

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Peter Engel, ‘Saved by the Bell’ Creator, Dead at 88

Peter Engel, the TV executive best-known for changing the landscape of young adult programming in the early ‘90s, has died at the age of 88.Engel’s family confirmed his death to Variety, noting that he passed away in his Santa Monica home.Born in Manhattan in 1936, Engel began his career as an NBC Page at the network’s famed 30 Rock location. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1967 and eventually worked […]

todayMarch 4, 2025 2

Christopher Plummer hated it, film saved Fox

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Christopher Plummer hated it, film saved Fox

It might surprise fans to learn that the movie “The Sound of Music,” which turned 60 years old on March 2, was not one of the critics’ favorite things when it hit theaters in 1965. Pauline Kael called the wholesome, Austria-set musical starring Julie Andrews a “sugar-coated lie” in a pan review that is said to have gotten her fired from McCall magazine. The New York Times boiled down the […]

todayMarch 4, 2025 2

Vince Neil’s Girlfriend Saved by Pilot’s Final Actions Amid Crash

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Vince Neil’s Girlfriend Saved by Pilot’s Final Actions Amid Crash

Vince Neil's girlfriend was saved by the final actions of his private jet's pilot.The Motley Crue singer wasn't on board his plane on Monday (Feb. 10) when it veered off course and collided with a parked jet while landing at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, but his partner Rain Hannah Andreani and her friend were.The pair and an unnamed co-pilot escaped with minor injuries but pilot Joie Vitosky, 78, lost his life […]

todayFebruary 14, 2025

How Alice Cooper Saved the Hollywood Sign

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How Alice Cooper Saved the Hollywood Sign

Alice Cooper played a leading role in saving Los Angeles' famous Hollywood sign after it was severely damaged by a windstorm in February 1978.First built in 1923, the sign's wood and sheet metal design had begun to deteriorate even before the storm, which destroyed one "O" completely and left another looking more like a "U." Looking for a way to pay tribute to a recently deceased friend, Cooper led a […]

todayJanuary 9, 2025 2

How Jason Saved the Girl in ‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’

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How Jason Saved the Girl in ‘Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter’

Jason Voorhees was his usual murderous self in the fourth Friday the 13th movie, but behind the scenes the actor playing the hockey mask-wearing killer played hero to one of his young co-stars.In the book Crystal Lake Memories, Ted White, a veteran stuntman who plays Jason in 1984's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, explains how he fought to protect actress Judie Aronson (who plays the doomed skinny-dipper Samantha Lane) […]

todayDecember 5, 2024

Rick Wakeman Says Record Industry Can Be Easily Saved

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Rick Wakeman Says Record Industry Can Be Easily Saved

Rick Wakeman said the record industry could be saved with remarkably little effort, and explained how he thought it could be done.In a recent interview with Rick Beato (video below), the keyboard icon argued that business operators with no understanding of music had missed a key part of selling products to people – the sense of a community experience.He argued it had been a mistake to focus on trying to […]

todayNovember 21, 2024

How One Person Saved Foreigner From Obscurity

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How One Person Saved Foreigner From Obscurity

The history of Foreigner is nearing the 50 year mark. But as original members, vocalist Lou Gramm and keyboardist Al Greenwood, detailed in the below conversation, their entire ride might have ended if they hadn't encountered legendary A&R man John Kalodner.Every label had passed on the future AOR superstars, including their eventual home, Atlantic Records. It was Kalodner who helped to turn the tide.Long before the ink was dry on […]

todayOctober 19, 2024 2

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Can Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin Jam Tape Be Saved?

Jimi Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer is certain he can use AI to save a recording of Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin playing together. He just has to find the tape first.In a new interview with The Vinyl Guide podcast (audio below), Kramer discussed the possibility of rescuing old material using the technique that recently brought the Beatles' "Now And Then" to fruition.“When one uses the phrase 'AI,' it’s not really […]

todayDecember 23, 2023 5

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