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Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has looked back on his band’s classic album Open Up And Say … Ahh!, recalling that Walmart initially refused to carry the LP in its stores. The issue came down to the album’s cover art, which featured a…

James Mangold, director of Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, has detailed the moment he pitched the film to the legendary singer. Inspired by 1984 movie Amadeus, which explored the life and times of 18th-century composer Mozart,…

In December 2024, Gene Simmons opined, quite matter-of-factly, that rock was dead. The artists comprising our Top 30 Rock Songs of 2024 would like a word. As the year draws to a close, UCR looks back fondly on another 12 months…