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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…
One day after former president Donald Trump was booked in Georgia’s Fulton County jail (in Atlanta), Green Day delivers a limited-edition piece of merchandise (available for 72 hours) featuring the first mugshot of a former American president. “The Ultimate Nimrod” t-shirt features Trump’s booking photo taken after he was arrested on felony charges for allegedly…
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…
Often groups break into factions. Once that happens they’re done. But those clicks, with a shared vision, can take a life of their own. A case in point: At The Drive-In was a promising band that saw members depart to form Sparta. The other side of that equation, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, became The…
“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…
BMI will present the Troubadour Award to ZZ Top‘s Billy Gibbon during a reception in Nashville on Monday, September 18th. The honor recognizes a songwriter who has made a profound impact on the creative community. As his band’s main songwriter, Gibbons’s credits include “Sharp Dressed Man,“ “Legs“ and “La Grange.” BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.) was founded in 1939 to represent…
Like many groups, San Francisco’s Third Eye Blind got going in fits and starts. The original incarnation fractured leaving only guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Stephen Jenkins and bassist/vocalist Arion Salazar. They hooked up with guitarists Kevin Cadogan and Tony Fredianelli. In ’94 Fredianelli left but the group was able to find drummer Brad Hargreaves. Barely surviving the local…
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…