Nonpoint’s Painful Statements Tour Continues
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Nonpoint’s Painful Statements Tour Continues

Nonpoint have announced an extension of their “Painful Statements Tour” with a Part 2 — a continued celebration of the 20th anniversary of “To The Pain” and the 25th anniversary of “Statement,” two of their most defining albums in the band’s career. “We wanted to give our fans everything — so we found a way to bring every song to…

Linkin Park Are In The SoundExchange Hall Of Fame

Linkin Park Are In The SoundExchange Hall Of Fame

Linkin Park has been honored with the SoundExchange Hall Of Fame Award (on 5/8). The honor recognizes the innovative band who is one of the most streamed acts in the organization’s 20-plus-year history of administering digital performance royalties. “They’re a monster group that has had tremendous impact on popular music, blending Hard Rock and Hp-Hop, scoring lasting…

Ghost
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Ghost’s “Skeletá” Is #1

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…

Paramore

Paramore

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

Cream

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 Reaches “The End”

Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth Reaches “The End”

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.”…

Poison

Poison

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…