This Week in Rock

The ashes of Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister were enshrined at the Rainbow Bar & Grill on Friday (4/19). Fans raised a toast to Lemmy and Motörhead with the unveiling of Motörhead Whiskey. Lemmy, who passed away on 12/28/15, was a longtime regular at the West Hollywood bar. This is not the first time the Rainbow has honored…

Five Finger Death Punch – (featuring DMX): This Is The Way “This Is The Way” is #1 on the Billboard Hard Rock Chart. The track is a mash-up of DMX’s ’09 song “The Way It’s Gonna Be” and Five Finger Death Punch’s “Judgement Day,” which is on the band’s ’22 set “AfterLife.”  “Music is meant to be…

Pearl Jam have released “Dark Matter,” containing the title track (which topped Billboard‘s Mainstream Rock chart), “Wreckage” and “Running.“ Finished last November, the band’s 12th studio album, was produced by Andrew Watt. “There’s the melody and energy of the first couple of records,” explained PJ guitarist Mike McCready. “Andrew pushed us to play as hard…

Pearl Jam: Wreckage “That one probably has the biggest build for me personally, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard said in a statement. “I wasn’t quite aware of its potency until later.” The song is on PJ’s 12th studio album, “Dark Matter” (pictured). Kings Of Leon: Nothing To Do The third single from “Can We Please Have Fun,”…

April 13th – April 20th 4/13 Bassist Dan Lilker rejoins Anthrax for the first time in 40 years, appearing onstage at The Metal Fest in Mexico.  He steps in for Frank Bello who is sitting out a short run of dates for “personal reasons.” An original Anthrax member, Lilker played on the band’s debut album, “Fistful Of…

“Friendly Fire” is Linkin Park’s 10th #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated 4/20). The song displaces Foo Fighters’ “The Glass,” which lasted only a week at the top. “Friendly Fire” was recorded during the sessions for “One More Light” but was not included on the ’17 album. The ballad is now on “Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023),”…

Creed played its first show in 12 years on 4/18 as the headliners of the sold-out Summer Of ’99 cruise. The fourteen-song set opened with “Are You Ready?,” from the “Human Clay” album and closed with “My Sacrifice,” off the band’s third studio effort, “Weathered.” Scott Stapp, Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips will play a second show during the cruise, which…

Green Day are among the artists whose work will be preserved by the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The band’s “Dookie” album was listed for inclusion during announcement made April 16th. Green Day’s third album, but first on a major label (Reprise Records), dropped in ’94. Viewed as one of the defining albums of the…

“Journey’s Greatest Hits” has spent 800 weeks on the Billboard 200. It’s the third-longest-charting title on the survey, behind Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” and Bob Marley’s “Legend.” Released November 15th, ’88, “Greatest Hits” made its debut on the Billboard 200 on December 3rd. The album peaked at #10 on the chart and…

Chevelle will embark on a summer tour immediately following appearances at the Inkcarceration and Rock Fest festivals in July. To date, Chevelle has released nine albums. The most recent was ’21’s “NIRATIAS” (an acronym for “Nothing Is Real and This Is a Simulation”) which peaked at #9 on the Billboard 200. It was their first studio album in five…