Was Jack Bruce Joking? Who Cares?

After Jack Bruce’s comments about Zeppelin on Monday night at the Classic Rock Awards, some people suspected that he may have had his tongue firmly in his cheek. It turns out that they may have been right
Speaking to the JJ & Lynne Morning Show on 94.7 WCSX in Detroit, Jack says that he was having fun with the Press, although he does have another semi-dig at Jimmy Page in the process.
"I was just having some fun with the press gallery really…being fairly tongue in cheek…. The thing about Zeppelin is obviously its a little bit of jealousy on my part or more than a little bit because the audience was created by Cream and Jimi Hendrix…this sort of very large audience…then Zeppelin came along and had a very easy ride in that way. We were the pioneers and pioneers don’t always get the recognition they deserve. On the other hand, let’s face it: Jimmy Page ain’t no Eric Clapton…no matter what anybody thinks.”
He also added, jokingly “The only decent guy…the one good guy in that band is dead…so what are you gonna do?...The trouble is if you say anything about the establishment…In Britain you mustn’t criticize the Queen or Led Zeppelin”.

Quite rightly so. Jimmy and Zeppelin took rock music to new heights after Cream disbanded.

Any true rock fan worth his salt would rather listen to Pagey any day.

Come on Jimmy, give the old sweaty a tongue lashing.

Brian May Axed From GNR Album?

Guns n Roses have reportedly removed Brian May’s work on one of the songs that appears on Chinese Democracy, reports Planet Rock.
Way back in 1999 the Queen guitarist recorded guitar parts for a song entitled ‘Catcher N The Rye,’ and despite being nearly a decade old the song has been named as one of the tracks on Chinese Democracy which is out in just over two weeks time.
However, a leaked copy of the album’s sleeve notes do not appear to include Brian May in the credits, which has led people to speculate that Brian May’s guitar work has been axed.
In a post on his website Brian says that he can understand “Ah… well, I did not know this! Well, it is a shame, perhaps… I did put quite a lot of work in, and was proud of it. But I could understand if Axl wants to have an album which reflects the work of the members of the band as it is, right now. I do have mixes of the tracks with my guitar on, work tapes at the time, but they will remain private, out of respect for Axl.”

New Kinks Album In The Pipeline

Influential 60s icons The Kinks are apparently working on a new album.
Ray Davies told the BBC that the band had started working on new material, although he’s not sure about the standard.
"We've started a little bit of this and that," he told BBC News. “But it is too early to judge the quality. It depends if there's good music. We want good new music. I'd like to do it as a more collaborative thing than we used to do."
The band last performed together and recorded in 1996, although their much touted reunion has been on the cards for some time. His brother Dave Davies suffered a stroke in 2004 and they have been waiting for him to be well enough to start work again.