“I’m not saying we’re better than everybody else,” Scott Weiland told RIP magazine in 1994, “but we’re a completely different entity than anyone else.” It may sound like a bit of chest-puffing self-promotion — what band doesn’t want to think they’re unique? But Stone Temple Pilots needed this sort of instinct to survive. Starting with their multiplatinum […]
Guns N Roses’ 1991 double-album pairing Use Your Illusion I & II defined an era with some great outlook. Compared to albums such as The Black Album (Metallica), The Path of Totality (Korn), and most certainly, that other GNR record: Chinese Democracy it still remains to be one of the top albums. The former Guns […]
One of the downsides of achieving greatness as a musical artist is that you are always going to be judged against the very best of your own work. Behemoth, back in 2014, released one of the very best extreme metal records in the history of the genre with The Satanist, and many at the time […]
The Last Waltz Tour is scheduled to return this fall. The concerts celebrating the Band’s legendary 1976 farewell concert will include Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson and Don Was, among others, this year. The trek will begin with a pair of performances on Nov. 3 and 4 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y., then continue through November. The final show will take place […]
Adversity is something that nearly every concert event will have to face, and with a multi-day outdoor festival, the only nemesis greater to the performers and audience alike that can rival equipment failures is the scourge of nature itself. It goes without saying that a stage performance that goes without a hitch tends to be […]
Ozzy Osbourne worried that no one would know who he was when he guested at the Commonwealth Games finale in his hometown of Birmingham last month. His onstage reunion with Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi was a triumphant moment in the singer’s battle back from severe health issues. He’s determined to become fit enough to complete […]
Lorna Shore drummer Austin Archey is sitting out the band’s current live shows thanks to a herniated disc. Instead of recruiting an outside drummer, Lorna Shore has moved bassist Michael Yager into Archey‘s position. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “As some of you may know, our drummer Austin has been suffering from a herniated disc […]
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett argued that the success of the Stadium Tour with Motley Crue, Def Leppard and Joan Jett proved rock music wasn’t dead. The road trip ended on Sept. 9, with plans for similar performances to take place in other parts of the world next year. The North American run is reported to […]
Palaye Royale have taken on a classic track from The Beatles for their Amazon Original. Palaye Royale are a band who have always enjoyed the dramatic and the daring. Their music is steeped in flair and decadence and they pull influence from every corner of the musical spectrum to create their own sound. And they […]
YUNGBLUD has achieved his second No.01 UK album in a row with his beautiful new self-titled album. YUNGBLUD’s new album ‘Yungblud’, a mature, stark, vulnerable collection of infectious modern rock songs, was released at the beginning of the month. And it is has made a huge splash instantly in the UK. The record has debuted […]