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MAN ON MAN Feat. FAITH NO MORE Keyboardist RODDY BOTTUM: ‘Stohner’ Music Video
FAITH NO MORE keyboardist Roddy Bottum has collaborated with his boyfriend Joey Holman on a new project called MAN ON MAN. The band’s self-titled debut album will be released on May 7 via Polyvinyl Records in the U.S. and Big Scary Monsters in Europe. Today, MAN ON MAN has released new album cut “Stohner”, a shoegaze jam laced with durgy guitars and heartfelt lyrics alongside a riveting new video directed by Brendan McGowan. “We wrote ‘Stohner’ as a way to shake off the dust of paranoia from the first stages of quarantine,” shares the band. “We aimed to make something bold and performative, giving our listeners a world that’s familiar while showcasing new sounds and visuals. ‘Stohner’ is a reckoning; it’s an exit from isolat...
TESLA’s BRIAN WHEAT: Why I Dislike Term ‘Hair Metal’
TESLA bassist Brian Wheat has taken issue with the label “hair metal,” saying that the the pejorative term was coined in as a way to disparage acts thought to have been all flash and no substance. Speaking to “The Cassius Morris Show”, Wheat said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I find [the term ‘hair metal’] condescending. What does fucking hair have to do with the music? Should we be called ‘cock metal’ because we all have big dicks? Seriously, it’s, like, ‘hair metal’ — what does that have to do with [anything music-related]? It’s condescending. It’s a putdown. It’s almost like saying, ‘Well, the music’s not valid. They just had good hair.’ That’s what it’s like....
NITA STRAUSS: ‘This Has Been The Busiest Year Of My Life’
In a new interview with The Sessions, Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, spoke about how she has been using the downtime during the coronavirus pandemic. She said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Honestly, I can say without hesitation this has been the busiest year of my life. It really has. Because every artist has been forced to adapt; you adapt or you die. Not literally, but you must adapt, you must pivot in the 2020-2021 era. So I released my online guitar course. I put together three modules that take someone from picking up the guitar for the very first time all the way through all the techniques that I know, basically. And it’s called ‘Rock Guitar Fundamentals’. And the web site is the best URL ever — it’...
Fugees Put Haiti on the Hip-Hop Map
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Consequence of Sound and Sony present The Opus, an exploration of legendary albums and their ongoing legacy. For Season 13, host Jill Hopkins (The Moth Chicago, Making Beyoncé podcast) will explore the Fugees’ second and final album, The Score. The Fugees were culturally unique in myriad ways. They were a trio comprised of one American-born Black woman and yet also two Haitian immigrants, who both took pride in their heritage. Naturally, this pride was weaved into the fabric of 1996’s The Score, and the album’s success meant that they were able to champion Haitian music in both America and abroad. In this episode, host Jill Hopkins speaks to the trio’s family, friends, and fans about Haiti’s effect on the Fugees and the...
Mining Metal: Autarkh, Celestial Sanctuary, Demiser, Flesh of the Stars, Koldovstvo, Lunar Shadow, Mare Cognitum, Memoriam
“Mining Metal” is a monthly column from Heavy Consequence writers Joseph Schafer and Langdon Hickman. The focus is on noteworthy new music emerging from the non-mainstream metal scene, highlighting releases from small and independent labels — or even releases from unsigned acts. The heavy metal community lost a real one this month. On March 7th, Swedish death metal vocalist L-G Petrov passed away after a battle with bile duct cancer. It’s the latest in a series of metal vocalists gone too young in the past twelve months, including Alexi Laiho of Children of Bodom, and Riley Gale of Power Trip. Petrov was one of the musicians who brought death metal to the masses as the vocalist for Swedish legends Entombed. A quick history lesson, while Entombed did not originate death metal in Sweden, the...
R.I.P. Craig “muMs” Grant, Oz Actor and Poet Dead at 52
Craig Grant, the actor and poet best known for his work on the HBO drama Oz and who went by “muMs da Schemer” in slam-poetry competitions, has died at 52. He passed away on Wednesday, according to his representative Pam Ellis-Evenas. A cause of death has not yet been determined. Born and raised in New York City in 1968, Grant fell in love with poetry in his youth and was a well-known poet in the local scene by the time he left Mount St. Michael Academy High School. As part of the acclaimed Nuyorican Poetry Slam team, he was featured in the 1998 documentary SlamNation and on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam series, both of which propelled Grant’s career and positioned him as an inspiration to aspiring poets. Grant’s breakout moment in Hollywood came courtesy of his featured role as Poet, a heroin addic...
Stone Temple Pilots Announce Tiny Music 25th Anniversary Box Set
The Stone Temple Pilots album with the extremely long name has become even longer. To celebrate the iconic grunge record’s 25th anniversary, the band is releasing a special box set titled, Tiny Music…Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop: Super Deluxe Edition. In addition to a remastered version of the 1996 classic that spawned hits like “Big Bang Baby” and “Lady Picture Show”, the package comes with two discs full of unreleased material. One features demos, instrumentals, and unreleased takes of almost every song on Tiny Music, as well as a never-before-heard track called “Kretz’s Acoustic Song”. The third disc is a 14-track live album from a 1997 set at Club La Vela in Florida’s Panama City Beach. The recordings have never been released until now, and the performance features songs from&...
Mad Maskless White Woman Caught On Video Calling Bakery Worker N-Word
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Screencap / IG While everyone across the nation and much of the world is almost certainly up to their limit in wearing masks, nothing should excuse the behavior of a Manhattan bakery patron. A woman, presumably white, called a clerk at the store the “n-word” while employing the “er” version after she was refused service for not donning a mask. As reported by CBS News New York, the woman was at the Davidovich Bakery inside the Essex Market on the Lower East Side of Manhattan over the weekend. A bystander captured the incident on their smartphone in where the woman, pushing a stroller and seemingly walking with other children, was refused service after security left the decision to serve the patron up to the clerk behind a partition. When the clerk decided ...
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Dr. Dre Withdrew From Verzuz After Seeing Teddy Riley’s Struggle Sound Setup [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Dr. Dre has proven once again that he might have the pickiest taste in Hip-Hop. We now have some context of why he will not be battling on today’s hottest platform. As spotted on Complex Swizz Beatz and Timbaland recently conducted an interview on The Breakfast Club. The duo recently sold Verzuz to Thriller so the two broke down why the move is significant to the culture. As they got deeper into the conversation they fielded questions regarding some dream battles and some face offs that have yet to come to life. Naturally the founding N.W.A. member’s name came up and to hear them tell it he bowed out; respectfully. “When Dr. Dre wasn’t feeling the sound from Teddy Riley and Babyface, that hurt our heart. Oh my God,” Sw...
Drake FaceTimed Kyle Lowry During NBA Star’s Post-Game Press Conference
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Vaughn Ridley / Getty As the NBA trade deadline nears (3PM Eastern today) and Kyle Lowry‘s name continues to be the subject of trade discussions, speculation has grown that the Toronto Raptor’s point guard will be dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers, Miami Heat or Los Angeles Lakers. During what could be his last presser as a Raptor, Kyle Lowry actually took a FaceTime call from non other than the King of The North himself, Aubrey Graham a.k.a. the Certified Lover Boy a.k.a Drake. The Global Ambassador for the Toronto Raptors called in while Kyle was taking questions from the media and let the media know “Guys, we have a special guest here.” Drake wasted no time immediately inserting himself into the conversation by stating “If you guys have any… I’m here to ...
Nas’ ‘Illmatic’ & Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ Will Be Added To Library of Congress
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Two of the most iconic artists that help defined our culture are receiving historical respect on their names. Nas and Janet Jackson are officially being added to the record books. As spotted on Hype Beast the two legendary performers will be getting one of the most special distinctions for music artists. On Wednesday, March 24 the Library of Congress announced it will be adding Illmatic and Rhythm Nation 1814 to the National Recording Registry. Representative Carla Hayden named the 2020 roster of “25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” “The National Recording Registry will preserve our history t...
Crayon – Twelve AM EP Download
Check out this brand new extended play coming in from Crayon – “Twelve AM” Ep mp3 download out now. Nigerian singer and BlowTime Entertainment star act Crayon returns again with another extended play dubbed “Twelve AM“. Fans have been anticipating new music from Crayon and he doles out this new body of work for their listening pleasure. His last project was his debut EP “Cray Cray” released in 2019. “Twelve AM” the EP features Bella Shmurda and Rema, with just 4 tracks. Production on the album was done by BabyFresh and Ozedikus. Enjoy tracks from Crayon – “Twelve AM” EP below. Crayon – “Jackpot” ft Bella Shmurda Crayon – “Too Correct” ft Rema Crayon – “Man Dem” Crayon – “In Sync” Download via https://mavinrecords.lnk.to/TwelveAM You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looki...
