Rock News: October 19th – 26th

Rock News: October 19th – 26th

10/19 Eloy Casagrande’s Slipknot Debut  The drummer (formerly with Sepultura) performs with Slipknot in his home country of Brazil for the first time at Knotfest Brasil 2024 in São Paulo, Brazil.  10/19 Ozzy Has Multi-Platinum Album Before being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, Ozzy Osbourne posts on Instagram and Facebook, that…

AC/DC’s Top 10 Songs
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AC/DC’s Top 10 Songs

By ’79 AC/DC had produced three albums. The Rolling Stone Record Guide published that year, roundly dismissed AC/DC as both sonically and visually offensive. Their albums, one of which was “Powerage,” got the lowest possible rating. A rating that questioned AC/DC’s musical competency. Even ABBA who was alphabetically listed just above, got a two-star rating for most…

Upcoming Events: Tool “In The Sand,” Visions Of Atlantis Tour & Milwaukee Metal Fest

Upcoming Events: Tool “In The Sand,” Visions Of Atlantis Tour & Milwaukee Metal Fest

Tool Live In The Sand The all-inclusive luxury destination festival takes place at the five-star Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Royalton Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from March 7th-9th, 2025.  Headlined by Tool there will be performances by Primus, Mastodon, Eagles Of Death Metal and Coheed And Cambria. For Information & Tickets. Visions…

Linkin Park’s “Over Each Other” Has Dropped

Linkin Park’s “Over Each Other” Has Dropped

Linkin Park has released the official music video for “Over Each Other”. The clip was directed by Linkin Park’s Joe Hahn, who has led the filming of a handful of the band’s videos, including “The Emptiness Machine.” The “Over Each Other” is the third single from the band’s upcoming eighth album, “From Zero, due on November 15th. The first two singles were…

New Music: Avenged Sevenfold, Epica & Hollywood Undead

New Music: Avenged Sevenfold, Epica & Hollywood Undead

Avenged Sevenfold: Skulls In celebration of Halloween the band has shared its cover of the classic Misfits song. Since ’21 band members have released a Halloween oriented songs. Epica: The Ghost In Me (Danse Macabre) (Vocalist Simone Simons pictured above) The song is a collaboration with Netherlands’s De Efteling theme park and their much-anticipated new attraction, Danse Macabre. “Working this…

Five Finger Death Punch Donates $200,000

Five Finger Death Punch Donates $200,000

Five Finger Death Punch has donated $200,000 from a portion of ticket sales from the band’s past summer/fall North American tour. The funds will be split between two charities handpicked by singer Ivan Moody and guitarist Zoltan Bathory. Moody selected Covenant House, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping homeless, trafficked, and exploited youth and young families. “Our commitment to…

Ken Susi & Nick Pierce Follow Ryan Neff Out The Door – As I Lay Dying Loses Members

Ken Susi & Nick Pierce Follow Ryan Neff Out The Door – As I Lay Dying Loses Members

Guitarist Ken Susi and drummer Nick Pierce have separately announced their departure from As I Lay Dying. It comes just six days after bassist/vocalist Ryan Neff said he was leaving. “My time playing with As I Lay Dying has come to an end today (10/24),” wrote Susi on social media, “Unfortunately, my personal morals have recently been tested to a breaking point,…

Truckin’: Grateful Dead Named MusiCares Persons of the Year

Truckin’: Grateful Dead Named MusiCares Persons of the Year

The Grateful Dead have been named the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year. Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and the late Jery Garcia will all be honored at the all-star event at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 31st.   This is only the third time a band has received MusiCares’ annual a award, following…

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Karen O’s (Ozolek) vocal and stage antics made her impossible to ignore. Prone to dumping beer all over herself while performing, Karen O’s style owed at least something to Wendy O. Williams and Iggy Pop. Guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase delivered a raw Garage Rock din. In ’02, Yeah…