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Here is the Weekly Rockin'Town Newsletter
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INXS started with the Farris Brothers (guitarist Tim, keyboardist Andrew and drummer Jon) in '79. School friends, bassist Gary Beers, guitarist/sax player Kirk Pengilly and vocalist Michael Hutchence soon came on board. Interestingly, this line-up remained intact through the band's lengthy history ('79 to '97). Honing their act, INXS (in excess) set out on a rigorous tour of their native …
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Nickelback Return To The Top
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"The Best Of Nickelback: Volume 1" is #1 on Billboard's Top Hard Rock Albums chart. The set advanced from #2 to #1, earning its fourth turn leading the survey. "Volume 1" was released in 2013 to coincide with Nickelback's "The Hits Tour" and includes "How You Remind Me" and "Rockstar." https://youtu.be/Aiay8I5IPB8?si=0YIIwLmHxoYS6i9f https://youtu.be/DmeUuoxyt_E?si=rRZJZjCnI8HyAN8h Singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger wrote the lyrics for a …
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Volbeat Announces New Album
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Volbeat have announced their ninth album, "God Of Angels Trust," featuring the single "By A Monster's Hand," due June 6th. https://youtu.be/UTUPgEse6_A?si=KgW-dz0Z90RNm06W "In the past, I've taken a long time to write and obsessed over so many elements of the songs before finishing them," said guitarist/vocalist Michael Poulsen. "This time, I wanted to make a Volbeat record without thinking too much about it. Instead of …
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Ghost's Album To Drop In April
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Ghost will deliver "Skeletá," featuring "Satanized," on April 25th. A press release claims "Satanized" is "an avalanche of infectious hooks and harmonies is buoyed by a hypnotic shuffle, as the narrator succumbs to dark forces within and without, helplessly acknowledging their own blasphemy and heresy as it inexorably consumes them." https://youtu.be/mGR2M2mBJXU?si=s9zTmOV1RrDXbi0L "Skeletá," the band's sixth full-length effort, follows the '22 album "Impera" …
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Where does this story begin? For most, any awareness of Courtney Love or Hole probably began with Kurt Cobain. Kurt and Courtney, the John and Yoko of the ‘90s, living in the pop culture spotlight - married with child. “Oh, she’s just riding on his fame,” was often heard. Love had founded Hole, along with guitarist Eric Erlandson, in ‘89, …
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