Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (nacido como Reginald Kenneth Dwight; Londres, 25 de marzo de 1947), mas conocido como Elton John, es un cantante, compositor y pianista británico de rock, glam rock y piano rock. Es uno de los músicos con mayores ventas de todos los tiempos, que superan los 300 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo. Sus múltiples reconocimientos incluyen el título de «Sir» después de ser nombrado comendador de la Orden del Imperio Británico por la reina Isabel II. De acuerdo con la revista Billboard, es el tercer artista más grande de todos los tiempos en los Estados Unidos.

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. In his five-decade career Elton John has sold more than 300 million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits, including seven consecutive No. 1 US albums, 58 Billboard Top 40 singles, 27 Top 10, four No. 2 and nine No. 1. For 31 consecutive years (1970–2000) he had at least one song in the Billboard Hot 100. His tribute single, re-penned in dedication to the late Princess Diana, "Candle in the Wind 1997" sold over 33 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also composed music, produced records, and has occasionally acted in films. John owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987, and 1997 to 2002. He is an honorary Life President of the club, and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club's home stadium. Raised in the Pinner area of London, John learned to play piano at an early age, and by 1962 had formed Bluesology. John met his songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, in 1967, after they had both answered an advert for songwriters. For two years they wrote songs for other artists, including Lulu, and John also worked as a session musician for artists such as the Hollies and the Scaffold. In 1969 his debut album, Empty Sky, was released. In 1970 a single, "Your Song", from his second album, Elton John, reached the top ten in the UK and the US, his first hit single. After decades of commercial chart success, John has also achieved success in musical theatre, both in the West End and on Broadway, composing the music for The Lion King (film and musical), Aida and Billy Elliot the Musical. He has received five Grammy Awards, five Brit Awards – winning two awards for Outstanding Contribution to Music and the first Brits Icon in 2013 for his "lasting impact on British culture", an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Disney Legends award, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2004. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him Number 49 on its list of 100 influential musicians of the rock and roll era.[9] In 2013, Billboard ranked him the most successful male solo artist on the Billboard Hot 100 Top All-Time Artists (third overall behind the Beatles and Madonna).[10] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, is an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Having been named a Order of the British Empire in 1996, John was made a Knight Bachelor by Elizabeth II for "services to music and charitable services" in 1998. John has performed at a number of royal events, such as the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in 1997, the Party at the Palace in 2002 and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in 2012. He has been heavily involved in the fight against AIDS since the late 1980s. In 1992, he established the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a year later began hosting the annual Academy Award Party, which has since become one of the highest-profile Oscar parties in the Hollywood film industry. Since its inception, the foundation has raised over US$200 million. John, who announced he was bisexual in 1976 and has been openly gay since 1988, entered into a civil partnership with David Furnish on 21 December 2005, and after same-sex marriage became legal in England and Wales in 2014, wed Furnish on 21 December 2014. He continues to be a champion for LGBT social movements worldwide.

Rosendo cumplió 63 años

Rosendo Mercado Ruiz (Madrid, 23 de febrero de 1954) o más conocido simplemente como Rosendo; es un guitarrista, cantante y compositor español de rock. Formó parte de los grupos Ñu y Leño y es considerado uno de los más importantes representantes del rock español. Rosendo nació en Madrid, hijo de emigrantes de Bolaños de Calatrava. Se crió en los barrios de Lavapies y Carabanchel, en este último reside desde entonces. Tras abandonar los estudios en la escuela de ingeniería ICAI, en 1972 se incorporó como guitarrista a Fresa, un conjunto que tocaba versiones de canciones de moda y en ocasiones acompañaba a solistas. Tras diversos cambios, que incluyeron la incorporación como cantante de José Carlos Molina, la banda pasó a denominarse Ñu. Rosendo compaginó la creación de la banda con el servicio militar. En 1974 descubrió la música de Rory Gallagher, que se convirtió en una de sus mayores influencias junto a otros grupos como Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, Cream, Deep Purple o Black Sabbath.

