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Green Day took the stage during ABC’s broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” and called out Donald Trump’s supporters by changing the lyrics to their ‘04 hit “American Idiot.” Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sings “I’m not part of the MAGA (Make America Great Again) agenda” rather than the original line,…
The groundbreaking vocalist is in the RockinTown Hall of Fame – Class of 2024. According to legend, Tina Turner’s life and career took a dramatic turn for the better as soon as she left her violent husband Ike. Not exactly accurate. Her first two albums after splitting from Ike, “Rough” (’78) and “Love Explosion” (’79) were…
This is a story of the convoluted and sometimes torturous road taken by drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie. These two Brit Blues vets had been in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers before deciding to strike out on their own. Over the next few years Fleetwood Mac plodded along as guitarists Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny…
Evanescence has released a music video for the song “Yeah Right,” directed and edited by Eric Richter. The track is from ’21’s “The Bitter Truth,” the band’s first album of original music in a decade. The set reached #11 on the Billboard 200 and landed in the Top 5 on the Alternative, Hard Rock, and Rock Albums charts….
Now that KISS has reached the “End Of The Road” as a live act or at least the end of a road, frontman Paul Stanley has offered his take on the band’s recording career. Best Song: “Rock And Roll All Night.” That’s pretty obvious but “Detroit Rock City” is right up there. Best Album: “KISS…
Number 10 Within Temptation: Bleed Out For their eighth studio album, the group focused on singles rather than attempting to record an album in one fell swoop. As a result, the album spawned five singles. Key Tracks: Entertain You, The Purge, Shed My Skin. Don’t Pray For Me and Ritual. Awsooooooooome! Masterpiece! Linda Morgan I was 14 when I discovered this band,…
The following is a list of the #1 songs on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with the date the song topped the chart. December 17th (2022): Lux Æterna Metallica The song went to the top in mid-December and stayed there until early March. March 4th: Welcome To The Circus Five Finger Death Punch The opening…
1-3 Fozzy frontman Chris Jericho donates $10,000 to Buffalo Bills football player Damar Hamlin’s toy drive charity after the athlete suffers cardiac arrest and is hospitalized in critical condition during the team’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals. 1-3 A California judge dismisses a lawsuit accusing Marilyn Manson of sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment brought…
2/1 The White Stripes, Iron Maiden, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Sheryl Crow, and Warren Zevon are among the nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 2/1 Ozzy Osbourne‘s European tour with guests Judas Priest, originally set for 2019 and then rescheduled three times due to COVID-19 and other factors, is officially canceled. Ozzy’s health…
3/1 Shinedown (pictured above) announces that they will donate $1 for every ticket sold for “The Revolutions Live U.S.” tour to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Shinedown is a long-time mental health advocate. 3/2 Steve Mackey, Pulp bassist and a music producer, dies of an undisclosed illness at age 56. 3/4 “Welcome To The…