This Week in Rock

Avatar’s “The Dirt I’m Buried In” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated September 2nd).    The lead single from “Dance Devil Dance,” Avatar’s ninth studio set, is the Swedish band’s first #1 on the chart. Avatar‘s first appeared on Mainstream Rock Airplay chart in ’13 with “Smells Like a Freak Show” (#32).

Disturbed were presented with a key to the city of Tinley Park, IL (on 8/30), prior to their show at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre. The band filmed the music video for “Down With The Sickness” at the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (then known as Tweeter Center) in May ’01. Earlier this month, Disturbed scored its twelfth #1 on Billboard’s…

Metallica now holds the attendance record for SoFi Stadium in L.A. More than 156,000 tickets were purchased for the two-concert stand (last Friday and Sunday) as part of Metallica’s “M72” world tour. The in-the-round stage design, with a hollow center, provides more space to accommodate fans. In addition, there are eight speaker/monitor towers anchored by a raised platform that…

Cancel a concert – get trashed. Whether its ticket prices, logistics/time issues, add-on costs (over and above the tickets), dashed plans or a sense of entitlement, fans seem far less tolerant of concert cancellations than in the past. Last week (8/24), Queens Of The Stone Age (QOTSA) announced – via social media – that they…

Recently, the legendary Alice Cooper weighed in on the thorny issue of sexual identity and gender affirming care for kids. “I’m understanding that there are cases of transgender, but I’m afraid that it’s also a fad,” offered Cooper. “I find it wrong when you’ve got a six-year-old kid who has no idea. He just wants…

Hoobastank’s ballad, “The Reason,” has rolled past the one billion views on YouTube. Released in 2004, the second single from Hoobastank‘s second studio album of the same name, is the band’s most commercially successful single peaking at #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100. “The Reason” leads the band’s entire catalog surpassing the four-billion mark across all digital streaming platforms.

Disturbed has scored its twelfth #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay (dated 8/19) with “Unstoppable.” The track is from the band’s eighth album “Divisive.” Disturbed are now in a four-way tie for the fifth-most chart toppers in the chart’s 42-year history, alongside Foo Fighters, Godsmack and Metallica. Shinedown leads all acts with eighteen #1s.  Disturbed…

“Mammoth II,” the sophomore album by Wolfgang Van Halen’s Mammoth WVH is #1 on Billboard‘s Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts (dated 8/19). The set features the singles “Take A Bow,” “Another Celebration At The End Of The World,” “Like A Pastime” and “I’m Alright.” Wolfgang took the lead in writing the album’s songs and performed…

Metallica‘s All Within My Hands foundation has donated $200,000 to provide relief to those affected by the wildfires that devastated the Hawaiian island of Maui. The All Within My Hands board voted to approve the grant for the Maui Strong Fund established through the Hawai’i Community Foundation (HCF). Wildfires started last Tuesday and moved across the island burning the town of Lahaina. Over…

The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced. Arguably, Rock is overlooked among the twenty-one categories listed. But there are two pertinent categories – Best Rock and Best Alternative. And the nominees are… Best Rock NomineesFoo Fighters – “The Teacher” Linkin Park – “Lost (Original Version)” Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Tippa My Tongue”…