Rosendo Mercado Ruiz (born 23 February 1954, Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish rock singer and songwriter. He was a member of bands Ñu and Leño, and is a prominent exponent of the so-called urban rock in Spain. His family was from Bolaños de Calatrava, in the province of Ciudad Real, but he was raised in Carabanchel, where he still resides (as of 2005). After dropping out of ICAI engineering school, he joined the band Fresa as a guitarist, in 1972. Fresa usually played covers of hits of the time, and sometimes they also backed other soloists and singers. Following some changes, including singer José Carlos Molina joining the band, this changed its name to Ñu. In 1974 Rosendo discovered Rory Gallagher's music, who became one of his main influences, together with other bands such as Jethro Tull, Canned Heat, Cream, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.

Peter Gabriel cumplió 67 años

Peter Brian Gabriel (Chobham, Surrey, Reino Unido, 13 de febrero de 1950), más conocido como Peter Gabriel, es un cantautor y compositor de rock británico. Fue el vocalista principal y flautista de la banda de rock progresivo Genesis. Fundó este grupo con sus compañeros Tony Banks, Anthony Phillips y Mike Rutherford cuando estudiaba en la escuela secundaria Charterhouse. Tras abandonar Genesis, comenzó una exitosa carrera como solista y más adelante, dirigió sus esfuerzos en la producción y promoción de «World of Music» (WOMAD) así como en desarrollar la distribución de música por métodos digitales. Se ha involucrado en varios esfuerzos humanitarios. Pionero y emblema de la música rock y pop incursionó en el uso del stage diving; en la aparición en público con trajes y disfraces como parte del espectáculo, hoy en día usados por artistas como Lady Gaga. Promotor del uso innovador de los videoclips con recursos como stop-motion y en vídeos como Sledgehammer; ha sido uno de los primeros en experimentar con la caja de ritmos, combinando elementos étnicos y del rock, entre otros aspectos, lo que hace de Peter Gabriel uno de los artistas más influyentes en la música actual. En el 2007, fue galardonado como un icono BMI en la 57ª Edición de los BMI London Awards por su «influencia generacional en la música». Ganó también un Premio de Música Polar en el 2009 y fue introducido en el Salón de la Fama del Rock en el 2010 por haber pertenecido a Genesis; en el 2014 fue nominado e incluido por su obra como solista.

Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer-songwriter, musician and humanitarian activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and flautist of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a solo career, with "Solsbury Hill" his first single. His 1986 album, So, is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the U.S. The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and remains the most played music video in the history of MTV. Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career. He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982. He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label. He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services. Gabriel has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts. In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko". He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour in 1988, and co-founded the Witness human rights organisation in 1992. Gabriel developed The Elders with Richard Branson, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007. Gabriel has won three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, the Q magazine Lifetime Achievement, the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Polar Music Prize. He was made a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers". In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. AllMusic has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political".He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, followed by his induction as a solo artist in 2014. In March 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia in recognition of his achievements in music
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Pere Gené cumple 78 años

Lone Star es un grupo de rock español formado en Barcelona por Pedro Gené (voz y líder de la formación), Willy Nab (guitarra solista), Rafael de la Vega (bajo), Enrique Fusté (piano) y Enrique López (batería), una de las bandas más antiguas del llamado rock español en España.
El grupo data de 1959, cuando Pedro Gené retornó a España, después de vivir durante un año en Inglaterra. Allí vivió la eclosión del rock and roll en todo su esplendor. Gené había dado clases de piano en el conservatorio del Liceo de Barcelona y volvió a España con la idea de formar un grupo de rock, fue así como reunió a algunos antiguos compañeros del conservatorio para componer la formación. La idea del nombre surge de diferentes conceptos. El primero era la negativa de Gené de poner al grupo Los tal o Los cual, nombres muy en boga por aquel entonces. La fascinación de Pedro por la Guerra de Secesión norteamericana y por el blues, le llevó a poner al grupo el nombre de Lone Star («Estrella Solitaria»). Así empezaron los conciertos de Lone Star por bares y locales de Barcelona. Por entonces, tocaban versiones de Ray Charles, una auténtica revelación para muchos que lo escuchaban. En un concierto en el pub "Texas", en la plaza Real, un holandés llamado Willy Nab sube al escenario con su guitarra y toca un par de temas con el grupo. De esta manera, Nab completaría la formación de Lone Star durante los primeros años.

Muere Deke Leonard a los 73 años

Roger "Deke" Leonard (18 de diciembre de 1944 - 31 de enero de 2017) era un músico de rock galés, "sirviendo una sentencia de cadena perpetua en el negocio de la música".  Mejor conocido como miembro de la banda de rock progresivo Man, a la que se unió y se fue varias veces, y por dirigir su propia banda de rock and roll Iceberg, que formó y disolvió varias veces, .

