NEW YORK (AP) — Bad Company singer-songwriter Paul Rodgers treasures one of his last phone calls with guitarist Mick Ralphs. It was to deliver the news that, at long last, they’d been inducted into ...

Simon Kirke reflects on Paul Rodgers’s early-’80s exit and explains why the band’s attempt to replace him made it worse.

Bad Company was different. Although Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke had a difficult journey with their previous band, Free, it was one they felt they wouldn't repeat with their new group. "I think that ...

Drummer Simon Kirke believes that Bad Company’s decision to replace lead singer Paul Rodgers ultimately “tarnished” the band.