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“I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam, and against ‘Cold Turkey’ slipping down the charts,” wrote John Lennon. On October 26th, 1965, all four Beatles (Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) went to Buckingham Palace to receive their Member…
George Harrison’s Resonet Futurama guitar, played during The Beatles‘ early years, has sold for $1.27 million at Julien’s Auctions’ “Played, Worn & Torn II” event (on 11/20). Originally priced at between $600,000 to $800,000, the Resonet Futurama sold for double the low-end estimate, making it the most expensive Harrison-owned guitar ever sold at auction. Harrison…
Hinder has shared the video for “Everything Is A Cult.” “While most people in America have much more in common than they might want to admit, we all have the tendency to fall into the willingness of being spoon-fed propaganda as long as it conveniently coincides with our own beliefs,” noted drummer Cody Hanson. “No matter…
Marilyn Manson has released his twelfth album, “One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1” and the title track. Due to the sexual assault accusations swirling around him, Manson was dropped in ’22 by his record label, Loma Vista Recordings, and talent agency CAA. Manson’s partnership with Nuclear Blast was announced last May. The first single from that deal was “As Sick…
Pop Evil have released the official video for “Deathwalk.” The track was produced Zach Jones and KJ Strock with the dark video directed by Sam Shapiro. The band is expected to release their eighth studio album next spring. Previous single, “What Remains” peaked at #8 on the Mainstream Rock survey. Last year, drummer Hayley Cramer left the band. Pop…
Singer, songwriter, producer Devin Townsend has announced a North American headline tour to launch in May 2025. The trek includes an appearance at Milwaukee Metal Fest May 17th. Townsend’s twenty-second and latest studio album, “PowerNerd,” dropped late last month. “”I would say that a ‘PowerNerd’ would be somebody that has a tendency that society has deemed weak or not…
On this day… Nirvana taped their MTV Unplugged segment in New York City. It was not really unplugged since frontman Kurt Cobain insisted on feeding his acoustic guitar through effects pedals and amplifiers. Brilliant, though it initially displeased the MTV execs. That was one of many issues. Cobain’s decision to play “MTV Unplugged” was motivated by a…
Nothing More’s “Angel Song,” featuring Disturbed’s David Draiman, is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated 11/23). It’s the second straight #1 for the band following last summer’s “If It Doesn’t Hurt.” The track is the second single from “Carnal,” Nothing More’s seventh studio album. For Draiman, “Angel Song” is his second solo #1 on…
Jack White has announced the “No Name” world tour, The tour supports White’s album of the same name which dropped last July. There will stops in Hong Kong and Ho Chi Minh City before the trek plays a run of shows in Australia. White returns to North America for a set of east coast dates before…
Linkin Park, largely inactive since ’17’s “One More Light,” – the last album before lead vocalist Chester Bennington’s suicide, the band introduced Emily Armstrong, co-founder of Dead Sara, as their new co-vocalist (with Mike Shinoda) and Colin Brittain, a songwriter and producer, as drummer Rob Bourdon’s replacement, during a ‘24 live performance event. Linkin Park band…