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The song “Runaway,” recorded in ’84 by Jon Bon Jovi, was included in radio station W-D-H-A’s compilation of un-signed acts. Technically, Bon Jovi didn’t really qualify. Less than a year earlier, Bon Jovi (the group) had been signed by Mercury Records after building a solid reputation as a live act. In the process, John Francis…
Metallica’s All Within My Hands foundation has donated $100,000 for immediate Hurricane Helene disaster relief, All Within My Hands is donating $50,000 each to World Central Kitchen and Team Rubicon. World Central Kitchen has partnered with 35 food trucks across Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee, and 16 restaurants across North Carolina and Tennessee, already providing tens of thousands of hot meals and sandwiches…
Linkin Park’s “The Emptiness Machine” is #1 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay and Mainstream Rock charts, dated October 5th. Linkin Park now has thirteen #1s on Alternative Airplay, tying Green Day for the second-most in chart history. Red Hot Chili Peppers have fifteen #1s on the chart. “The Emptiness Machine” is also the band’s eleventh #1 on Mainstream Rock…
Mötley Crüe has released the “Cancelled” EP. The three-song effort features the title track, “Dogs Of War,” a Top 5 Rock Radio hit, and a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!),” which quickly became a concert favorite. “What started out as a couple demo ideas turned into this EP produced by Bob Rock,”…
Fever 333 have issued “Darker White.” The set features “No Hostages” and “Higher Power.” “(The album) is the intersection we will all find ourselves in at some point in our lives,” noted frontman Jason Aalon Butler. “It is the struggle we will inevitably face when identifying our metric for good or bad. Wrong or right. Dark and light….
Mötley Crüe will return to Las Vegas next spring with “The Las Vegas Residency,” an exclusive limited run of eleven shows at Dolby Live at Park MGM, running March 28nd through April 19th. “You can go to Vegas and cut loose,” bassist Nikki Sixx told USA Today. “See your favorite band, go to other shows, gamble and…
After cancelling a series of shows earlier this year due to unspecified health issues affecting singer/guitarist Josh Homme, Queens Of The Stone Age has announced a short late spring tour next year. QOTSA cancelled European festival shows so Homme could fly back to the U.S. for what was described at the time as “emergency surgery.”…
For a time, the mightiest Blues shouter in the U.K. was a teenage Steve Winwood, the singer for the Spencer Davis Group (“Gimme Some Lovin’“). He also played organ, piano and guitar. When the Spencer Davis Group’s limited scope became too confining Winwood served notice. Eric Clapton and Winwood talked about forming a group but…
Coheed And Cambria: Blind Side Sonny “‘Blind Side Sonny’ is a song about revenge,” offered vocalist Claudio Sanchez. “What may seem like an innocent choice to someone could be the breeding ground of another’s malicious misunderstanding. Perception can be your worst enemy.” Soilwork: Spirit Of No Return “‘Spirit Of No Rrturn” is a fierce reminder of the…
Lacuna Coil will release their tenth studio album, “Sleepless Empire” on February 14th. The official music video for the song “Oxygen” has been released “This song encapsulates the feeling of struggling to break free from what holds us down, when the journey is filled with difficulty,” offered singer Cristina Scabbia. “It’s a raw anthem of vulnerability, resilience,…