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On this day… Woodstock ’99 began in Rome, NY. The festival site was the former Griffiss Air Force Base approximately 100 miles from the original ’69 Woodstock location in Bethel, NY. Approximately 220,000 people attended the festival over four days enduring difficult environmental conditions (extreme heat), overpriced food and water, poor sanitation, sexual harassment/rapes, rioting, looting,…
Butcher Babies have announced via social media that they parted ways with singer Carla Harvey. The band thanked Harvey for her dedication and Harvey thanked fans for their support. She was with Butcher Babies for fifteen years (5 albums/2 EPs) and plans to continue making music. Butcher Babies formed in ’10 by vocalists Heidi Shepherd, who…
Please pass the syrup. On this day… Kid Rock entered a no-contest plea to assault charges stemming from an ’07 incident at an Atlanta-area Waffle House. Rock was arrested after he and some associates scuffled with Harlen Akins, a fellow Waffle House customer. Rock was slapped with a $1,000 fine and put on a year’s…
“All My Life,” a Country-Rock collaboration between Falling In Reverse (lead vocalist Ronnie Radke pictured above) and Jelly Roll, is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated July 20th). The song had a brisk five-week trip to the top. Falling In Reverse’s “Popular Monster” and “Zombified,” took 16 weeks to reach #1 on Mainstream…
Dorothy: MUD “Our first single off this record (no release date set) is an amalgamation of Hard Rock, Metal, and Country tied together with a trap beat and spicy, heavily layered vocals. It was also my first time attempting a scream” stated Dorothy (pictured above). Flat Black: A Bit Of Lightning The band was formed by…
Deep Purple’s “=1,” containing the tracks “Portable Door” and “Pictures Of You” has dropped. It’s Deep Purple’s first album featuring guitarist Simon McBride, who joined two years ago following Steve Morse’s departure. “Many of the songs… were written in the first sessions and literally came together in 5 or 10 minutes. It all was so easy and natural,” noted…
Highly Suspect has released its fifth album, “As Above, So Below,” with the lead track “Summertime Voodoo.” “If my life is a book, then this album is the first chapter that truly addresses the central conflict. “The recognition of an ego, the problems it caused, “explained singer/guitarist Johnny Stevens. “‘Summertime Voodoo‘ is the introductory paragraph to this…
On this day… Red Hot Chili Peppers played the first of three shows at London’s Hyde Park. This concert plus the two that followed on June 20th and 25th earned more than $17 million setting a record for being the highest-grossing concerts at a single venue. Tracks were recorded for the group’s first official concert…
The Grateful Dead and Bonnie Raitt will be among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington D.C. on December 8th (CBS will broadcast of the ceremony on December 23rd). “To be recognized alongside the artists who have in the past received this honor is beyond humbling,” wrote the four surviving founding members of the Grateful Dead…
After paying dues in several unsuccessful bands, Don Henley and Glenn Frey were asked to be part of Linda Ronstadt’s backing band for an up-coming tour. Also on board were the Flying Burrito Brothers guitarist Bernie Leadon and bassist Randy Meisner, who had been a member of Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. Along the way…