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Following the ’95 demise of his band Kyuss, Homme began recording with a number of Seattle based musicians including Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron and Dinosaur Jr.’s Mike Johnson. This loose collection released a number of EPs as Gamma Ray. Homme then reunited with ex-Kyuss drummer Alfredo Hernandez in ’98 for the Queens Of The Stone Age’s…
Four albums into their career, Warlock began work on what was planned to the be their follow-up to “Triumph And Agony,” which was their highest Billboard charting album, peaking at #80. The band disintegrated during the ’89 album “Force Majeure” becoming Doro’s solo debut. A year later, her self-titled sophomore set dropped. The album however failed to ignite the U.S….
According to a recent tally by Kworb.net Linkin Park has two songs that have exceeded the billion streams mark on Spotify. “In The End” (1.7 billion streams) and “Numb” (1.465 billion streams) are the ones. “In The End” is on Linkin Park‘s ’00 debut album, “Hybrid Theory” while “Numb” is from the band’s ’03 set…
Metallica have garnered over 11.5 billion streams on Spotify, and they average more than 5.8 million streams per day. The top songs are: 3. Master Of Puppets – over 750 million total streams 2. Nothing Else Matters – over 1 billion streams 1. Enter Sandman – over 1.2 billion streams Both “Enter Sandman” and “Nothing…
The Beatles have returned to the top of the U.K. music charts with “Now And Then.” Using artificial intelligence, “Now And Then” features the voice of the late John Lennon and guitar parts that were laid down by George Harrison in the ’90s. Those tracks were recently augmented by Paul McCartney (piano/bass) and Ringo Starr…
The Beatles have an incredible catalog but, according to recently released data from kworb.net, they have had only one song cross the billion streams threshold on Spotify. Is it the ballad “Yesterday”? No. It only has 559-million streams. Well then, it has to be The Beatles best-selling single, “Hey Jude.” Wrong again. Obviously, it has…
Three Red Hot Chili Peppers songs have generated over one-billion streams on Spotify. They are: Under The Bridge – 1.235 billion streams (average 909-thousand daily streams) Californication – 1.233 billion (average 859-thousand daily) Can’t Stop – 1.025 billion (average 798-thousand daily) “Under The Bridge” is off RHCP’s fifth studio album, “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” (1991)…
The Grateful Dead have tied Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra for the most Billboard Top 40 albums. Having previously broken the record as the group with the most Top 40 albums, the band has just earned their 58th album in the Top 40, with the debut of “Dave’s Picks Vol. 48” at #33 on this week’s chart.
Who the hell was Mars Bonfire? He was Dennis Edmonton, a guitarist and composer of “Born To Be Wild,” which was recorded by Steppenwolf. “Born To Be Wild” was a seminal song. Originally written as a ballad it is often considered the first “Heavy Metal song.” (Some claim it was Blue Cheer’s cover of “Summertime…
Spiritbox has released “The Fear Of Fear.” The EP contains the songs “Jaded,” “The Void” and “Ultraviolet.” We are just getting started, and we’re still figuring out what we are, and I don’t even know if I want to find out,” explained singer Courtney LaPlante. “I don’t care about genre, I just know we like making heavy music…