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Singer Brad Arnold has revealed that he is battling clear cell renal cell carcinoma, or ccRCC, a type of kidney cancer. Brad Arnold “I’d been sick a couple of weeks ago and then went to the hospital and got checked out and had actually got the diagnosis that I had clear cell renal (cell) carcinoma that had…
Ghost’s “Skeletá” has reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated 5/10) with 86,000 U.S. equivalent album units earned in the set’s first week of release. The band’s sixth studio album is the first Hard Rock effort to reach the top spot on the album survey since AC/DC’s “Power Up” in ’20. “Skeletá,” “described as Ghost’s “most unflinchingly introspective…
Talent shows are held all over the country. Kids are run through the mill from the time they are able to walk, talk, sing, dance or act. The lucky ones might end up in some facet of the entertainment business. Usually though, the ribbons, trophies and newspaper clippings are packed away in a closet. It’s…
Cream was the brainstorm of drummer Ginger Baker. He had been toiling away with several British Blues and Jazz outfits, including the Graham Bond Organization where he played with bassists Jack Bruce. But the two never seemed to click. Meanwhile, guitarist Eric Clapton had split from the Yardbirds because the band had ditched its Blues…
Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth (formerly known as Mammoth WVH) has dropped “The End.” “I’ve had the tapping idea on the intro for ‘The End’ since before Mammoth,” explained Van Halen. “I was able to fit it into this world. It’s still over-the-top and shreddy, but it’s also melodic and controlled. Once we finished ‘The End,’ it felt really special to me.”…
If you’re gonna be a big hair & make-up band it might be a good idea to have a licensed cosmetologist in the group. That was the previous calling of Poison’s bassist Bobby Dall (a.k.a. Robert Kuy Kendall). Vocalist Bret Michaels (a.k.a. Bret Michael Sychak) and Dall shot out of their native Pittsburgh to try…
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…