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The Tennessee Board of Parole is recommending a pardon for Grammy-nominated Country/Rock star Jelly Roll, a decision that will be up to the state’s Republican Governor Bill Lee. Jelly Roll, a Nashville native, was involved in drug-related crimes and incarceration. He tells the board how he overcame that part of his life as he’s risen to…
Founded in 2005, this year’s Riot Fest at Chicago’s Douglass Park will run September 19th-21st. Blink-182 (pictured), Green Day, Weezer and Jack White. are the headliners. The list of 90 bands scheduled to perform includes the Sex Pistols, Alkaline Trio, Knocked Loose, Bad Religion, and The Hold Steady. “We didn’t plan on making it for…
Linkin Park has notched its eighth #1 and fifth in a row on Billboard‘s Rock & Alternative Airplay chart, with “Up From the Bottom” (dated April 26th). The track leads with 4.7 million radio audience impressions (up 28%) in the previous week. The track was on the chart for a mere three weeks before hitting the…
With over 2,5 million ballots cast, Phish garnered more than 328,000 votes to lead Bad Company (280k votes), Billy Idol (260k), Cyndi Lauper (236k), Joe Cocker (233k) and Soundgarden (232k) in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame tally. The Black Crowes (165k), White Stripes (110k) and Oasis (99k) are further down the list. This…
Alice Cooper and Judas Priest will embark on a co-headlining tour across North America. The 22-city run kicks off September 16th in Biloxi, MS and is scheduled to conclude on October 26th at The Woodlands, TX. See below for venues and dates. Judas Priest recently completed the second leg. of their “Invincible Shield“ tour in support of…
Ghost have released the official music video for “Lachryma,” the second single from their sixth album, “Skeletá,” which will arrive April 25th. “It opens with more of a riffage. And I guess now comes off as somewhat of a ‘typical’ Ghost mash-up, where it’s heavy on one end and met with a big, bombastic chorus,” Ghost’s Tobias Forge told…
Aerosmith’s self-titled debut didn’t do much in 1973 nor did the single “Dream On” (it would rise from the ashes a couple years later). A second effort, “Get Your Wings,” also initially failed to garner much attention even though it had “Same Old Song And Dance.” “Toys In The Attic” hit the streets in 1975…
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…