The Celina, Ohio native's musical legacy is long and varied and his guitar work ranged from OSU anthem "Hang On Sloopy" to ...

Musician Rick Derringer passed away on Monday, May 26, 2025, at 77. Derringer's caretaker and close friend, Tony Wilson, announced the unfortunate news in a Facebook post, adding that he died ...

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The Wagnerian rock record was initially rejected by many a record label – but would go on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time ...

Led by Meat Loaf's longtime record producer/music director/guitarist Paul Crook alongside fellow alumni John Miceli (drums), Randy Flowers (guitar), Lyssa Lynne (female lead/ backing vocals ...

It’s an example of everything that a great hit cannot be in the era of Spotify: long, excessive, mysterious and expensive Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday) with an acoustic guitar at the Hard Rock Cafe ...

Led by Meat Loaf’s longtime record producer/ music director/ guitarist Paul Crook alongside fellow alumni John Miceli (drums), Randy Flowers (guitar), Lyssa Lynne (female lead/ backing vocals ...

Led by Meat Loaf’s longtime record producer/ music director/ guitarist Paul Crook alongside fellow alumni John Miceli (drums), Randy Flowers (guitar), Lyssa Lynne (female lead/ backing vocals ...

Having effectively financed the album’s recording, reportedly at a cost of $235,000 (an estimate from Meat Loaf), Rundgren also contributed the ‘revving motorcycle’ guitar solo on its epic title track ...

Meat Loaf has become one of the most remembered artists of rock ... the furiously arpeggiating piano riffs (one “borrowed” from Randy Newman), the brusque guitars, the Wagnerian pomp – though it is ...

but also play lead guitar. They had no takers for the record until Steve Popovich's Cleveland International Records took a chance, releasing Bat Out of Hell in October 1977. Meat Loaf's big break ...