Roger "Deke" Leonard (18 December 1944 – 31 January 2017) was a Welsh rock musician, "serving a life sentence in the music business". Best known as a member of the progressive rock band Man, which he joined and left several times, and for fronting his own rock and roll band Iceberg, which he formed and disbanded several times, he was also an author, raconteur and television panellist. Leonard was born in Llanelli, South Wales. He formed his first band, Lucifer and the Corncrackers, with Mike Rees (vocals), Geoff Griffiths (drums) and Clive "Wes" Reynolds (bass), in 1962, whilst still at Llanelli Grammar School, taking his stage name from "Deke" Rivers, the character played by Elvis Presley in his second film Loving You . Leonard left school to work for a building contractor, which he left to avoid being fired, so became a full-time musician. The Corncrackers ran their own club, the "L" Club, featuring themselves and other local musicians, whilst also playing support to acts such as Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and The Hollies at a rival venue. When Rees left they continued as a trio; Keith Hodge then replaced Griffiths, but when Reynolds left to join the South Wales band The Jets, The Corncrackers broke up. Leonard also joined The Jets, on keyboards, but preferred playing guitar, so reformed The Corncrackers with additional guitarist Brian Breeze, before replacing Vic Oakley as bass player in The Blackjacks, with whom he toured US bases in Europe. On his return, he rejoined The Jets, with Tony "Plum" Hollis on vocals, Martin Ace (bass) and Beau Adams (drums). There were other bands named The Jets on the circuit, so they changed their name to The Smokeless Zone and took residencies in Germany, including one at Hamburg's Top Ten Club where Tony Sheridan played with them. Adams was replaced by Terry Williams, but after more European residencies, they disbanded. When Breeze left the Corncrackers, Leonard rejoined, playing London residences and recording demos for EMI & CBS. When Hodge left, Terry Williams joined on drums and Martin Ace as a multi-instrumentalist. The band changed its style to psychedelia and its name to Dream; not sure what a "freak-out" was, they invented their own with shaving foam and confetti.In November 1968, Leonard joined The Bystanders, to replace Vic Oakley (again), just as the band changed their musical direction, from close harmony pop to a psychedelic/American west coast style, and their name to Man.
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Muere Jhon Wetton a los 68 años

John Kenneth Wetton (Derbyshire, 12 de junio de 1949-(31 de enero de 2017) fue un cantante, bajista y guitarrista británico. Nació Derbyshire, Inglaterra, sin embargo, creció en Bournemouth, Dorset. Wetton destacó rápidamente por sus habilidades tanto para sacar un sonido muy personal al bajo como por su capacidad de improvisación (como se evidencia en algunos shows en directo como en el "The Great Deceiver" de King Crimson), aunque sus grabaciones siempre estuvieron pasadas por un tamiz más comercial. Desde el primer momento también tocó la guitarra, el piano e incluso fue compositor. Fue músico profesional desde finales de los años 1960, habiendo sido miembro de los siguientes grupos: Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, el grupo de Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, UK, Asia y Wishbone Ash. Grabó varias de las que se consideran "grandes obras maestras" del rock progresivo, como el Lark's Tongues in Aspic (1973) de King Crimson, el disco homónimo de UK o el disco homónimo de Asia. En los últimos años Wetton llevó a cabo una lucha contra sus problemas de alcoholismo, los cuales parece haber superado. Durante 2006 se inició una reunión de Asia para celebrar los 25 años de la banda, en la cual participó. Se inició un tour mundial en cual incluyó a Europa, Estados Unidos, Sudamérica y Japón. A finales de 2007, en un examen de rutina se le descubre por medio de una imagen por Resonancia Magnética Nuclear MRI una seria oclusión cardiaca del 99 %, la cual pone en riesgo su vida, teniendo que internarse de urgencia para ser intervenido en una operación a corazón abierto. La operación fue un éxito y Wetton lentamente retomó su trabajo con Asia, quienes firman un contrato con EMI para lanzar un nuevo álbum llamado Phoenix para abril de 2008. El 31 de enero de 2017, fallece a causa de un cáncer de colon por el que ya tuvo que ser operado en 2015.

