Author Archives: GoldMark

Van Halen Reveals Truth About Taylor Hawkins

Wolf Van Halen recently outlined the experience of performing on both of the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins tribute shows last year. He admitted that it was “more difficult, emotionally” to play Van Halen classics under those circumstances. Foo Fighters celebrated Taylor Hawkins’ memory and music at a special gig in London on Saturday, September 3. […]

CeeLo Green Responds to Backlash for Riding Horse in Club

CeeLo Green is responding to backlash he received for riding a horse into Shawty Lo‘s birthday celebration. On Friday (March 24), CeeLo uploaded a post on Instagram where he explained his recent stunt. Sharing a picture of himself smiling from ear-to-ear, the Goodie Mob rapper provided a lengthy caption. “Yoooo so listen, y’all know me […]

“We’re All Really Average Players”

If Metallica are a bunch of average players, then I guess we’re all just awful musicians. In a new interview with Cigar Aficionado, Metallica frontman and downpicking machine James Hetfield expressed his thoughts on the band being greater than the sum of their “average” parts. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “I know individually we’re all […]

Rock Legend Convinced Kurt Cobain To Sell Out?

Iconic producer Butch Vig recently recalled Kurt Cobain’s reluctance to double his vocals on “Nevermind”, and how he only changed the late icon’s mind after bringing up John Lennon. Butch Vig has also worked on Smashing Pumpkins’ 1991 debut “Gish” and its ’93 follow-up “Siamese Dream”, Sonic Youth’s “Dirty” and “Experimental Jet Set, Trash and […]

Depeche Mode Play First U.S. Concert in 5 Years: Video, Set List

Depeche Mode kicked off their world tour on Thursday night at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, delivering their first U.S. concert in nearly five years. Excitement for the show was palpable inside arena, even before Depeche Mode took the stage. The performance came just a day before the release of the band’s new album, Memento Mori, the […]

Saliva Guitarist Cause of Death Revealed

Saliva’s founding guitarist Wayne Swinny has passed away. He was reportedly 59 years old. The news of Swinny’s passing comes one day after he was admitted to an intensive care unit following a brain hemorrhage. Wayne Swinny passes away Saliva singer Bobby Amaru has released the following statement regarding his bandmate’s […]