Aerosmith

Aerosmith

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…

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

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’s Top 10

The Offspring’s Top 10

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…

Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace

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…

Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed At Scalpers
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Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed At Scalpers

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…

Pop Evil

Pop Evil

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…