Nik Turner, the multi-instrumentalist of the British space-rock band Hawkwind, has died. His death was confirmed on his Facebook on Nov. 11. “We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Nik Turner – The Mighty Thunder Rider, who passed away peacefully at home on Thursday evening,” the statement on Turner’s Facebook reads. “He has moved onto the next phase of his Cosmic Journey, guided by the love of his family, friends and fans.” He was 82.
Born Nicholas Robert Turner on August 26, 1940 in Oxford, Turner’s family later relocated to the...
Born Nicholas Robert Turner on August 26, 1940 in Oxford, Turner’s family later relocated to the...
- 11/12/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp will, apparently, do it all for the nookie. The pair covered the quintessential 1999 Limp Bizkit song “Nookie” for their popular YouTube cover series “Sunday Lunch.”
In the video, the King Crimson guitarist, wearing a sequined baseball cap, takes on guitar duties while Willcox rocks out on the vocals. As usual, the pair filmed the clip in their kitchen, using a fan to create a dramatic wind machine effect on Willcox’s hair.
“The Duo are back on form this week – we have literally no words for this one,...
In the video, the King Crimson guitarist, wearing a sequined baseball cap, takes on guitar duties while Willcox rocks out on the vocals. As usual, the pair filmed the clip in their kitchen, using a fan to create a dramatic wind machine effect on Willcox’s hair.
“The Duo are back on form this week – we have literally no words for this one,...
- 8/21/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
The first attempt to dramatize the Sex Pistols saga came with the release of the Julien Temple’s movie The Great Rock and Roll Swindle in 1980, just two years after the band imploded. The farcical film tells the story from the perspective of manager Malcolm McLaren and is so cartoonish that parts of it are actually animated.
It was the start of a mini-industry of Sex Pistols retrospectives that told their story from every conceivable angle, including the Gary Oldman/Chloe Webb movie Sid and Nancy, the Julien Temple documentary...
It was the start of a mini-industry of Sex Pistols retrospectives that told their story from every conceivable angle, including the Gary Oldman/Chloe Webb movie Sid and Nancy, the Julien Temple documentary...
- 6/5/2022
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have been serving up their Sunday Lunch cover series on YouTube for over a year, and for their latest effort the pair has unleashed a raucous version of Smashing Pumpkins’ “Bullet With Butterfly Wings.”
In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine.
Fripp and Wilcox kicked off the...
In the video, the King Crimson guitarist takes on guitar duties while Willcox, clad in a revealing goth top with literal butterfly wings, gives the vocals a punk rock flair. The pair, filming in their kitchen, get some visual help from a dramatic wind machine.
Fripp and Wilcox kicked off the...
- 2/21/2022
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
As the YouTube description proclaims, Toyah Wilcox finally breaks Robert Fripp’s brain as the couple cover Zz Top’s “Sharp Dressed Man” in the latest installment of their Sunday Lunch video series.
Joined as always by their masked guitarist, Sydney Jake, the trio ran through the Zz Top classic with characteristic abandon. About halfway through, though, Wilcox turned to Fripp and flashed him, leaving the guitarist looking dazed and amused, although he still managed to keep his composure and not miss a note.
The performance ended again with Wilcox baring her chest to Fripp,...
Joined as always by their masked guitarist, Sydney Jake, the trio ran through the Zz Top classic with characteristic abandon. About halfway through, though, Wilcox turned to Fripp and flashed him, leaving the guitarist looking dazed and amused, although he still managed to keep his composure and not miss a note.
The performance ended again with Wilcox baring her chest to Fripp,...
- 6/7/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox covered the Scorpions’ hair metal classic, “Rock You Like a Hurricane,” in the latest installment of their Sunday Lunch video series.
Ever the clever dresser, Wilcox broke out a full cat suit for the performance, prowling around the kitchen and belting the song as Fripp and the pair’s mysterious masked guitarist Sidney Jake bashed out the indelible “Rock You Like a Hurricane” riffs. At one point, Willcox pulled a whip out of her bag of tricks, while later she unleashed a flurry of confetti...
Ever the clever dresser, Wilcox broke out a full cat suit for the performance, prowling around the kitchen and belting the song as Fripp and the pair’s mysterious masked guitarist Sidney Jake bashed out the indelible “Rock You Like a Hurricane” riffs. At one point, Willcox pulled a whip out of her bag of tricks, while later she unleashed a flurry of confetti...
