CKY “Can’t Stop Running”

Two bands with Bay Area roots — Green Day and Counting Crowes — will team up for a special Super Bowl related concert on San Francisco’s Pier 29 on the Embarcadero on February 6th. The event marks the third year FanDuel and Spotify have teamed up for a bash celebrating music, community, and the spirit of the Bay Area…

“Never criticize or make a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense,” should be a showbiz axiom. Violate that rule and you will suffer mightily. Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl (pictured above) found that out over the weekend in London where both the Foos and Swift were performing. Swift is currently on her hugely successful “Eras Tour.”…

Evanescence has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with their ’03 hit “Bring Me To Life.” The album version of “Bring Me To Life” — with guest vocals by Paul McCoy of 12 Stones — was included on the soundtrack of the “Daredevil” film. Evanescence frontwoman explained how the song came about. “I was in a tough place and in a bad relationship. And my husband…

Chaim Witz, The Demon – otherwise known as Gene Simmons – was born in Israel in ’49. His parents had survived the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and immigrated to Israel. When Chaim’s parents divorced in ’54 he and his mother came to the U.S. settling in Brooklyn. As Chaim began learning English, comic books and…

Judas Priest’s “Invincible Sheild,” the band’s 19th studio album, entered the official U.K. chart at #2, just behind Ariana Grande’s “Eternal Sunshine.” Released March 6th in the U.K., the album’s lead single was “Panic Attack,” followed by “Trial By Fire,” “Crown Of Horns” and “The Serpent And The King.” “It sounds like a young bunch of Metal heads banging it out,”…