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The Royal Mint has unveiled a commemorative coin celebrating 50 years of Iron Maiden. The coin joins The Royal Mint’s Music Legends series, which has previously celebrated Queen, Elton John and David Bowie. “Having (band mascot) Eddie on an official U.K. coin is a continuation of his incredible odyssey since we unearthed him back in 1980,” said Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood, “We’ve been…
“Apologies” has reached #1 on the Mediabase Active Rock radio chart. The single is from the upcoming full-length album “Alienation,” due August 22md. “We want to thank everyone at radio and especially all of our fans who have supported us through this unbelievable journey,” said the band, “They have stuck with us through every evolution, every riff, every scream….
Evanescence and Alt-Rock’s K.Flay have released the music video for “Fight Like A Girl” which plays over the end credits of “Ballerina,” a ‘John Wick’ spin-off. “‘Ballerina’ has been an incredible ride that pushed me to team up with some of my heroes in both music and film,” Evanescence singer Amy Lee (pictured above) said. Fight Like A Girl Since its release, “Ballerina” has taken in…
A livestream of Ozzy Osbourne’s last-ever live performance (7/ 5) at the “Back To The Beginning” event at the Villa Park in Birmingham, U, K. was viewed by more than five million fans worldwide. Ozzy’s solo set, with backing by guitarist Zakk Wylde, bassist Mike Inez, keyboardist Adam Wakeman and drummer Tommy Clufetos, consisted of “I Don’t Know,” “Mr. Crowley,” “Suicide Solution” and “Crazy Train”…
Just hours after Lamb Of God took the stage at the “Back To The Beginning” Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath farewell concert, (on Saturday, 7/5) the band released a studio version of “Children Of The Grave,’ a track from Sabbath’s ’71 set, “Master Of Reality.” Lamb Of God performed the song during their “Back To The Beginning” set. Children…
“Heart Of Glass” was one of those transition songs. It came along as disco’s excesses consumed the genre. The Blondie song had a New Wave feel with a dash of Punk but you could still dance to it. As the group progressed its Rock tendencies emerged in the songs “Call Me,” “One Way Or Another”…
Bringing their concert career to a close Ozzy Osbourne and his fellow Black Sabbath bandmates led a farewell concert at Villa Park (on 7/5), in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, U.K. Over 40,000 were in attendance. Proceeds will be donated to three charities – Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Cure Parkinson’s, and Midlands-based Acorns Children’s Hospice. In…
Young’s solo work has encompassed Country, Big Band Rock, and retro-Rock. His biggest commercial successes include the acoustic-Country influenced “After The Gold Rush” (’70)) and “Harvest” (’72), featuring hits “Heart Of Gold” and “Old Man.” All this is fine… but Young Rocks. This list features studio versions but since a major portion of Young’s career…
Over the course of their career Green Day has been called Punk Rock (bit of a stretch), Pop Punk (little closer), Alt. Rock and Power Pop. These songs clearly encapsulate the band’s musical and lyrical ethos. #10. Longview The band’s debut single was on their third studio album, “Dookie” (1994). The song, named after the city…
In most cases, a band has to rule its home turf before it conquers the world. That’s exactly what happened with the Cars – Ric Ocasek (vocals/guitar), Benjamin Orr (bass/vocals), Elliot Easton (guitar), Greg Hawkes (keyboards) and David Robinson (drums). In ’77, amid the disco onslaught, a demo version of “Just What I Needed” became…