Blink-182: 2023 Headlines

“Lux Æterna,” the lead track from Metallica’s upcoming “72 Seasons” album (pictured) is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart.  2022 The song was played live for the first time on December 16th during Metallica’s “Helping Hands Concert & Auction“ at the Microsoft Theater in L.A. The third edition of the concert/auction opened with a set…

Guns N’ Roses’ “Greatest Hits” has now logged 700 weeks on the Billboard 200. The singles compilation was released in 2004. GN’R’s “Greatest Hits” peaked at #3 on the Billboard chart and has bounced in and out (mostly ‘in’) on the survey over the past twenty years. The set includes “Sweet Child O’ Mine,” “Welcome To The…

If you are spending sleepless nights trying to figure why “Hair Metal” died an unceremonious death in the early ’90s there is an answer…. maybe a couple. It’s generally accepted that Grunge (Nirvana, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, among others) killed Hair Metal. That obviously had something to do with it but according to Ratt‘s Stephen…

“I Stand Alone: The Sully Erna Story,” a film based on Godsmack frontman Sully Erna’s life story, is available via Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video. Based on Erna’s ’07 memoir ‘The Paths We Choose‘, the documentary was written and produced by Erna, with additional writing and production by Noah Berlow and Troy Smith, who also directed. “I am releasing a documentary on my life story, from zero…

The official music video for Disturbed’s cover of “The Sound Of Silence” has officially topped a billion views on YouTube. “The Sound Of Silence,” originally appeared on Disturbed’s sixth studio album “Immortalized,” was uploaded to YouTube in ’15, and marks Disturbed’s first song to reach the milestone. Disturbed’s “The Sound Of Silence“ went to #1 on Billboard‘s Hard Rock and Mainstream Rock charts. Written by Paul…

On the Nashville stop of Papa Roach’s “Revolutions Live” tour they were joined by Chris Daughtry (Daughtry) for a performance of “Scars.”  The original version of “Scars” was Papa Roach’s highest charting single. “The live recording was so great that we wanted to share it with the world,” enthused Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shadixx. Proceeds from the track…