This Week in Rock

Ghost took the “Best Hard Rock/Metal” category for their “Impera” album at this year’s the Grammis awards (the Swedish Grammy equivalent), held May 3rd in Stockholm. They beat out Amon Amarth (“The Great Heathen Army”) and Arch Enemy (“Deceivers”), among others. Frontman Tobias Forge, who is Swedish, accepted the award in person. Ghost was also nominated in the “Album Of…

The good news is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announce that Rage Against The Machine will be inducted into the Hall on November 3rd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson and late singer George Michael (who won the fan vote) will also be inducted. …

The 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame fan vote has ended. Over 6-million votes were cast. The Top 5 artists are: The Top 5 artists will gain one extra vote added to the official votes cast by members of the Rock Hall, which includes musicians, business leaders and other industry professionals. George Michael, a…

As “72 Seasons” debuts at #2 on the Billboard 200, Metallica’s eleventh studio album owns the Top Rock Albums survey (dated April 29th).  The album also rules the Top Hard Rock Albums, Top Album Sales and Vinyl Albums charts. “72 Seasons” has reached #1 in over a dozen countries. “72 Seasons” Track Listing 01. 72…

While Metallica’s “72 Seasons” rules the U.K. Album Chart, it will debut at #2 on the Billboard 200 (dated April 29th). Selling 146,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week of release the set marks the band’s 12th Top 10-charting album. In the U.K., Metallica’s eleventh studio effort outsold the rest of…

Linkin Park’s “Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition,” which celebrates the band’s sophomore album, is #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums Chart. In addition to the original album, the re-packaged set contains previously unreleased tracks. “Lost,” a showcase for Chester Bennington’s riveting vocals, failed to make the original album’s final track listing.  However, earlier this year, the…

Billboard, for no particular reason, has published a list of the Top 10 Tours of All-Time. #1 is Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” trek has garnered more than $800-million. Here’s an overview of the list… #9 – “AC/DC: Black Ice World Tour” (’08-10) with a paltry $442-million. #6 – The Rolling Stones “No Filter…

System Of A Down’s “Chop Suey!” has passed one-billion streams on Spotify. It is the first System Of A Down track to reach the milestone.  However, this comes over two years after the song exceeded the one-billion mark on YouTube. “Chop Suey!” was the first single from System Of A Down’s ’01 second album “Toxicity.”  It has been certified as…

The guitar Eddie Van Halen used in the music video for Van Halen‘s “Hot For Teacher” has sold for $3,932,00 during a 4/18 auction at Sotheby’s.  It was Van Halen’s primary guitar in ’83 – ’84.  “Hot For Teacher” appeared on Van Halen‘s album “1984.” The Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) called for the song/video to be pulled from both the radio and television due…

Fall Out Boy’s “So Much (for) Stardust” debuted at #6 on the April 8th edition of the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 64,000 album-equivalent units.  Fall Out Boy’s eighth album is their seventh consecutive Top 10 effort. “So Much (for) Stardust” also sits at #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums survey. The set contains the…