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Talent shows are held all over the country. Kids are run through the mill from the time they are able to walk, talk, sing, dance or act. The lucky ones might end up in some facet of the entertainment business. Usually though, the ribbons, trophies and newspaper clippings are packed away in a closet. It’s…
Linkin Park’s “Papercuts” Compilation Drops
Linkin Park have delivered a career-spanning ‘greatest hits’ compilation, “Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000–2023.” The twenty-song package includes 18 anthems plus the previously unreleased “Friendly Fire” and “QWERTY,” which appeared only on the band’s fan club-exclusive demo albums. The power ballad “Friendly Fire,” recorded in ’17, features lead vocals by the late Chester Bennington (pictured). “There was a song,…
New Music: Dark Tranquillity, As I Lay Dying, Ice Nine Kills. Flotsam And Jetsam & David Reece
Dark Tranquillity: Not Nothing “‘Not Nothing‘ is an existential piece of (the upcoming album) ‘Endtime Signals‘ that we feel showcases some of the diversity that the album holds,” offers vocalist Mikael Stanne. As I Lay Dying: The Cave We Fear To Enter “This is the first time I’ve written lyrics based on an idea started by someone else in…
Lynyrd Skynyrd
If you had long hair in the late-60s you probably also had pencil arms. So having a gym teacher who hated longhairs was a particular horror. One Leonard Skinner was notorious for putting Jacksonville, FL, longhaired high school boys through the ringer. To Skinner, long hair meant you were a hippie, in cahoots with left…
Billy Gibbons & Rick Nielsen Honored In Vegas
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) and Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick) have received “Lifetime Achievement In Music” honors at the Vegas Rocks! Magazine awards (1/21) at Sam’s Town Event Center in Las Vegas. Winger’s Kip Winger, along with Blue Oyster Cult’s Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma, were also handed “Lifetime Achievement In Music” awards. The event celebrated Vegas Rocks! Magazine‘s 20th anniversary.
Limp Bizkit’s “Loserville” Tour
Limp Bizkit have announced their 2024 “Loserville” North American tour, with actor Corey Feldman as one of the opening acts. A decade ago, Feldman (pictured) did an impersonation of Michael Jackson at one of the band’s shows and then he and Bizkit frontman Fred Durst covered Jackson’s “Billie Jean.” Feldman and Durst also collaborated on “Seamless” for the actor’s ’16 album “Angelic…