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JERAMIE KLING And TAYLOR NORDBERG Exit MASSACRE After Less Than A Year
Drummer Jeramie Kling (VENOM INC., THE ABSENCE, GOREGÄNG) and guitarist Taylor Nordberg (THE ABSENCE, GOREGÄNG) have announced their departure from the veteran Florida death metal band MASSACRE. The duo had joined the group less than a year ago and were said to be working on MASSACRE‘s fourth studio album at Kling/Nordberg‘s own Smoke & Mirrors Productions in Spring Hill, Florida. Kling and Nordberg said in a statement: “It is with both regret and relief that we announce our departure from MASSACRE. “To everyone who warned us a year ago when we joined the band: you were right. “It has been a year of severe ups and downs and unfortunately it has become a working environment we cannot be a part of any longer. “What was presented as a democracy turned o...
MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE ‘Didn’t Think’ ‘Rust In Peace’ Was Going To Be That Great
Dave Mustaine spoke to New Mexico’s rock radio station 94 Rock about the making of MEGADETH‘s iconic record “Rust In Peace”, which is detailed in his new book, “Rust In Peace: The Inside Story Of The Megadeth Masterpiece”, available now on Hachette Books. He said: “God, it was so terrible, our lifestyle at the time. We didn’t have a place we were living at. We would stay at one place for a little while, and then we’d go someplace else. We were doing a lot of squatting and stuff like that. I know that it really made a lot of people concerned for us. But I know what I wanted to do. I had my plans. I was gonna make ‘Rust In Peace’ no matter what. And I didn’t think it was gonna be that great, because we went into SBK stud...
DANKO JONES, EXCITER And DEATH ANGEL Members Team Up For Quarantine Cover Of SLAYER’s ‘Mandatory Suicide’ (Video)
Danko Jones (DANKO JONES) has teamed up with Daniel Dekay (EXCITER) and Ted Aguilar (DEATH ANGEL) to record a quarantine cover version of the SLAYER classic “Mandatory Suicide”. Check out the video below. Credits: Danko Jones (DANKO JONES) – Vocals Daniel Dekay (EXCITER) – Lead Guitar Ted Aguilar (DEATH ANGEL) – Rhythm Guitar Cory Holfing (CRIMSON SHADOWS) – Drums Michael Amaral (Crusty Media) – Bass Music mixed by Michael Amaral Mastered by Scott Middleton at School House Studios Music video by Crusty Media In a 2013 column for the Huffington Post, Danko said that DEATH ANGEL was one of his favorite bands of all time. He wrote: “I remember seeing people around Toronto wearing their shirts, not sure of who they were and yet intuitively knowin...
What’s The Best Latin Remix of Summer 2020? Vote!
Earlier this year, Billboard asked readers to pick their favorite Latin remix of 2020 (so far), ultimately crowning Rauw Alejandro’s “Fantasias” with Anuel AA, Natti Natasha, Farruko and Lunay, taking nearly 40 percent of the votes. Now, with summer still in full swing, and coming to an end in less than 10 days, Billboard wants to know, what’s the best remix of the summer? The candidates include some of the hottest joints this year including Ozuna, Karol G and Myke Towers’ “Caramelo (Remix),” Sech’s “Relacion” in collaboration with Daddy Yankee, J Balvin, Rosalia, and Farruko, and the ultimate girl power remix “High” by Maria Becerra, TINI, and Lola Indigo, among others. Check out the full list and vote for your favorite below: “Caramelo (Remix),” Ozuna x Karol G x Myke Towers [embedded co...
How to Watch the Gladys Knight & Patti LaBelle ‘Verzuz’ Battle
Godmother of Soul Patti LaBelle will step up to the mic against Empress of Soul Gladys Knight for the next Verzuz battle Sunday, (Sept. 13). “The Master Class we’ve ALL been waiting for! @MsGladysKnight vs. @MsPattiLaBelle,” VerzuzTV announced on social media Tuesday (Sept. 8). “Leave ya church clothes on all Sunday and pull up to the affair of all affairs. Y’all gotta get dressed up in ya Sunday’s best for this one.” While viewers get gussied up in their Sunday best for the sublime showdown between soul’s superwomen at Philadelphia’s The Fillmore, they’ll have to teach their mothers, aunties and grandmas how to access the “ultimate Verzuz” to date, according to the Instagram announcement. Fans can ca...
Keith Urban: I ‘Did Nothing … for It Seemed Like an Eternity’ During Quarantine
Keith Urban was a lot like the average person when quarantine began. “I didn’t transition smoothly into this new way of doing things,” he confessed to CBS Sunday Morning’s Tracy Smith in a new interview. And that wasn’t all. “I was gonna put my sweatpants on, sit on the couch, watch TV with the family, and wait ’til the whole thing blows over!” the country superstar, who’ll be hosting the ACM Awards on Wednesday (Sept. 16), added. “I just didn’t do anything! I just did nothing for it seemed like eternity for me.” But it wasn’t long before Urban began doing livestream concerts from home, as did many other musicians who wanted to stay connected with fans as tours around the world were canceled due to the coronaviru...
