Riot Fest Turns 20

Riot Fest Turns 20

Founded in 2005, this year’s Riot Fest at Chicago’s Douglass Park will run September 19th-21st. Blink-182 (pictured), Green Day, Weezer and Jack White. are the headliners. The list of 90 bands scheduled to perform includes the Sex Pistols, Alkaline Trio, Knocked Loose, Bad Religion, and The Hold Steady. “We didn’t plan on making it for…

KoЯn’s Jonathan Davis Is On “Ghost Adventures”

KoЯn’s Jonathan Davis Is On “Ghost Adventures”

KoЯn frontman Jonathan Davis will guest on the April 30th episode of the supernatural series “Ghost Adventures,” scheduled to air 10 p.m. ET/PT   on Discovery Channel. Davis is a guest investigator as the “Ghost Adventures” team experience a chain of chilling synchronicities and shocking paranormal activity at the historic Glen Tavern Inn. The episode with Davis will be available to stream…

The Libertines

The Libertines

The Libertines career was short-lived and modest but could have been more… if not for Peter Doherty’s ongoing drug abuse. Doherty and guitarist/vocalist Carlos Barat started as an acoustic duo playing in London’s King’s Cross-area. In ’02, they added bassist John Hassall and drummer Gary Powell. The Libertines got picked up by the Rough Trade…

Ghost Issues New Single

Ghost Issues New Single

Ghost have shared “Peacefield,” the third song from their upcoming sixth album, “Skeletá.” The first two songs were “Lachryma” and “Satanized.” “Because the record is going to slalom into darker subjects, I wanted to set a tone of hope in the beginning,” said Ghost frontman Tobias Forge. “I wanted to add a hand to the listener: It will all be…

Halestorm Unveil New Single: “Darkness Always Wins”

Halestorm Unveil New Single: “Darkness Always Wins”

Halestorm have released “Darkness Always Wins,” a song that will be on the band’s upcoming sixth studio album (the release date and other details to come). “‘Darkness Always Wins’ is not a song of hope, nor is it a song of despair,” said Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale. “It is reality. History repeating. Evil prevails and the good depart first….

Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack, a name lifted from an Alice In Chains’ song, have released eight studio albums. “Faceless” (’03), “IV,” (’06) and “The Oracle” (’10) were three consecutive #1 albums on the Billboard 200. The band has had over a dozen songs top the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. As Strip Mind and Lillian Axe bit the dust in…