Queen’s BRIT Billion Award

Queen’s BRIT Billion Award

Queen has been presented with a BRIT Billion Award by the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) for surpassing one billion career streams in the U.K. — as calculated by the Official Charts Company. Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor were on hand to accept the award. “I would like to say thanks to everyone who has extracted a morsel of…

Armored Saint In Metal Hall

Armored Saint In Metal Hall

Armored Saint were inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame (on 7/13) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood.  The L.A. band formed in ’82 and has released a dozen albums. They found success during the 1980s with their self-titled EP (’83) and first three studio albums: “March Of The Saint (’84), “Delirious Nomad” (’85) and…

Jelly Roll Is #1

Jelly Roll Is #1

Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord) has the #1 song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated July 15th) with “Need A Favor.” He knocked off Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” which had a two-week run at the top. The Country-Rock ballad has also scored on both Country and Billboard 200 (#17) charts. The track is from “Whitsitt…

Iron Maiden - Senjutsu

Iron Maiden’s “Senjutsu” Goes Gold

Iron Maiden were presented with a gold disc at the first of their two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena (on 7/7) in recognition of their studio album “Senjutsu” selling over 100,000 physical copies in the U.K. “Senjutsu” (loosely translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”), released in September of 2021, was Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album. Two singles,…

Did Mini-Mötley Crües Kill ‘Hair Metal’?

Did Mini-Mötley Crües Kill ‘Hair Metal’?

If you are spending sleepless nights trying to figure why “Hair Metal” died an unceremonious death in the early ’90s there is an answer…. maybe a couple. It’s generally accepted that Grunge (Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, among others) killed Hair Metal. That obviously had something to do with it but according to Ratt‘s Stephen…

Beach Boys

Beach Boys

The Beach Boys featured three talented brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, a cousin, Mike Love and a friend, Al Jardine. Of them all, the most talented and sensitive was Brian. Their first hit was “Surfin’ U.S.A.” which put new lyrics to a Chuck Berry riff. The Beach Boys were soon on a roll with…

Metallica’s Twelfth #1

Metallica’s Twelfth #1

Metallica’s “72 Seasons,” the title track from their most recent album, is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 7/1).   The song is the second from the “72 “Seasons” album to top the chart.  “Lux Æterna” was the first.  Metallica now has twelve Mainstream Rock chart-toppers, which puts them in a three-way tie…

Queens Of The Stone Age Rule

Queens Of The Stone Age Rule

“In Times New Roman…” sits at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock and Top Alternative charts for the current week. Queens Of The Stone Age‘s first album in six years is their eighth full-length effort. The set contains the tracks “Emotion Sickness,” “Paper Machete” and “Carnavoyeur.” “In Times New Roman…” Track…

Today In Rock: July 1st, 2008 – Pearl Jam Raises Millions
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Today In Rock: July 1st, 2008 – Pearl Jam Raises Millions

On this day… Pearl Jam raised $3 million for the Robin Hood Foundation, an anti-poverty charity, by playing a private benefit show at New York’s Beacon Theater. Pearl Jam rolled through an eclectic set before a capacity crowd of 2,800 – with floor-level seat tickets running as high a $2,250. The group played seated for…

Nickelback

Nickelback Honored

Nickelback has been inducted into the BC (British Columbia) Entertainment Hall Of Fame (even though the band formed in Alberta). They were honored (on 6/28) with a StarWalk ceremony on Granville Street in Vancouver – where over 300 individuals are represented.   Nickelback were recognized for their “significant contribution(s) to the province’s entertainment industry and cultural landscape.”…