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Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock (Brian Binzer) died at his home in L.A. on Monday (6/25) at the age of 49. The cause of death was determined to be an accidental drug overdose.
Crazy Town is best known for their ’99 ballad single “Butterfly,” which went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The band’s debut album, “The Gift Of Game,” sold 1.6 million copies.
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Bad Omens and Poppy have issued a collaborative new single “V.A.N.” Written and produced by Bad Omens frontman Noah Sebastian, the song is on upcoming “Concrete Forever” project, an experimental extension of the band’s “The Death Of Peace Of Mind” and the soundtrack to their “Concrete Jungle” comic book universe. “That’s a song that started just with the hook ‘Violence against nature’, explained Sebastian. “With the acronym and seeing…
Phil Walden, head of Capricorn Records, suggested Duane Allman, a renowned session guitarist, start his own group. First, Duane installed his brother as the lead singer. Nobody liked that idea even though Gregg also handled keyboards. Dickey Betts was the second guitarist – you can never have too many guitars. Berry Oakley played bass. Also,…
Countless bands are remembered for one thing: a song, an album or even involvement in a notorious event. It’s unfair since bands are often more accomplished than they are given credit for and find that their catalog of accomplishments goes unrecognized. What’s really crazy is when they are remembered for is something that is not…
Often the relationship between a band and their label can be contentious. But rarely is it made public – or at least as public as Pop Evil made it. On the second day of the ‘11 Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus, OH, Pop Evil, apparently frustrated with their distributor (Universal Music), tore up…
10/2 Stevie Nicks states, in a published interview, that she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away the previous year. 10/5 Play ball! A scheduling conflict forces a change of venue for a Guns N’ Roses concert in Phoenix. The show was originally scheduled to take…
Simone Simon – In Love We Rust The ballad is the second single from the Epica singer’s debut solo album “Vermillion,” which is due August 23rd. The lead single was “Aeterna.” Smile Empty Soul – Savior The track, from their upcoming EP, “Swan Song, addresses the challenging state of contemporary society. “I feel like people have…