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It took a life-altering event to prod Benji Madden and his identical twin brother Joel down the Rock road – a Beastie Boys’ concert. The “hey, we can do that” mentality ruled as the Waldorf, MD, natives, who’d relocated to Annapolis, developed their chops. Benji picked up the guitar and wrote songs while Joel worked…
“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.” Singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger wrote the…
The Rock For Responders benefit concert will be held February 27th, at the Battleship IOWA Museum in San Pedro, CA. The event will celebrate and support firefighters, police, military, and disaster response agencies, highlighting their critical roles in ensuring community resilience and recovery. The program will include a concert by Kings Of Chaos featuring Sammy Hagar (pictured), Robin Zander (Cheap Trick),…
The Eagles have kick-started donations for FireAid, a benefit concert to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. The group — which includes Country singer Vince Gill — promised $2.5 million to efforts to rebuild Los Angeles and prevent similar events in the future. FireAid is slated to take place on January 30th at the Intuit Dome,…
On this day… Wixen Music Publishing, who represent Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Steely Dan, among others, sued Spotify, the streaming music provider, for approximately $1.6 billion in damages. The company was accused of playing tens of thousands of songs without licenses or compensation. Nearly a year later, Spotify and Wixen put out a joint…
Marty Friedman’s autobiography “Dreaming Japanese.” has been released. He has lived in Japan since ’03. “It’s got so much deep details about the Metal life that I’ve lived before I went over to Japan,” said the 61-year-old former Megadeth guitarist (’90 – ’00). “There’s serious life stuff that you would only be comfortable talking about…
On this day… Axl Rose, Guns N’ Roses frontman, wants everyone to know that when “Sweet Child O’ Mine” was played at President Trump’s rally in West Virginia, he did not approve this message. “Unfortunately, the Trump campaign is using loopholes in the various venues’ blanket performance licenses which were not intended for such craven political purposes,…
Alice In Chains did everything a Grunge group should do. They formed in Seattle, landed a recording contract (Columbia Records), had drug problems, released an Unplugged set (in ’96), had a hit ballad (“No Excuses”) and did a Lollapalooza tour (’93). The band’s first release was the five song EP “We Die Young.” Their third…
On this day… Creed gets credit for helping lift the Texas Rangers to the major league baseball playoffs. The Rangers see their season turn around when they start playing Creed in the clubhouse prior to games. According to Rangers’ pitcher Andrew Heaney listening to Creed was a way of “having fun” while dealing with the “rollercoaster of the second…
It seems like an election year tradition: Rock acts complaining about the unauthorized use of their songs at political functions. They claim the playing of their songs at events implies support – which is often not the case. Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and Neil Young are but a few of the performers who have lodged…