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“Live In London,” Skid Row’s first official live album has dropped. Recorded in October of ’22 at the 02 Forum Kentish Town, the set marks Skid Row’s final release with singer Erik Grönwall, who quit the band earlier this year due to health concerns. The album contains “Slave To The Grind,” “18 And Life,” “Monkey Business” and “I Remember You.”…
On this day thirty years ago… R.E.M.’s “Monster” was #1 on the Billboard 200 (on first week sales of 344,000 copies). The band’s ninth studio album featured the song “What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?” – the first of five singles from the album. Drummer Bill Berry was eager to tour (for the first time since 1989) and…
On this day… Everclear’s “Santa Monica” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart. The song, written by the band’s lead singer Art Alexakis, is from the “Sparkle And Fade” album. When Alexakis was a teenager, his girlfriend committed suicide; shortly thereafter, Alexakis attempted the same by jumping off the Santa Monica Pier. “I grew up in a seaside…
Alice In Chains No Excuses Rooster Blink 182 All The Small Things What’s My Age Again Green Day When I Come Around Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit Come As You Are Aneurysm (Live) The Man Who Sold The World (unplugged David Bowie cover) Pearl Jam Even Flow (Live) Smashing Pumpkins Bullet With Butterfly Wings Disarm…
On this day… Tom Petty (pictured) and E.L.O.’s Jeff Lynne were given a songwriting credit for Sam Smith’s hit “Stay With Me,” because of the similarities to Petty & The Heartbreakers’ ’89 song “I Won’t Back Down,” co-written by Petty and Lynne. Smith ‘acknowledged the similarity’, but the likeness was ‘a complete coincidence’. “I just…
10/2 Stevie Nicks states, in a published interview, that she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away the previous year. 10/5 Play ball! A scheduling conflict forces a change of venue for a Guns N’ Roses concert in Phoenix. The show was originally scheduled to take…