This Week in Rock

Pierce The Veil sits atop Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart (dated 8/5). After 28 weeks on the chart “Emergency Contact” finally makes it to #1. The song is from Pierce The Veil’s fifth album, “The Jaws Of Life.” The set debuted at #1 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart selling 112,000 equivalent album units to date.

Greta Van Fleet’s “Starcatcher” is #1 on Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts.  The album also debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 chart. “‘Starcatcher’ is a dangerous and delightful expedition into a both violent and gentle dreamlike landscape,” explains lead singer Josh Kiszka. The set contains “Meeting The…

Staind‘s “Lowest In Me” is #1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated August 5th). The track has already topped Billboard’s Alternative Airplay survey. “Lowest In Me,” the lead single from Staind‘s eighth studio album, “Confessions Of The Fallen,” is the band’s fifth single to reach #1 on the chart, along with “Not Again,” “So…

It took a while but Corrosion Of Conformity‘s “Deliverance: has been officially certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Released in ’94 “Deliverance.” the band’s fourth studio album but first featuring vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan, became the band’s biggest-selling album containing “Clean My Wounds“ and “Albatross.”

Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody was presented with the key to the city of Cheyenne, WY on Wednesday during the band’s concert at the Cheyenne Frontier Days festival.  Cheyenne has been Moody’s hometown since June (moving from Las Vegas). Moody received the key from mayor Patrick Collins for his “support of the Cheyenne community.” The vocalist has opened a convenience…

The Eagles founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed away July 26th in L.A. at age 77, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD). Meisner was the original bassist for Poco, before joining Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon, to form The Eagles. He was in the band through the “Hotel…

“Lowest In Me,” the lead single from Staind’s forthcoming album, “Confessions Of The Fallen” is #1 on Billboard’s Active Rock survey. “Confessions Of The Fallen,” Staind’s first full-length album of original material since ’11, is set for release on September 15th.  

Armored Saint were inducted into the Metal Hall Of Fame (on 7/13) at the Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood.  The L.A. band formed in ’82 and has released a dozen albums. They found success during the 1980s with their self-titled EP (’83) and first three studio albums: “March Of The Saint (’84), “Delirious Nomad” (’85) and…

Jelly Roll (Jason Bradley DeFord) has the #1 song on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart (dated July 15th) with “Need A Favor.” He knocked off Metallica‘s “72 Seasons” which had a two-week run at the top. The Country-Rock ballad has also scored on both Country and Billboard 200 (#17) charts. The track is from “Whitsitt…

Iron Maiden were presented with a gold disc at the first of their two sold-out shows at London’s O2 Arena (on 7/7) in recognition of their studio album “Senjutsu” selling over 100,000 physical copies in the U.K. “Senjutsu” (loosely translated from Japanese as “tactics and strategy”), released in September of 2021, was Iron Maiden’s seventeenth studio album. Two singles,…