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Former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg played his first show with Suicidal Tendencies on March 14th at Yogibo Meta Valley in Osaka, Japan. Last November, Slipknot parted ways with Weinberg, who was in the band for a decade, including three albums starting with ’14’s “.5: The Gray Chapter.” At the time Weinberg posted he was “heartbroken…
In most cases, a band has to rule its home turf before it conquers the world. That’s exactly what happened with the Cars – Ric Ocasek (vocals/guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass/vocals), Elliot Easton (guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards) and David Robinson (drums). In ’77, amid the disco onslaught, a demo version of “Just What I Needed” became…
The End Machine, a collaborative project with former Dokken members – guitarist George Lynch and bassist Jeff Pilson – has released its third album, ‘The Quantum Phase.” The set, with lead track “Silent Winter,” features vocalist Girish Pradhan, who replaced Robert Mason in ’22. “We loved Robert Mason, and he’s an incredible singer, but we felt it was time for…
Linkin Park’s lawyers have filed a motion to dismiss Kyle Christner’s lawsuit against the band seeking credit and unpaid royalties. The bassist claims he collaborated on and recorded numerous songs with Linkin Park in ‘99. In a motion filed Tuesday, Linkin’ Park’s legal team cited a number of “defects” with Christner’s lawsuit, most notably that the statute…
Black Sabbath has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with “Paranoid.” It’s the band’s first song to break the one-billion threshold. “Paranoid” is the title track from the band’s second studio album. The song was written by all four band members: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Billions Club is a playlist first launched in ’20 which includes…
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will perform during the eighth annual “Love Rocks NYC” benefit concert at the historic Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 7th. Proceeds will go to God’s Love We Deliver, an organization founded during the AIDS pandemic in ’85, that provides medically tailored meals and nutrition services to New Yorkers living…
Elton John (pictured left) and Bernie Taupin (right) will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on Wednesday, March 20th in Washington D.C. “Their careers stand out for the quality and broad appeal of their music and their influence on their fellow artists,” said Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress. Metallica will be among the artists…
DJ Ashba (Sixx: A,M/Guns N’ Roses) recently legally changed his name to ‘Ashba’. Ashba’s real first name is Daren. His mother’s second marriage was to a man who had four kids already, and one was named Daren. To avoid confusion the guitarist became DJ. “I never chose to be called DJ, in fact it’s more…
Power Trip will perform at the inguinal No Values festival on June 8th in Pomona, CA. It’ll be the band’s first promoted show since the death of original vocalist Riley Gale in ’20. “It has been a difficult road since then, marked by deep pain, grief, and everything else that came with losing our brother Riley,” stated the band….
New Songs Released on 2/16/24. The Black Crowes have released “Cross Your Fingers.” The song is from the band’s upcoming album, “Happiness Bastards,” which will arrive on March 15th. It’s the band’s first full-length album of new material in 15 years. “Ready Rock, is the new single from Fever 333. The track pays homage to Black artists…