Steve Gorman Rocks

28/12/2023

HEADS UP COLORADO FRIENDS!
My band BAG MEN are coming your way with North Mississippi Allstars in a couple of weeks!
LET'S ROLL!

Gothic Theater Englewood 1/11
https://www.axs.com/events/505001/north-mississippi-allstars-tickets?cid=usaffbandsintown&aff=usaffbandsintown

Boulder Theater 1/12
https://www.axs.com/events/505187/north-mississippi-allstars-with-special-guest-bag-men-tickets?cid=usaffbandsintown&aff=usaffbandsintown

10 Mile Music Hall Frisco 1/13
https://www.axs.com/events/505264/north-mississippi-allstars-with-special-guest-bag-men-tickets?cid=usaffbandsintown&aff=usaffbandsintown

25/12/2023

Don’t spend your holiday behind bars. 🚔 If you’ve been drinking, call a sober friend, rideshare or taxi to get you home safely. or Get Pulled Over.

19/12/2023

My producer made me buy this.

Drop your Christmas sweaters below

08/12/2023

John Lennon. Missed for 15,695 days.

05/12/2023

Time to gear up.

The Jayhawks
Golden Smog

Palace Theater Dec. 16
St. Paul MN

28/11/2023

11/25/91: The producers at the BBC show, Top of the Pops, learned not to mess with Nirvana. Especially, when live TV is involved.

A lot of live band performances you see on TV.... well, often times the bands not actually performing at all. The network forces them to pretend to play their instruments while they air a recording of the song.

So when Nirvana was asked to fake their performance.... They weren't happy. The band battled with the producers and finally... the network agreed to let Kurt Cobain sing over a backing track, meaning his voice would be live, but the instrumental part of the song would be a recording.

And as you can guess... the performance did not go over well. Cobain started the song by robotically strumming his guitar for a few seconds and then completely taking his hands off of the instrument while the guitar track continued, Krist Novoselic spun his bass around like it was a lightsaber, & Dave Grohl smashed his drums purposely out of time with the song. & when Cobain started to sing.. not only did he sing the song in a very deep Johnny Cash sounding voice, he put the entire microphone in his mouth. It was glorious.

Here's the link to the performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMWy4kEbsic

15/11/2023

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15/11/2023

Yes, Led Zeppelin’s private plane, The Starship, had a fireplace. It also had a fully stocked bar with an organ built into it, shagged carpeting, and a master bedroom for “privacy.”

The band purchased the former United Airlines Boeing 720 and spent nearly a quarter of a million dollars on upgrades.

All sorts of shenanigans happened on this airplane from parties, to groupies, to a drunk John Bonham attempting to open the plane doors mid flight so he could take a leak over Kansas City. Luckily, security stopped him from opening the door and Kansas City did not get a golden shower.

13/11/2023

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06/11/2023

11/06/1970: Aerosmith was thanking Joe Perry's mom after playing their first ever show at a High School in Mendon, MA. Why thank his Mom? Well, she booked Aerosmith for their first ever gig. She worked at a school nearby and was able to talk the school into letting her sons band play the show. Moms really are the greatest gift.

Tickets cost $0.50-0.75 and the band made $50 bucks from the gig.

03/11/2023

Happy birthday to the one and only April Rose!! Steve Gorman Rocks would not be the same without our leading lady. As brilliant as she is beautiful, we love you so much April!!!

03/11/2023

Thank you, gentlemen.
The Beatles

Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that...

03/11/2023

The parents of The Beatles. It’s safe to say they had no idea their sons would release music in 2023.

02/11/2023

Let’s go Twin Cities!!

The countdown to our MSP show is ON: 8 days! Do ya have your tickets? Get ‘em today: bagmenband.com

27/10/2023

Today, in 1970, Janis Joplin’s friends & family gathered to celebrate the late musicians life at a wake that Janis planned herself.

Before she passed, Janis had a little request added to her will, $2,500 of her money would be set aside to throw a fun alcohol/drug fueled wake so her friends could celebrate her life with joy and in true Janis style. Now, $2,500 in todays money is a little under $20,000 so needless to say, there was an open bar, hash brownies, and the wake was held at the popular rock venue, Lions Share, in San Anselmo, California.

Invitations that Janis designed herself were sent out reading “Drinks are on Pearl" a reference to Joplin’s nickname. Roughly 300 people attended the event and, let’s just say, the open bar was busy all night.

23/10/2023

10/23/95: The face of Def Leppard after playing three shows, on three different continents, in the same day. Why did they do it? To break a record.

The day was dubbed “3 Continents In A Day”. Def Leppard started the 6,000 mile trip flying from their home in the UK to the first show in Morocco.

After the band played Morocco, they rushed off stage and headed straight to the airport for their 2 hour and 45 minute flight back to the UK where they would play their second show of the day.

After the second show, Def Leppard once again, jumped off stage, ran BACK to the airport and boarded a nine and a half hour flight to Vancouver for their third show of the day.

The band crushed all three shows effectively exhausting themselves.

At the end of the third show, Rick Savage was quoted as saying “it’s not something you’d wanna repeat. I’ll put it that way.”

20/10/2023

NEW TUNE ALERT!
Get on it!
SG

Hey friends! We have some exciting stuff brewin’ right now for BAG MEN.