- 5/24/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Yep, Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox are back with another quarantine video — this time a cover of Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine.”
The husband-and-wife duo is supported by their usual mysterious guitarist Sidney Jake, who hovers behind them in a gold mask. Willcox tears through the 1972 space rock track covered in body paint and surrounded by bubbles, as the King Crimson guitarist casually sits next to her.
“Silver Machine” follows last week’s cover of the Rolling Stone’s “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Fripp and Willcox’s Sunday Lunch...
The husband-and-wife duo is supported by their usual mysterious guitarist Sidney Jake, who hovers behind them in a gold mask. Willcox tears through the 1972 space rock track covered in body paint and surrounded by bubbles, as the King Crimson guitarist casually sits next to her.
“Silver Machine” follows last week’s cover of the Rolling Stone’s “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Fripp and Willcox’s Sunday Lunch...
- 4/26/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
In 1979, Motörhead became the one band headbangers and punks could agree upon. The two records they put out that year, Overkill and Bomber, smacked of gritty, unpredictable, throbbing riffs and frontman Lemmy Kilmister sounded as if he had been huffing macadam and was coughing it up kernel by kernel. It was the best of metal, punk, and Capital-r Rock & Roll sledgehammered into half-hour wallops. The lyrics ranged from lubricious (“Damage Case”) to ludicrous (“Over the Top”), and yet Lemmy was also the king of metal maxims: “The only way to...
- 11/6/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Tony Sokol Oct 6, 2019
Ginger Baker, the flame haired drummer with the fiery temper, changed the beat of rock.
Ginger Baker, the innovative drummer for supergroups Cream and Blind Faith, died at the age of 80, according to The New York Times. "We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning," his family announced on Twitter. "Thank you to everyone for your kind words over the past weeks."
Baker was one of rock’s most influential drummers. He played with the ferocity of Keith Moon while incorporating jazz and African percussive rhythms. He played for artists as varied as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Johnny Rotten and Fela Kuti.
Peter Edward Baker was born in 1939 in Lewisham, south London. His bricklayer father was killed in action during World War II in 1943 when Baker was four. Because of this tall thin build, his early ambition was to...
Ginger Baker, the flame haired drummer with the fiery temper, changed the beat of rock.
Ginger Baker, the innovative drummer for supergroups Cream and Blind Faith, died at the age of 80, according to The New York Times. "We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning," his family announced on Twitter. "Thank you to everyone for your kind words over the past weeks."
Baker was one of rock’s most influential drummers. He played with the ferocity of Keith Moon while incorporating jazz and African percussive rhythms. He played for artists as varied as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Johnny Rotten and Fela Kuti.
Peter Edward Baker was born in 1939 in Lewisham, south London. His bricklayer father was killed in action during World War II in 1943 when Baker was four. Because of this tall thin build, his early ambition was to...
- 10/6/2019
- Den of Geek
Following the death of Ginger Baker at the age of 80, many of the artists he collaborated with or influenced turned to social media to pay tribute to the late Cream drummer.
“Ginger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy,” Paul McCartney tweeted Sunday, soon after the drummer’s death was announced. “We worked together on the ‘Band on the Run’ album in his Arc Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will.”
“Sad news hearing that Ginger Baker has died, I remember playing with...
“Ginger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy,” Paul McCartney tweeted Sunday, soon after the drummer’s death was announced. “We worked together on the ‘Band on the Run’ album in his Arc Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will.”
“Sad news hearing that Ginger Baker has died, I remember playing with...
- 10/6/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
As the frontman of Green River, Mark Arm sang on the first record that Sub Pop marketed with the word “grunge.” When the band’s Dry as a Bone Ep came out in 1987, the label described it as “ultra-loose grunge that destroyed the morals of a generation.” At the time, it was a throwaway term that described the quality of the music more than a genre signifier. “In the early Eighties, it was just more of an adjective, like, ‘That’s just really grungy,’ like, ‘gnarly,'” Arm says. “It meant a raw,...
- 4/4/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
[Lemmy passed away yesterday. Rip, you badass!] As we watch what may soon be the end of Motörhead, with a fine new album just out but iconic leader Lemmy's failing health forcing him from the stage on multiple nights, let's also look back at a milestone in the group's long career.
Bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister started Motörhead in 1975 after getting kicked out of prog-rockers Hawkwind for being jailed on a drug charge in Canada during a tour. The band's early days were not marked by success. After being signed by United Artists, Motörhead's first shot at recording an album was rejected, and the label then blocked the group's attempted release of a single on Stiff. In '77 -- the lineup having completely turned over aside from its frontman -- they were ready to throw in the towel and even scheduled a farewell concert, but then Chiswick Records gave them money to record a single and...
Bassist/singer Lemmy Kilmister started Motörhead in 1975 after getting kicked out of prog-rockers Hawkwind for being jailed on a drug charge in Canada during a tour. The band's early days were not marked by success. After being signed by United Artists, Motörhead's first shot at recording an album was rejected, and the label then blocked the group's attempted release of a single on Stiff. In '77 -- the lineup having completely turned over aside from its frontman -- they were ready to throw in the towel and even scheduled a farewell concert, but then Chiswick Records gave them money to record a single and...
- 12/30/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Lemmy. Oh, Lemmy. We'll miss you. The larger-than-life personality that fronted Motorhead --- and amazingly, even headlined the annual "Motorboat" Bahamas cruise --- sadly passed away today. Born as Ian Fraser Kilmister, the man was once a roadie for Jimi Hendrix, played bass in Hawkwind, was beloved by countless rock and roll and metal fans, and gave us such anthems as "Killed By Death," "Ace of Spades," "Hellraiser," "Overkill," "The Game," and "Orgasmatron." He and his band (of which he was the only constant member) played a hell of a show. I was lucky enough to see them a few times and was hoping for a few more. Alas, it's not to be.Reportedly, The Rainbow down on the Sunset Strip in L.A. delivered his favorite...
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- 12/29/2015
- Screen Anarchy
Lemmy Kilmister, the gruff Motörhead front man and bassist who became a veritable rock icon synonymous with hard-living and loud shredding, died Monday after battling "an extremely aggressive cancer," according to his bandmates. The group confirmed the 70-year-old's death on Facebook, explaining Lemmy learned of his disease on December 26. He was the only constant member of the titanic rock group, as well as a tireless musician who lived the tour-bus life on his own terms. With his distinctive sandpaper voice and larger-than-life persona, he steered Motörhead to 22 studio albums and a 2005 Grammy with a cover of Metallica's "Whiplash.""We cannot begin to express our shock and sadness, there aren't words," read the band's statement. "We will say more in the coming days, but for now, please … play Motörhead loud, play Hawkwind loud, play Lemmy's music Loud." Ozzy Osbourne and radio personality Eddie Trunk, longtime friends of Lemmy's,...
- 12/29/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
Udr
After recently cancelling their European tour for the second time it is obvious that Lemmy Kilmister, one of the immortal gods of rock n’ roll, is finally paying the price for a life of hard living and the herculean consumption of his beloved Jack Daniels. Are the last 40 years finally catching up with him?
Lemmy is a bonafide living legend, revered by his peers and loved by his legions of fans. In the annals of rock history very few can compete with his undying commitment to loud music and defiantly raising the middle finger to social airs and graces; Lemmy does want he wants and he wants to rock ‘n’ roll, at any cost.
Motörhead were formed in 1975 when Lemmy was fired from space-rockers Hawkwind for apparently ‘taking the wrong drugs’ (seriously), and his response was to form Motörhead, a band who pursued a raucous, speed-obsessed rock ‘n’ roll path.
After recently cancelling their European tour for the second time it is obvious that Lemmy Kilmister, one of the immortal gods of rock n’ roll, is finally paying the price for a life of hard living and the herculean consumption of his beloved Jack Daniels. Are the last 40 years finally catching up with him?
Lemmy is a bonafide living legend, revered by his peers and loved by his legions of fans. In the annals of rock history very few can compete with his undying commitment to loud music and defiantly raising the middle finger to social airs and graces; Lemmy does want he wants and he wants to rock ‘n’ roll, at any cost.
Motörhead were formed in 1975 when Lemmy was fired from space-rockers Hawkwind for apparently ‘taking the wrong drugs’ (seriously), and his response was to form Motörhead, a band who pursued a raucous, speed-obsessed rock ‘n’ roll path.
- 2/20/2014
- by Christopher Jennings
- Obsessed with Film
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