Kelly Clarkson Opens Up About Struggles With Divorce: ‘My Life Has Been a Little Bit of a Dumpster’
Kelly Clarkson is opening up about the struggles of her divorce. The 38-year-old pop star and daytime talk show host, who filed to end her seven-year marriage with husband Brandon Blackstock in early June, got candid about the subject during an interview with Sunday TODAY on Sept. 13. “I mean, it’s no secret,” Clarkson told host Willie Geist via Zoom. “My life has been a little bit of a dumpster … personally, it’s been a little hard the last couple months.” Clarkson and Blackstock, a music manager, were married in October 2013 and share two children, daughter River Rose, 5, and son Remington Alexander, 3. The couple had also been raising Blackstock’s two children from a previous marriage, daughter Savannah, 18, and son Seth, 14. Clarkson...
Pearl Jam Announce Vote-by-Mail Initiative, Reissue MTV Unplugged Live Album
Eddie Vedder recently joined Instagram to teach people how to vote by mail, but he isn’t stopping his political efforts there. This week, Pearl Jam have launched a vote-by-mail initiative called “Take-Three Pledge: Vote by Mail, Recruit Three Friends, and Don’t Wait” to encourage fans nationwide to take part in the upcoming 2020 presidential election. The three-step pledge is quick and easy to do. After registering to vote (or indicating that they already are), fans are shown city- and state-specific information regarding their upcoming elections. From there, they’re encouraged to forward the pledge to three other people. Head to PearlJam.com/Vote or text “PJVotes” to 52886 to join in the effort. For this initiative, Pearl Jam have partnered with People For the American Way, The ...
Vinyl Sales Surpass CD Sales for the First Time in 34 Years
It’s been a long time coming, but now it’s officially official: vinyl sales have surpassed CD sales in the US. According to a new report from The Recording Industry Association of America, vinyl records accounted for $232.1 million of music sales in the first six months of 2020, whereas CDs have only brought in $129.9 million. This is the first time since 1986 — 34 years! — that vinyl has outsold CDs. Physical sales overall dropped by 23% in the first half of this year, likely because fewer people are leaving their homes, nevermind to visit music stores. However, CD sales declined by 48% whereas vinyl sales started to climb, particularly during the week of Record Store Day “Drops” when 802,000 records were sold. Unsurprisingly, digital sales continued to decrease by 22%, accounting for $35...
Marilyn Manson Releases New Album WE ARE CHAOS: Stream
Marilyn Manson is back with his 11th studio album, WE ARE CHAOS, which is now available to stream in full below. The LP follows 2017’s Heaven Upside Down. The 10-song album was produced by Shooter Jennings, and finds Manson exploring his various influences from ’70s glam rock to ’80s new wave. The LP’s release was preceded by two singles — the title track and “DON’T CHASE THE DEAD”. While the album was completed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Manson told us in our recent interview that he hopes the themes of WE ARE CHAOS help people cope during these difficult times: “A lot of people interpret some of the themes or particularly [the song] ‘WE ARE CHAOS’ as being related to what we’re going through right now. But I think the song was probably written a year and a half ago or so, lyrically....
The Flaming Lips Unveil New Album American Head: Stream
The Flaming Lips have released their new album, American Head. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. The effort is the 21st (!) record from the Oklahoma psych-rock heroes, following their 2019 album King’s Mouth and their collaborative album with Deap Valley from earlier this year. As its title implies, American Head is the Lips’ embracing their identity as an American band. When they announced the album back in June, frontman Wayne Coyne published a short essay about how they always considered their homebase to be “Earth”, but that they wanted to see what would happen when they consciously channeled so-called traditional American rock ‘n’ roll. All of the album’s many singles — “Dinosaurs On The Mountain”, “My Religion Is You”, “You n Me Sellin’ Weed”, “Mother P...
Marilyn Manson Masterfully Embraces His Influences on WE ARE CHAOS: Review
The Lowdown: While Marilyn Manson has developed a signature sound over the past 30 years, it never manages to get stale. One reason for this is the revolving door of musicians and producers with whom he has worked throughout his career. Manson is back with his 11th album, WE ARE CHAOS, and he recruited Shooter Jennings — son of legendary country artists Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter — as his new musical compatriot. The two met when Manson was working on the TV show Sons of Anarchy and, according to Manson, have wanted to work together for a while. With Tyler Bates at the production helm on Manson’s critically acclaimed albums The Pale Emperor (2015) and Heaven Upside Down (2017), one might be concerned about this change in the ranks. Have no fear, though, as the resulting collaboration ...
