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U2’s Bono and popular podcaster Joe Rogan (The Joe Rogan Experience) clashed on Friday (5/30) over the humanitarian impact of DOGE’s planned USAID cuts. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a governmental agency that has been responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. Bono Discusses USAID at 52:00 Minutes Bono told Rogan, a friend…
Garbage have delivered their “Let All That We Imagine Be The Light.“ “Going into making this record, I was determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in,” noted singer Shirley Manson. “The title of the album is the perfect descriptor for this new record as a whole. When things feel dark it feels…
Death To The Crown The Haunted: Death To The Crown “‘Death To The Crown’ is one of those songs that just came out of pure frustration,” noted The Haunted guitarist Ola Englund. “It’s about that feeling when you’re watching politicians or leaders treat real people like pawns in some kind of game. It’s not about any…
Halsey and Amy Lee Evanescence’s Amy Lee and Halsey: Hand That Feeds The song is from the John Wick spin-off movie “Ballerina” (in theaters on June 6th). The film stars Ana de Armas as Eve, an assassin seeking revenge on the people who killed her family. Hand That Feeds Lzzy Hale Halestorm: Everest It;s the title track from the band’s sixth studio album…
The former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist has accepted a no-jail plea deal to resolve allegations he failed to yield while driving and accidentally struck and killed a pedestrian last year. Klinghoffer appeared Wednesday (5/28) in an Alhambra, CA courtroom, and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. His sentence included one year of informal probation and 60…
Here are the headlines for May, 2025: Two Metal albums topped the Billboard 200 Three songs went to #1 on Mainstream Rock Queen, Green Day and Linkin Park are honored Isaac Carpenter 5/1 New GN’R Drummer Makes His Debut Guns N’ Roses kick off its 2025 world tour at Incheon, South Korea’s Songdo Moonlight Festival…
Metallica’s self-titled fifth album (aka “The Black Album”) has been certified 20 times platinum (sales of 20 million copies) while the band’s third full-length effort, “Master Of Puppets” has been certified eight times platinum (sales of eight million copies). Metallica Master Of Puppets The RIAA (Recording Industry Association Of America) certification of “Metallica” puts the album on…
Rise Against will release “Ricochet,” their first album in four years, on August 15th. ‘Ricochet‘ is about our collective inter-connectedness,” frontman Tim McIlrath explained. “Everything you do is going to affect somebody; everything you throw will affect the next person. We’re connected to other countries, other economies; we’re connected to undocumented immigrants. We’re connected to every decision our leaders make….
Ghost and Opeth guitarist Fredrik Åkesson perform Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” at the Polar Music Prize. The ceremony honoring Queen was held at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm (on 5/27). Also performing at the gala were Adam Lambert, who has been touring for the past decade-plus with Queen’s Brian May and Roger Taylor (Queen + Adam Lambert) as well as Miriam Bryant, and former Skid Row singer Erik Grönwall….
Avatar have released “Captain Goat.” “I think it will be very clear to people hearing ‘Captain Goat‘ that the rules once again have changed,” stated vocalist Johanne Eckerström. “It will always be Metal. It will always be Avatar.” “We will never do the same song twice and we will always find ways to reinvent ourselves,” continued Eckerström. “‘Captain Goat’ uses the…