Author: Jon Paice

Staind‘s “Lowest In Me” is #1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated August 5th). The track has already topped Billboard’s Alternative Airplay survey. “Lowest In Me,” the lead single from Staind‘s eighth studio album, “Confessions Of The Fallen,” is the band’s fifth single to reach #1 on the chart, along with “Not Again,” “So…

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…

“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…

Red Hot Chili Peppers took home Rock Song of the Year (for “Black Summer”) and Alternative Artist of the Year honors at the 10th annual iHeartRadio Music Awards (3/27) in Hollywood. Papa Roach was named the Rock Artist of the Year. Also, Imagine Dragons won the Best Duo/Group of the Year and Alternative Song of…

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‘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.”

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.”