1️⃣ We just dropped TWO new singles on all major streaming services. Head on over to listen to Listen People & Can’t Leave Your Love Alone!

2️⃣ We’re headed to Minneapolis on Nov 10 at 7th Street Entry (). Make sure to head to bagmenband.com to snag those tickets.

More coming soon 🤘

18/10/2023

We’re talking about decades on the show tonight. Which decade of music (in YOUR opinion) reigns supreme?

09/10/2023

Happy 83rd birthday in heaven to John Lennon and happy 48th birthday to his son Sean Ono Lennon!! Born on the same day. Crazy. Who else shares a birthday with a Beatle?

29/09/2023

My favorite thing about this Pink Floyd album cover is that after they drug 800 beds onto a beach in England, it started to rain so they had to drag them all the way back, load em up again, and then two weeks later repeat the process.

The workout paid off though. The album cover ended up winning Photographer Robert Dowling a gold award at the Association of Photographers' Awards.

29/09/2023

To our fans: Unfortunately, Steven’s vocal injury is more serious than initially thought. His doctor has confirmed that in addition to the damage to his vocal cords, he fractured his larynx which requires ongoing care.

He is receiving the best medical treatment available to ensure his recovery is swift, but given the nature of a fracture, he is being told patience is essential.

As a result, all the currently scheduled PEACE OUT shows must be postponed to sometime in 2024, with new dates to be announced as soon as we know more.

“I am heartbroken to not be out there with Aerosmith, my brothers and the incredible Black Crowes, rocking with the best fans in the world. I promise we will be back as soon as we can!” - Love, Steven

All previously purchased tickets will be honored for the rescheduled dates, and refunds will be available for those unable to attend once those dates are announced. Fans with questions regarding refunds should reach out to their point of purchase.

27/09/2023

The first pic of me playing my first drum kit, ATL 1987.

I still had my (long since tragically lost) little league glove at that time - the one with not one or two but
THREE Brooks Robinson signatures.

Godspeed, King.

27/09/2023

Seriously, don't change the song. That's my pet peeve. What's yours?

25/09/2023

John Bonham, gone 43 years today.

25/09/2023

John Henry Bonham, 43 years gone.

All the swing, all the power, all the touch, all the bombast, all the humor, all the excitement, all the tenderness, all the SOUL!

Everything wondrous and life affirming about drumming itself that could ever be added to a list…and it all somehow found its way into one otherwise unassuming lad from Redditch.

John Bonham was the centerpiece of rock music’s greatest ever sonic wave…the true eye of the hurricane that was Led Zeppelin…simultaneously fueling and tethering anything and everything Page, Plant, and Jones threw his way.

He’ll be forever missed.

He’ll be forever honored.

Long Live The King!

20/09/2023

Today, in 2010 John Lennon's son Julian announced that he ended his long-running feud with his half-brother Sean and his step-mother Yoko Ono. The feud started after John Lennon was murdered in December of 1980. The trio battled in court for a share of the singer's estate, and on this day in 2010, Julian said "Things are good between us. Whenever I'm in New York, we all get together."

Pictured: John Lennon, Yoko Ono, & Julian Lennon.

18/09/2023

9/18/1970: 27 year old Jimi Hendrix passed away.
A man who loved guitar so passionately that he carried around a broomstick as a child pretending it was a guitar. He took that broomstick everywhere. Even school. It wasn't until a teacher told Jimi's dad to get him a guitar that Jimi put that broomstick down.

Yes, the broomstick was replaced with a one string ukulele, but at least it made sound. And that was enough for Jimi. Well, until a few years later when he saved up enough money to trade in that one string ukulele for a real guitar.

Rest in peace to a true legend, Jimi Hendrix.

18/09/2023

9/18/1983: Kiss took off their makeup and revealed their faces to the world for the first time.

Why? Well, mainly publicity but also to prove that Kiss was more than just some dudes in makeup. They were a real band.

Before the unmasking, Kiss was in a slump. Ace Frehley and Peter Criss had left the band, leaving Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley as the only original members. & ticket sales had slowed. Kiss was no longer selling out shows and Paul knew something needed to change.

As the band was gearing up to release the album Lick It Up, Paul went to Gene and said, "let's prove something to the fans. Let's go and be a real band without makeup." Gene was hesitant but after some thought, he agreed saying "there was nowhere else for the band to go" and that was it.

The band was scared stiff wondering what the worlds reaction would be to their bare faces and luckily, the world dug it. Lick It Up went platinum and Kiss began selling out shows once again.

12/09/2023

FACT: Paul Stanley from Kiss noticed Guns N' Roses' talent before the band made it big and as you would expect, he wanted to be a part of that greatness. Who wouldn't? Long story short, he ended up in the studio with the band to try & help shape their sound. He wanted the band to re-write Welcome to the Jungle and thankfully, GNR chose not to.

08/09/2023

9/7/1968: The New Yardbirds made their live debut at a teen club in Denmark. If you were one of the 1,200 lucky teens to see Robert Plant be introduced as Robert Plat, you would’ve also seen The New Yardbirds play a few songs that they would put on their debut album like “Communication Breakdown,” “Dazed And Confused” and “You Shook Me.”

The band put out the self titled album on January 12th of 1969 under the name Led Zeppelin.