John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English singer, bassist, and songwriter. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire, and grew up in Bournemouth. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash. After his period with King Crimson, Wetton formed U.K., and later he was the frontman and principal songwriter of the supergroup Asia, which proved to be his biggest commercial success. Their eponymous debut album sold eight million copies worldwide and was Billboard magazine's No. 1 album of 1982. He later formed the duo Icon with Geoff Downes ex-Yes, ex-The Buggles), and from the 1990s had a successful solo career, releasing a large number of studio and live albums. Wetton had a long career as an in-demand session bass player, and collaborated with many members of progressive rock bands such as Yes (including Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Geoff Downes, Alan White, Billy Sherwood and Peter Banks), Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry and Genesis' (Steve Hackett).
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Vincent Damon Furnier cumple 69 años

Alice Cooper (nacido Vincent Damon Furnier, 4 de febrero de 1948) es un cantante de hard rock y heavy metal estadounidense, nacido en Detroit, Michigan. Alice Cooper fue inicialmente el nombre de una banda de rock and roll en la que Furnier era el vocalista, pionera del género conocido como shock rock. Surgida en 1964 en Arizona, Estados Unidos, logró su mayor auge durante los años setenta y alcanzó el éxito comercial con el álbum Billion Dollar Babies de 1973. Posteriormente, Furnier adoptó el nombre de su anterior banda e inició una carrera como solista, convirtiéndose en un importante icono del rock que influiría en diferentes géneros como el heavy metal, , el hard rock, el punk 5 y el rock gótico y sirviendo de referente para artistas y bandas como Rob Zombie y Marilyn Manson, al ser uno de los pioneros en asociar rock y espectáculo en sus conciertos y en montar pequeñas historias teatrales encima de un escenario donde a la vez tocaba un grupo de rock y crear de sí mismo un personaje de pesadilla. Cooper es reconocido por el uso de maquillajes de aspecto siniestro, inquietantes letras y provocativas representaciones que abarcaban ejecuciones con guillotina y sillas eléctricas o actos con enormes serpientes, que ilustraban los contenidos de sus álbumes, muchos de los cuales narraban una historia, en la más pura línea del álbum conceptual. Alice Cooper sería el primero en desarrollar con más sofisticación las puestas en escena respecto a otros músicos influenciados por la estética "glam-teatral", como David Bowie o Peter Gabriel, inspirado notablemente por el cantante Arthur Brown. Esta característica escénica influenciaría notablemente a grupos como KISS, White Zombie, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Lordi, Mercyful Fate y King Diamond. Dentro de su actitud irreverente destaca el show de cortar bebés con un hacha, filetear una dama frente a un refrigerador abierto e incluso presentarse para presidente contra Richard Nixon en Estados Unidos de América. Cooper también es famoso por su carismática personalidad fuera del escenario, siendo nombrado como el "artista de heavy metal más querido" en el libro The Rolling Stone Album Guide, publicado por la famosa revista Rolling Stone.8 Es acreditado como uno de los creadores del sonido y del estilo heavy metal, y ha sido descrito como "el primer artista en incluir imaginería de horror en el rock 'n' roll, con sus escenarios y montajes terroríficos en concierto". Aparte de la música, Cooper ha actuado en algunas películas, de las que destacan Waynes's World de Penelope Spheeris, Sombras Tenebrosas de Tim Burton y The Prince of Darkness de John Carpenter.

Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spans over five decades. With his distinctive raspy voice and a stage show that features guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, deadly snakes, baby dolls, and dueling swords, Cooper is considered by music journalists and peers alike to be "The Godfather of Shock Rock". He has drawn equally from horror films, vaudeville, and garage rock to pioneer a macabre and theatrical brand of rock designed to shock people. Originating in Phoenix, Arizona, in the late 1960s after he moved from Detroit, Michigan, "Alice Cooper" was originally a band consisting of Furnier on vocals and harmonica, lead guitarist Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar, Dennis Dunaway on bass guitar, and drummer Neal Smith. The original Alice Cooper band released its first album in 1969 but broke into the international music mainstream with the 1971 hit "I'm Eighteen" from their third studio album Love It to Death, which was followed by the even bigger single "School's Out" in 1972. The band reached their commercial peak with the 1973 album Billion Dollar Babies. Furnier adopted the band's name as his own name in the 1970s and began a solo career with the 1975 concept album Welcome to My Nightmare. In 2011, he released Welcome 2 My Nightmare, his 19th album as a solo artist and 26th album in total. In 2011, the original Alice Cooper band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Expanding from his Detroit rock roots, Cooper has experimented with a number of musical styles, including art rock, hard rock, heavy metal, new wave, glam metal, pop rock, experimental rock, and industrial rock. Cooper is known for his social and witty persona offstage, with The Rolling Stone Album Guide calling him the world's most "beloved heavy metal entertainer". He is credited with helping to shape the sound and look of heavy metal, and has been described as the artist who "first introduced horror imagery to rock'n'roll, and whose stagecraft and showmanship have permanently transformed the genre". Away from music, Cooper is a film actor, a golfing celebrity, a restaurateur, and, since 2004, a popular radio DJ with his classic rock show Nights with Alice Cooper.
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Phil Collins cumplio 66 años

