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After leaving Guns N’ Roses, Slash (guitar), Duff McKagan (bass) and Matt Sorum (drums) played a charity gig. They realized they still had a great chemistry. Auditions resulted in guitarist Dave Kushner’s addition. Now it was time to find a vocalist. Ex-Stone Temple Pilot vocalist Scott Weiland, one of the 90’s more impressive talents, signed…
The Offspring originally signed with Epitaph Records. “Ignition” rolled out in ’92 and went gold – shipping 500,000 units. Their next recording “Ixnay On The Hombre”” sold over a million copies but “Americana” chalked up three million in sales. “Conspiracy Of One,” the band’s sixth full-length effort arrived in ’00. The album was the last…
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom,” is the second song released from Volbeat’s ninth album, “God Of Angels Trust.” “I had so much fun writing these lyrics. It’s about the outcasts and fallen angels of God — all the angels that were cast out…
Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst and singer-guitarist Adam Gontier hailed from the small Canadian burg of Norwood. Drummer Neil Sanderson grew up twenty-five miles away in a town called Peterborough. Re-locating to Toronto Three Days Grace teamed with producer Gavin Brown. On the strength of “I Hate Everything About You” the group earned a…
President Donald Trump, with Kid Rock in attendance, signed an executive order on Monday (3/31) that takes aim at ticket scalpers using “bots and other means to acquire large quantities of face-value tickets” and reselling them at “an enormous markup on the secondary market.” “These bots — they come in and get all the good tickets to your…
Often the relationship between a band and their label can be contentious. But rarely is it made public – or at least as public as Pop Evil made it. On the second day of the ‘11 Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus, OH, Pop Evil, apparently frustrated with their distributor (Universal Music), tore up…
The Rasmus have dropped “Creatures Of Chaos.” “(The song) is a global invitation to all misfits and anyone out there who’s ever felt like an outsider to join us,” frontman Lauri Ylönen commented. “The world is such a messed-up place right now. People are so divided with their opinions that I find myself looking for hope and unity out…
Tesla have surpassed 300 million streams on Spotify. Their catalog includes eleven studio albums, along with live releases. Tesla’s platinum debut album, ’86’s “Mechanical Resonance,” delivered “Modern Day Cowboy” and “Little Suzi.” Modern Day Cowboy Little Suzi Three years later, “The Great Radio Controversy: contained “Heaven’s Trail (No Way Out)” and “Love Song.” Heaven’s Trail Love Song The song reached #10 on…
The Darkness have released “Dreams On Toast.“ The set contains “Rock And Roll Party Cowboy.” “People recognize me as astronaut pirate movie star cool and that’s obviously accurate,” offered singer/guitarist Justin Hawkins. “What they may have overlooked, though, is that I am also ROCK AND ROLL PARTY COWBOY cool… which is a good 15 percent cooler!!!”…
After the contracts were signed, the record company exec must have walked away thinking Queen would either make millions or crash big time. Queen took a bit to develop. But by their third album, “Sheer Heart Attack,” they were on top in their native U.K. and getting noticed in the U.S. The next two albums…