RockinTown 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Judas Priest, Joan Jett & Smashing Pumpkins

RockinTown 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees: Judas Priest, Joan Jett & Smashing Pumpkins

Judas Priest The English band, form in 1969, have sold over 50 million albums and are regarded as a pioneering and influential Heavy Metal band. Over the past fifty years, the band has issued nineteen albums including “British Steel” and “Screaming For Vengeance,” READ MORE Joan Jett Born Joan Marie Larkin, Jett is often referred to…

Mötley Crüe Bassist Wants To See The Past More Clearly

Mötley Crüe Bassist Wants To See The Past More Clearly

Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that he has been undergoing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, a treatment for symptoms of trauma. Sixx had a traumatic childhood, which included his father abandoning the family. When you undergo EMDR, you access memories of a trauma event in very specific ways,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. “Combined with…

Select January Album Releases: Tremonti, Hellacopters, G3 & All That Remains

Select January Album Releases: Tremonti, Hellacopters, G3 & All That Remains

The artist, album title and release date are listed. Mark Tremonti – The End Will Show Us How (January 10th) The Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist’s sixth solo album includes “One More Time.” “When I came up with the opening riff, it really solidified the song. Now, it’s one of the heaviest tracks on the record,” explained…

Doors - Morrison Hotel

Morrison Hotel Burns – The Future’s Uncertain And The End Is Always Near

The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, burned for nearly two hours on Thursday (12/26) before more than 100 firefighters brought the flames under control. The four-story downtown L.A. building, vacant for more than a decade, was featured on the cover of The Doors’ fifth…

Rock News Review: October 2024

Rock News Review: October 2024

10/2 Coal Chamber Cancel Aftershock Festival Appearance Frontman Dez Fafara’s health forces the band to skip the October 10th-13th festival in Sacramento. After becoming ill Fafara went to the hospital five days earlier. 10/2 System Of A Down Drummer Ends Endorsement Deal  John Dolmayan ends his endorsement deal with Tama drums. “It’s time to make a change,” posts Dolmayan….

Rock News Review: August 2024

Rock News Review: August 2024

8/1 Metallica Partner Again with Wolverine Boots & Apparel  The band’s’ All Within My Hands and the apparel company create a unique, high-quality boot to benefit the Metallica Scholars Initiative which supports the enhancement of community colleges’ career and technical education programs.  8/1 Megadeth Offers Megadeth VMK25 Headphones The limited-edition headphones are manufactured in collaboration with Valco…

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Still Charting

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Still Charting

Nirvana’s Grunge classic “Nevermind” has become the ninth album to ever spend 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. “Nevermind” was released September 24th, 1991. Just weeks later it knocked Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” from the top spot on the Billboard 200. Produced by Butch Vig, Nirvana’s second full-length effort was the band’s first major label release and also…