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Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has revealed that he has been undergoing Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, a treatment for symptoms of trauma. Sixx had a traumatic childhood, which included his father abandoning the family. When you undergo EMDR, you access memories of a trauma event in very specific ways,” according to the Cleveland Clinic. “Combined with…
It was a classic Grunge vs. Hair Metal battle. First, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder (above) stated in a New York Times interview, published on this day, that he “despised” most ’80’s Hair Metal bands, specifically Mötley Crüe. Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx (pictured) responded by calling Pearl Jam “one of the most boring bands in history”…
The artist, album title and release date are listed. Mark Tremonti – The End Will Show Us How (January 10th) The Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist’s sixth solo album includes “One More Time.” “When I came up with the opening riff, it really solidified the song. Now, it’s one of the heaviest tracks on the record,” explained…
12/2 Slipknot Drummer Is #1 Modern Drummer magazine’s readers vote former Sepultura and current Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande as the #1 Metal drummer in the publication’s Readers’ Poll. 12/3 Falling In Reverse Cancel U.K. Tour Falling In Reverse are forced to cancel dates of their U.K. Tour after frontman Ronnie Radke (pictured) is denied entry into the country because the…
On this day… Wixen Music Publishing, who represent Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Steely Dan, among others, sued Spotify, the streaming music provider, for approximately $1.6 billion in damages. The company was accused of playing tens of thousands of songs without licenses or compensation. Nearly a year later, Spotify and Wixen put out a joint…
The former Morrison Hotel, made famous by The Doors and their 1970 album of the same name, burned for nearly two hours on Thursday (12/26) before more than 100 firefighters brought the flames under control. The four-story downtown L.A. building, vacant for more than a decade, was featured on the cover of The Doors’ fifth…
The Lamb Of God guitarist is celebrating six years of sobriety. “I woke up this morning (12/27) with 6 years clean & sober,” Morton wrote on social media. “This comes after decades of drinking nearly every day & with the final 10 years of that compounded by an aggressively progressive opiate addiction that almost killed…
On this day… Garbage vocalist Shirley Manson was named Best New Female Singer by Entertainment Weekly. The Scottish singer-songwriter and one-time Angelfish vocalist was invited to work with Garbage in 1994. The band’s self-titled debut album, released the following year, went on to sell over 4-million copies, buoyed by a run of chart successes including “Only…
On this day… Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson’s performance of “Stairway To Heaven” at the Kennedy Center Honors’ tribute to Led Zeppelin – recorded earlier in the month – is broadcast on CBS. The Wilson sisters were joined by Jason Bonham, son of Zeppelin’s late original drummer John. Their version of Zepplin’s signature song gradually grew to include a…
The Bob Dylan biopic, directed by James Mangold, is in U.S. theaters. The film, starring Timothée Chalamet, was based on the 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah Wood and follows Dylan’s life and career from January 1961, when he moved to New York City to his 1965 concert at the Newport Folk Festival. The film’s title…