Tattoo You:  Bands That Inspire The Most Tattoo Searches

Tattoo You: Bands That Inspire The Most Tattoo Searches

Pink Floyd is the #1 Rock band inspiring the most tattoo related searches with Guns N’ Roses coming in second,  That’s according to a study by tattoo artists at LLTattoo in Switzerland who identified Rock bands that inspire the most tattoo searches worldwide. LLTattoo examined Google Keyword Planner to reach their conclusions. Pink Floyd, the band with…

Today In Rock: December 16th, 1989 – Space Monkey Mafia
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Today In Rock: December 16th, 1989 – Space Monkey Mafia

On this day… Billy Joel’s “Storm Front,” his eleventh studio full-length effort, is #1 on the Billboard 200.  It’s Joel’s third album to reach #1 in the U.S. The album is best known for the song “We Didn’t Start A Fire,” a fast-paced recap of historical events, trends, and cultural icons from 1949 (the year Joel…

Rock News Review:  March 2024

Rock News Review: March 2024

3/1 “Half Black Heart,” the fifth album from New Years Day, drops. The album features the previously released tracks “Half Black Heart,” “Vampyre,” “Hurts Like Hell,” “Secrets” and “I Still Believe.” 3/1 Bruce Dickinson‘s “The Mandrake Project” arrives. It is the Iron Maiden frontman’s seventh solo album and his first since “Tyranny Of Souls“ in ’05. 3/1 Mercyful Fate bassist Becky Baldwin takes to social…

Soundgarden Members Perform At Children’s Benefit

Soundgarden Members Perform At Children’s Benefit

Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd performed under the anagram alias Nudedragons, for a special (12/14) performance in Seattle at the 13th annual SMooCH (Seattle Musicians for Children’s Hospital) concert benefiting Seattle Children’s Hospital’s uncompensated care fund. They were joined at the Nordstrom-backed benefit by singer-songwriter Shaina Shepherd and Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, among others. Featured Songs: Hunted Down (with Shaina…

Metallica’s “Helping Hands” Performance

Metallica’s “Helping Hands” Performance

Metalica’s fourth “Helping Hands Concert & Auction“ Friday night (12/13) at YouTube Theater featured the band playing acoustic and electric sets. Acoustic Set List: 01. Low Man’s Lyric (see clip below)02. Helpless (Diamond Head cover) 03. Away From Home (Bachman-Turner Overdrive cover)04. If Darkness Had A Son 05. Nothing Else Matters Electric Set List: 06. Orion07. The Shortest Straw08. Until It Sleeps09. Screaming Suicide10. The Unforgiven II (see clip below)11. Fuel (see…

Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones And Metallica In Pollstar’s Annual Top 10

Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones And Metallica In Pollstar’s Annual Top 10

Classic Rock acts performers are on this year’s Pollstar survey of the top touring acts. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band land at #5 on the tally grossing $251-million) with the Rolling Stones checking in at #6 earning $235-million – all from the “Hackney Diamonds” U.S. trek giving the Stones the top grossing North American tour….