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Here is the Weekly Rockin'Town Newsletter
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Megadeth's Worldwide Success
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Megadeth’s “The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!” is #1 on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums chart (#3 on the Billboard 200). The album contains the title track, “Night Stalkers” (featuring Ice-T) and “Soldier On.” The album has scored high on the charts worldwide: #11 Canada #10 Japan #6 Germany #3 United Kingdom #1 Finland Back in North America “The …
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Spotify Gives Up the Ghost
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Fans crashed Spotify Live servers (on 9/13) waiting for a Ghost appearance and Q&A session. Spotify Live chalked the crash up to "overwhelming demand," which triggered "technical difficulties" and ultimately forced the cancelation. "Though proud to have crashed @SpotifyLive's servers, Ghost is disappointed with this experience,” reads a Tweet from the band. “Alternative opportunities are being explored, because nothing shall …
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Hall of Fame Nominee: R.E.M.
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R.E.M. got together in the spring of '80. Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass), Bill Berry (drums) and Michael Stipe (vocals) were students at the University of Georgia but weren't real interested in their education. Their first gig was in a rundown church that had been converted into apartments. Shortly thereafter, they were playing clubs, halls and parties.After some independent …
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Once Bit Never Bored in November
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Taipei Houston, featuring Myles and Layne Ulrich, sons of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, will release its debut album, "Once Bit Never Bored," on November 4th. The Garage Rock set contains the tracks “The Middle” and "As The Sun Sets." Drummer Myles spent time at Berklee College Of Music while bassist Layne studied at NYU.
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Megadeth Score Third Top 5 Album
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Megadeth’s “The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!” has debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart moving 48,000 units (45,000 were pure albums sales) in the first week of release. It's Megadeth's third Top 5 album (eighth to make the Top 10). The band’s first Top 5 set was ‘92's “Countdown To Extinction” (#2) and the second was ‘16's “Dystopia” …
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