Philip David Charles Collins (30 de enero de 1951, Hounslow, Middlesex, Inglaterra) más conocido como Phil Collins es un cantante, compositor, baterista, pianista y actor británico, y uno de los artistas de mayor éxito de la música rock. Collins fue nombrado teniente de la Real Orden Victoriana (LVO). Entre 1984 y 1989 Phil Collins ha liderado la lista de éxitos estadounidense Billboard Top 100 como cantante en ocho ocasiones, siete como solista y una con Genesis, banda de la que fue miembro entre 1970 y 1996. Tras la salida de Peter Gabriel en 1975 se convirtió en el cantante solista del grupo, con el que ha tenido alguna colaboración esporádica desde 2007. Sus canciones a menudo tratan de amores perdidos, temas personales y sobre el problema mundial de la pobreza y el consumo de drogas. Según datos de Atlantic Records (de 2002) las ventas correspondientes a su carrera en solitario han alcanzado los 150 millones de discos en todo el mundo. Collins ha ganado numerosos premios musicales a lo largo de toda su carrera, incluyendo siete Premios Grammy, cinco Premios Brit, entre ellos mejor artista británico en tres ocasiones, un Premio de la Academia y dos Globo de Oro por su trabajo en bandas sonoras. Fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama del Rock como miembro de Genesis en 2010. Collins es uno de los tres artistas pop, junto con Paul McCartney y Michael Jackson, que han vendido más de 100 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo tanto en su carrera en solitario como formando parte de una banda. Contando su trabajo con Genesis, sus contribuciones con otros artistas, y su exitosa carrera en solitario, Collins obtuvo más de cuarenta éxitos que encabezaron la lista del «Billboard Hot 100» durante la década de 1980. En 2008 Collins ocupó el puesto número 22 en la lista de «Los 100 mejores artistas de todos los tiempos según el Billboard Hot 100». El 7 de marzo de 2011 se hizo pública su retirada del mundo musical por problemas de salud y por no sentirse cómodo con la industria musical en general. En 2015 anuncia su regreso al mundo de la música, incluyendo nuevo álbum y su correspondiente gira de soporte.

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actor. He is best known as the drummer and lead singer in the rock band Genesis and as a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins had more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio" and "Another Day in Paradise". Born and raised in West London, Collins played drums from the age of five and completed drama school training, which secured him various roles as a child actor. He then pursued a music career, joining Genesis in 1970 as their drummer and becoming lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. Collins began a solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing a series of successful albums, including Face Value (1981), No Jacket Required (1985), and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He also became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. After leaving Genesis in 1996, Collins pursued various solo projects before a return in 2007 for the Turn It On Again Tour. In 2011, he retired to focus on his family life, but continued to write songs. He announced his return to the music industry in 2015. He will perform live for the first time in 10 years with a European tour in July 2017, including a five night residency at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and his biggest ever solo show in Hyde Park, London. Collins' discography includes eight studio albums that have sold 33.5 million certified units in the US and an estimated 150 million worldwide, making him one of the world's best-selling artists. He is one of three recording artists, along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, who have sold over 100 million records worldwide both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band. He has won seven Grammy Awards, six Brit Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, an Academy Award, and a Disney Legend Award. In 1999, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2012, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013. Despite his commercial success and his status as a respected and influential drummer, music critics are divided in their opinion of his work and he has publicly received both criticism and praise from other prominent music artists. Extraido de Wikipedia