Armored Saint In Metal Hall

Armored Saint In Metal Hall

Armored Saint were inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame (on 7/13) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood.  The L.A. band formed in ’82 and has released a dozen albums. They found success during the 1980s with their self-titled EP (’83) and first three studio albums: “March Of The Saint (’84), “Delirious Nomad” (’85) and…

Queens Of The Stone Age Rule

Queens Of The Stone Age Rule

“In Times New Roman…” sits at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums, Top Rock and Top Alternative charts for the current week. Queens Of The Stone Age‘s first album in six years is their eighth full-length effort. The set contains the tracks “Emotion Sickness,” “Paper Machete” and “Carnavoyeur.” “In Times New Roman…” Track…

B-52s

B-52s

The great thing about alcohol is briefly, very briefly in fact, all things seem possible. With a buzz on, drinking away the evening in a Chinese restaurant in Athens, GA, future members of the B-52s, who had little or no prior musical experience, decided to form a group. The name came not from the lethal…

Bad Omens Are #1

Bad Omens Are #1

Bad Omens have scored their first #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated March 11th) with “Just Pretend.” The track from Bad Omens’ third album, “The Death Of Peace Of Mind,” took 27-weeks to reach the top. The band first charted with “Limits” (#19), then came “Never Know” (#25).  Their first Top 10 was…

Ghost Goes Gold

Ghost Goes Gold

Ghost‘s “Mary On A Cross” has been certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) for accumulating 500,000 certified units (based on sales, on-demand audio and/or video streams. The track originally appeared in 2019 on the two-track EP/single “Seven Inches Of Satanic Panic.”

“Fallen” is a Diamond Album

“Fallen” is a Diamond Album

Evanescence‘s “Fallen” album has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA) for sales and streams of ten million units in the United States. With the songs “Bring Me To Life,” “Going Under,” “My Immortal” and “Everybody’s Fool,” Evanescence won 2004 Grammys for “Best New Artist” and “Best Hard Rock Performance.”