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Truth Hz Launches Record Label With Stream from Peach’s Castle in Super Mario 64
Truth Hz recently invited fans for a nostalgic trip down memory lane, taking to Peach’s Castle from Super Mario 64 for a night of DJ sets and entertainment. The newly minted label launched with a particularly unique streaming event, right on the front lawn of one of the most iconic locations in video game history. WIZE, ROMderful, Jyoty and Digital Mozart performed live to an immediate audience of Mushroom Kingdom mainstays, including Waluigi, Yoshi, Boo, and many more. The event commemorated the first tracks to drop on the Truth Hz label. WIZE’s two track offering Truth-Hz (01) // Wize features a rich, sample-based environment of gamified future bass-style sounds on “Crowdsourced Theme.” In contrast, WIZE and ROMderful bring the heat...
JOHN SYKES Auditioned For GUNS N’ ROSES In 2009: ‘It Was Incredible,’ Says RICHARD FORTUS
GUNS N’ ROSES‘ Richard Fortus has confirmed that the legendary John Sykes (THIN LIZZY, WHITESNAKE) auditioned for the then-vacant guitarist slot in GN’R more than a decade ago. “That was when D.J. [Ashba] came in [back in 2009],” Fortus told Tone-Talk in a new interview (see video below). “We auditioned a bunch of people, and John Sykes was incredible. “I remember Tommy Stinson [then-GUNS N’ ROSES bassist] came in, and we walked into rehearsals, and we see John there,” Richard recalled. “Tommy turns around to the tour manager, and he goes, ‘Man, send him home. Why are we doing this? Axl‘s [Rose, GN’R singer] not gonna go for this.’ And [the tour manager] is, like, ‘It’s John Sykes, man. He learn...
TESTAMENT’s ALEX SKOLNICK Teams Up With ARCH ENEMY’s ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ For Cover Of QUEEN’s ‘We Are The Champions’
TESTAMENT guitarist Alex Skolnick has teamed up with ARCH ENEMY singer Alissa White-Gluz to record a cover version of the QUEEN classic “We Are The Champions”. A quarantine-style video for their rendition of the song can be seen below. Regarding how the collaboration came about, Alex says: “Last spring, when lockdown ‘challenges’ were all the rage, we’d been among more than a dozen musicians and singers answering [QUEEN guitarist] Brian May‘s call in a wonderful, elaborate all-star video in tribute to first responders ([go] back to last spring to see the full version, with a different vocalist singing each line). For this we created a straight through ‘jamming’ version, with her voice straight through and remixed by yours truly (not eas...
WOLFGANG VAN HALEN’s MAMMOTH WVH To Perform On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Next Month
Wolfgang Van Halen‘s solo band, MAMMOTH WVH, will make its live debut on the Thursday, February 11 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. Wolfgang announced MAMMOTH WHV‘s appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in a social media post earlier today (Saturday, January 30). He wrote: “See you soon!! w/11/21 – @JimmyKimmelLive #Distance – Late night television debut – Check local listings”. Based on the fact that Wolfgang included the “#Distance” hashtag in his tweet, it is safe to assume MAMMOT...
JOE LYNN TURNER Says His Collaboration With PETER TÄGTGREN Will ‘Raise Some Eyebrows’
Legendary hard rock vocalist Joe Lynn Turner spoke to Metal From The Inside about his collaboration with Swedish producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Tägtgren on a new album, tentatively due before the end of the year. “I don’t wanna talk too much about it, because it is a project we’re trying to keep under wraps until we release it and keep some mystery about it — only because nowadays most mystery is gone,” Joe said (see video below). “What happened was I played a gig for Tommy, [Peter‘s] brother — he’s a big fan of mine — in Sweden. And we got to be friends, Peter and I. And driving back to the train to go back down to Stockholm, he gave me a cassette with a track on it that he wasn’t using, and he said, ‘Why don’t you writ...
System of a Down Unveil Music Video for “Genocidal Humanoidz”: Watch
System of a Down have unleashed the music video for “Genocidal Humanoidz”, one of two new songs the band surprise-released back in November. The video was unveiled at the end of a fundraising livestream event that the band hosted Saturday morning (January 30th) on YouTube. “Genocidal Humanoidz” and the track “Protect the Land” marked System of a Down’s first new music in 15 years. The band came together to record and release the new tracks to help raise money for the Armenia Fund, with a focus on aiding Armenia and its neighboring state of Artsakh, which had come under attack by Azerbaijan and Turkey. While “Protect the Land” premiered with an accompanying music video, “Genocidal Humanoidz” had just been an audio release until now. The “Genocidal Humanoidz” video, which was co-directed by ...
Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers Crams 50 Years of Art Pop Into Two Giddy Hours: Sundance 2021 Review
This review is part of our Sundance 2021 coverage. The Pitch: Sparks has been around for just shy of 50 years, and have influenced just about every major pop act since the 1970s –from New Order to Weird Al Yankovic. They’re one of the greatest bands of all time, but you probably haven’t heard of them. That is, of course, unless you’re Edgar Wright, pop culture vagabond and Sparks superfan, who brings his giddy, high-tilt cinematic energy to a two-and-a-half-hour chronicle of two California-born brothers who made it to the top of the pop charts, and have spent the last several decades reinventing themselves with every new album and experimentation. Along the way, he talks to artists and fans who’ve grown up with their work (Jason Schwartzman, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Fred Armisen), and i...
Vicky Cornell Says No One Sings Like You Anymore ‘Volume Two’ Is in the Works
Last month, Chris Cornell’s estate surprise-released a covers album called No One Sings Like You Anymore, and it looks like that’s not the only collection we can expect posthumously. During a recent chat with 105.7 The Point’s Rizzuto Show, Vicky Cornell confirmed that a sequel is coming. “There is a volume two,” Chris’ widow revealed. “The thing with this volume one, though, that makes it special is that he mastered it, he sequenced it — this is all Chris from beginning to end. And the other one was mastered, not sequenced, volume two.” “Because he was just such a prolific writer, we’re blessed, because he has left us lots of music,” she added. “Not in completely finished form, but there’s enough to work with, and the Cornell stamp is all over it. So that’s really special. So th...
Kelly Rowland and Husband Welcome Second Child Together: ‘We Are Truly Grateful!’
Rowland, 39, noted that Noah Jon was born on Jan. 21 at 8:13 p.m., measuring 19 inches and weighing seven pounds, eight ounces. The singer announced her second pregnancy last October in a cover story for Women’s Health. In the article, she opened up about getting pregnant during the pandemic. “We had been talking about it loosely, and then COVID happened, and we were just like, ‘Let’s see what happens,'” she said of trying for a second baby with Weatherspoon. “I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, my fans are gonna be so disappointed…’ They wanted an album first, but they got a baby! And I was like, ‘I have to figure this out so they get both.’” Rowland also admitted to feeling a bit trepidatious about sharing the news with the world during such ...
Beyonce Stuns in Skin-Tight Pink Outfit for ‘Icy Park’ Collection With Adidas
Earlier in the week, Ivy Park dropped a video teaser for the “Icy Park” collection, which features a skiwear-meets-streetwear approach on its latest apparel, footwear and accessories. Other celebrities involved in the campaign include rapper Gucci Mane and singer Kaash Paige. This wintery Ivy Park collection also features five shoe models, including newer versions of the Ivy Park Ultra Boost, Forum Lo, Forum Mid and Super Sleek sneakers and a brand new Super Sleek Boot. Check out Beyonce’s head-turning pink outfit from the “Icy Park” collection below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in...
Hilton Valentine, Guitarist for The Animals, Dies at 77
No cause of death was provided. Valentine was born in 1943 in Northumberland, England, and joined The Animals, which was led by frontman Eric Burdon, in the early 1960s. Starting with The Animals in 1964, the group released numerous albums and had many rotating members over the years. Their hits include “The House of the Rising Sun” and “We Gotta Get Out of This Place.” The band’s final album was Ark in 1983. In 1994, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Later in Valentine’s career, he resided in California and worked on solo projects including the album All in Your Head and Skiffledog on Coburg Street. Survivors include Valentine’s wife, Germaine. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we re...
Lenny Kravitz Pens Tribute to Godmother Cicely Tyson, ‘A Black Queen Who Showed Us How Beautiful Black Is’
Among her many accomplishments, including being the recipient of three Emmy Awards, Tyson was the first African-American to win a lead actress Emmy, for her performance portraying a woman from the 1850s to the civil-rights era in the 1974 CBS telefilm The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She notably received an Oscar nomination for her role in 1972’s Sounder, and she won a Tony award in 2013 for her work in The Trip to Bountiful. “The love between us was and is tremendous,” Kravitz said in his post. “As long as I have had consciousness, I’ve known Godmother. She and my mother were kindred spirits. Sisters. And after my mother passed, Godmother’s role in my life was amplified. I constantly felt her spirit over me. She always gave me unconditional suppor...
