Today In Rock: July 15th, 2022 – Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” Returns
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Today In Rock: July 15th, 2022 – Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” Returns

On this day… Metallica’s “Master Of Puppets” makes its U.K. Top 40 debut, at #22, thirty-six years after the song’s original release. The resurgence is due to the Netflix series “Stranger Things,” a science fiction horror drama, which featured the song in its season four finale.  The series was set in the ’80s and centers…

Badfinger

Badfinger

Instead of Badfinger, they should have called themselves Bad Deal because that’s what they got. Badfinger was signed by The Beatles’ Apple Records. Paul McCartney wrote their first worldwide hit “Come and Get It” for Ringo Starr’s film (with Peter Sellers), “The Magic Christian.” The Beatle connection haunted the band. If you didn’t look too…

Today In Rock: July 14th, 1998 – Eight MTV Nominations For Garbage
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Today In Rock: July 14th, 1998 – Eight MTV Nominations For Garbage

On this day… Garbage’s hit “Push It” received eight nominations for the 15th annual MTV Music Awards. Here’s what happened when the awards were presented the following September in those eight categories… Best Group Video – Won by Backstreet Boys “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” Best Alternative Video – Won by Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of…

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Meets The Singer He Replaced

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Meets The Singer He Replaced

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson has finally met the singer he replaced, Paul Di’Anno, for the first time in Croatia. Dickinson, promoting his solo album, “The Mandrake Project,” performed on 7/13 in Zagreb, where Di’Anno has been receiving physiotherapy treatments after undergoing major knee surgery nearly two years ago. Di’Anno was ushered out of Iron Maiden because “his vocal abilities…

Mr. Big Reaches “Ten”

Mr. Big Reaches “Ten”

Mr. Big, with founding members Eric Martin (vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar) and Billy Sheehan (bass), have delivered its tenth studio album, “Ten,” containing the tracks “Good Luck Trying” and “Up On You.“ Currently, Mr. Big is on the European leg of “The Big Finish Tour,” an extensive farewell trek.  “And then right after that, I got other projects, but no…

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” Is #1 on Mainstream Rock 

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” Is #1 on Mainstream Rock 

Pearl Jam’s “Wreckage” is #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart (dated July 13th). It follows “Dark Matter,” title track from the twelfth studio effort, which had a four-week run at the top in March. The band has had five #1s on Mainstream Rock Airplay. In addition to “Wreckage” and “Dark Matter,” they are “Daughter” (’93),…

“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” Surpasses A Billion Streams

“I Was Made For Lovin’ You” Surpasses A Billion Streams

KISS’s “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club.” The disco-tinged track originally appeared in ’79 on the band’s seventh studio effort, “Dynasty.“ It’s their first billion-streamer. Written by lead guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and ace songwriter Desmond Child, along with songwriter/producer Vini Poncia, the song sold over 1-million copies. and peaked at #11 on the Billboard singles chart….

“I’m Not Broken” –  A Melissa Etheridge Documentary Is On Paramount+

“I’m Not Broken” – A Melissa Etheridge Documentary Is On Paramount+

Melissa Etheridge is the subject of a two-part docuseries, “I’m Not Broken,” now on Paramount+. The film centers around a show Etheridge played at the Topeka Correctional Facility in Kansas, as well as the bond she formed with five incarcerated women who sent letters to Etheridge. Those letters were the inspiration for a song that…