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For Alice Cooper, life and music a Theatre of Death

Alice Cooper, the King of Shock Rock -- make that the Grandfather -- has forsaken his crown. In the early 1970s, Cooper concocted a rock 'n' roll stage ...Read More

October 1, 2009 12:50 PM

Illness doesn't keep guitarist down

By RICK de YAMPERTENTERTAINMENT WRITERIn recent months, local musician Rick Simpson would take his guitar and perform for recovering stroke patients at a rehab center. Never mind that the 61-year-old ...Read More

September 18, 2009 3:48 PM

Metal Gods

The latest studio album from Judas Priest, those old-school British metal gods, contains some frightening music: Strings! Delicate piano! Orchestral interludes! Vocalist Rob Halford cooing so sweetly that you think ...Read More

August 13, 2009 9:42 AM

Opera comes to Daytona Beach

A former Phantom will star in an opera/musical theater series returning for its second season in Daytona Beach. Grant Norman, who performed on Broadway in "Miss Saigon" and ...Read More

August 6, 2009 10:48 AM

Go With the Flo

He adores '80s synth pop. He loves guinea pigs -- especially cartoon ones. If he says "Jump," you say "How high?" He's Florida hip-hop artist Flo Rida, and ...Read More

July 30, 2009 11:46 AM