It’s been decades since the Kinks notched a Top 10 hit with “Lola,” but Dave Davies believes the song is more relevant than ever. The 1970 single was controversial upon release because of lyrical content which detailed the narrator’s romantic encounter with what was presumed to be a drag queen or transgender individual. Some stations […]
Fans have witnessed a new photo of Van Halen drummer Alex Van Halen that has surfaced on social media. Alex Van Halen was spotted Josh Freese On Wednesday, August 17, Josh Freese, a top Los Angeles session musician who has played with Devo, The Vandals, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle and Guns N’ Roses, […]
An advanced single from Holy Fawn‘s forthcoming LP Dimensional Bleed is online now, and you can check the track out below. It’s called “Void Of Light,” and it represents a new pallet of ideas coming from the Phoenix blackgaze unit. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Vocalist/guitarist Ryan Osterman said this about the track, “Due to […]
The Rolling Stones are well known for their dogged endurance. Very little deters them. It’s an unwavering attitude that applies to their touring schedule as much as it does to their willingness to think outside the box. “The more ways you do it, the better it is because you get more variety,” Mick Jagger said in a 2007 […]
Neck Deep are celebrating five years of ‘The Peace And The Panic’ with a genre-blending reworking. Neck Deep’s ‘The Peace And The Panic’ was released five years ago today (August 18). A brilliantly open and insatiably catchy collection of tracks that further cemented ND as one of the finest scene songwriters of the last decade, […]
The Hu have released part two of the music video for their new single “Black Thunder.” It’s the first taste of new music from The Hu since they announced their forthcoming and highly-anticipated second album, Rumble Of Thunder, which is available September 2. Pre-orders for the album are available here. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “‘Black Thunder’ is […]
Eddie Vedder celebrates the communal spirit of Joe Strummer in a new video cover of “Long Shadow,” a song the late Clash frontman originally recorded with the Mescaleros. The fireside clip, released ahead of what would have been Strummer’s 70th birthday on Aug. 21, shows Vedder strumming an acoustic guitar outdoors. “I hear punks talk […]
Red Hot Chili Peppers members recently reflected on their illustrious careers. The band’s lead singer Anthony Kiedis revealed that Josh Klinghoffer did nothing that caused his dismissal, but they were eyeing for some changes. Anthony Kiedis opens up on Josh Klinghoffer dismissal While RHCP’s classic lineup saw John Frusciante on guitar, the musician initially left […]
The recording sessions for Slipknot‘s 2001 album Iowa weren’t easy. Members of the band were struggling with addiction and coping with death, songwriters Joey Jordison and Paul Gray hadn’t had a break from one other, and tensions were high after the success of their 1999 debut album. In a 2021 interview with Metal Hammer, vocalist […]
Rick Allen looks back on his dramatic post-accident return to the stage in one of the best rock star tweets of the week. In a video message posted to Def Leppard‘s Twitter account, the drummer celebrated the 36th anniversary of the band’s Aug. 16, 1986 appearance at the Monsters of Rock festival. The show capped […]