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Elvis Presley will be making yet another comeback this November in London. It will be the King’s first show in the U.K. capital. While Presley shuffled of this mortal coil in ’77 and his 89th birthday is in days (January 8th) his magic is set to return via the “Elvis Evolution,” an “immersive concert experience”…
Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk says that the iconic band will not play any more shows. “So while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the future… I want to let you know that RATM (Tim Commerford, Zack De La Rocha, Tom Morello and I) will not be touring or playing live again,” stated Wilk. “I’m sorry…
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor feels music’s lack of importance in today’s world “is a little defeating.” Reznor made the comment during a recent interview on producer Rick Rubin’s “Tetragrammaton” podcast. “In the context of Nine Inch Nails, in terms of an audience and the culture,” added Reznor, “music used to be the thing that……
The legendary Metal band has been inducted into the RockinTown.com Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 Iron Maiden took its name from a particularly nasty medieval torture device. As a reaction to the U.K.’s rising late-70’s Punk scene Iron Maiden aimed at preserving the Metal ethos and set down a blistering path with chain…
The Classic Rock band is in the RockinTown.com Hall of Fame – Class of 2024 “If I’d know it was going to be such a big hit I think I would have spent a lot more time working on it,” Tom Petty once said of “Refugee,” The quote revealed a self-depreciating nature. Petty, solo or…
10. Within Temptation: Bleed Out For their eighth studio album, the group focused on singles rather than attempting to record an album in one fell swoop. As a result, the album spawned five singles. Key Tracks: Entertain You, The Purge, Shed My Skin. Don’t Pray For Me and Ritual. Awsooooooooome! Masterpiece! Linda Morgan I was 14 when I discovered this band, now…
Green Day took the stage during ABC’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” and called out Donald Trump’s supporters by changing the lyrics to their ‘04 hit “American Idiot.” Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not part of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda” rather than the original line,…
The groundbreaking vocalist is in the RockinTown Hall of Fame – Class of 2024. According to legend, Tina Turner’s life and career took a dramatic turn for the better as soon as she left her violent husband Ike. Not exactly accurate. Her first two albums after splitting from Ike, “Rough” (’78) and “Love Explosion” (’79) were…
Eric Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times… as a member of the Yardbirds, Cream, and as a solo performer. Clapton’s guitar work was also a focal point in John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (where he acquired the nickname “Slowhand” and fans were writing “Clapton Is God” everywhere),…
This is a story of the convoluted and sometimes torturous road taken by drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie. These two Brit Blues vets had been in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers before deciding to strike out on their own. Over the next few years Fleetwood Mac plodded along as guitarists Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny…