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Guns N’ Roses to Release Greatest Hits Album on Vinyl for First Time Ever
Guns N’ Roses’ multi-platinum 2004 Greatest Hits compilation is set to receive its first-ever vinyl release. The double-LP set arrives September 25th. For many budding rockers in the early aughts (this writer included), Greatest Hits served as the entry point into Guns N’ Roses’ legendary discography. The tracklist spanned the band’s career at the time, and hit all the major checkpoints: the obligatory Appetite for Destruction mega-hits (“Welcome to the Jungle”, “Paradise City”, “Sweet Child ‘O Mine”), the best songs from Use Your Illusion I and II, the Lies ballad “Patience”, and even soundtrack contributions (the cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” from Interview with a Vampire). Making the vinyl version particularly collectible is the inclusion of “Shadow of Your Love”...
R.I.P. Alan Parker, Director of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and The Commitments Dies at 76
Alan Parker, Oscar-nominated British writer and filmmaker of Fame, Pink Floyd’s The Wall, The Commitments, and Midnight Express, passed away on Friday. He was 76. The British Film Institute confirmed Parker had been battling a lengthy illness. Born into a working-class family in Islington, North London, Parker studied science at the Dame Alice Owen’s School before ditching the institution to work in the advertising field. After working his way through several agencies as a copywriter, Parker cut his teeth and made a name for himself directing several award-winning commercials. By the early ’70s, Parker had begun writing scripts and filming shorts. In 1973, he personally financed his first fictional film No Hard Feelings, a coarse love story against the Luftwaffe bombings of World War II th...
Hoops Break Up Following Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Former Member
Bloomington, Indiana dream pop band Hoops have broken up in response to sexual abuse allegations against former member James Harris. Harris is accused of sexually assaulting a girl, identified as Megan, when she was 17 years old and he was 21. According to the accuser, Harris was also sleeping with a 15-year-old girl around the same time. The victim shared a Twitter direct message from the band’s Kevin Krauter to a friend in which he said “James himself says he doesn’t remember having sex with her on the night of the incident in question, but like understands that some action of his could have been seen as non consensual.” He also stated that “there was nothing in our awareness that we ever tried to intentionally hide or cover up.” In regards to “the second rumor,” he said the band members...
Iggy Pop Calls on Soccer Fans to Invest in Detroit Team
Michigan native Iggy Pop recruits soccer fans to support Detroit City FC in a new ad promoting the team’s crowdfunding equity campaign. “You’ve been saying ‘we’ for years,” the Stooges singer intones in the clip. “‘We are the pride of this city.’ ‘We don’t march to anyone’s drum but our own.’ ‘We are City ’til we die.’ Now it’s time to own up. Be an owner of Detroit City FC.” Detroit City launched the campaign on Thursday as a fundraising measure to help renovate their stadium, expand their staff, and create a reserve fund during the financial challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The club’s co-owner and CEO, Sean Mann, told The Athletic that they aim to sell up to 10 percent of the team in $125 shares or units, eyeing an overall goal of $1.2 million. Toby Barlow, co-...
Ambré Is The Director Of Her Own R&B Movie
When she’s not writing songs with her pal Kehlani or collaborating with folks like Ryan Hemsworth and Pell, New Orleans singer-songwriter Ambré is making movies in her head. She builds characters and narratives in the songs she records under her own name, but it all starts with emotion. One of the biggest is love: whispering about it in the moonlight, hiding from it in school bathroom stalls, cruising with it in a nighttime car ride. She makes love its own character in her own coming-of-age story. Her debut album, Pulp, released in November 2019, undulates with gorgeous, languid R&B that she turns urgent with her lyrics. “Can I practice on you? Can you practice on me, too?” she asks on “Band Practice,” admitting, “Girl, you give me the blues....
Taylor Swift’s Chilly Affair, ‘Paradise’ By Way Of Eric Nam, And More Songs We Love
Ask me which track off of Taylor Swift’s Folklore is my favorite, and you’ll get a different answer depending on the day (or the weather, or the amount of candles I may or may not be burning). Today, it’s “Illicit Affairs,” a slow-building ballad about a secret tryst that is both undeniably Taylor and distinctly Folklore. Prolific producer-sound engineer Jack Antonoff’s influence is there, but Swift’s poignant songwriting dazzles in its own right: “And you wanna scream, don’t call me kid / Don’t call me baby / Look at this godforsaken mess that you’ve made me / You showed me colors you know I can’t see with anyone else.” Chills, mama. Where’s my cardigan? —Sam Manzella You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins ...
All DJ Sets from Tomorrowland’s Virtual Edition are Now Available to Stream
Following its highly publicized foray into the virtual concert space, the organizers of of Tomorrowland have made all of the festival’s DJ sets available for a limited time. Fans who missed the event can purchase access to the “Relive” platform, which features all of the performances from Tomorrowland Around The World. Following the July 26th conclusion of the digital music fest, organizers announced that a staggering 1 million viewers tuned into the livestream from a laundry list of countries and regions. To prepare for the unprecedented version of Tomorrowland, which remains one of the largest and most popular music festivals in the world, representatives erected four intricate green screen studios in Belgium, Brazil, Australia, and the US. The weekend...
OZZY OSBOURNE: ‘I Was Convinced I Was Dying’
Ozzy Osbourne says that he is still “not back to 100 percent” after suffering from several medical issues last year, including a fall, neck surgery and hospitalization for the flu. The legendary heavy metal singer gave an update on his health when he, his wife Sharon and their son Jack took part in a SiriusXM Town Hall interview with Jenny McCarthy, promoting the family’s new Travel Channel show “The Osbournes Want To Believe”. Ozzy said (see video below): “I’m not back to 100 percent. I’m about 75 percent there, but it’s such a slow recovery. Spine surgery is bad news, man. I’ve been in such a bad state with pain; I’m still having a lot of pain. “There was a point I was convinced that I was dying,” he continued....
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD Releases New Song ‘Idol’ Featuring TECH N9NE
Los Angeles quintet HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD has dropped a blazing new track, “Idol”, featuring a guest appearance from rapper Tech N9ne. Continuing to push the boundaries of ingenuity, “Idol” sees HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD effortlessly blend heavy riffs, huge hooks, dubstep tinged industrial bombast and impassioned lyrical dexterity into a hard hitting sonic canvas that is uniquely and undeniably their own. “Idol” is out now via BMG/Dove & Grenade Media. “Idol” is the first track to be released from the upcoming “Vol. 2” of HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD‘s two-part opus “New Empire”, produced by Matt Good (ASKING ALEXANDRIA, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS). The first part, “New Empire Vol. 1”, was released back in February of this year ...
MEGADETH’s DAVID ELLEFSON Taps TESLA, SACRED REICH, Ex-GUNS N’ ROSES Members For Cover Of DEF LEPPARD’s ‘Wasted’
ELLEFSON, the solo band of Grammy-winning MEGADETH bassist/co-founder David Ellefson, will release “No Cover”, an LP featuring more than 13 cover songs, including classic tracks from MOTÖRHEAD, W.A.S.P., DEF LEPPARD, CHEAP TRICK, QUEEN, JUDAS PRIEST, TWISTED SISTER, FASTWAY, FIGHT, DEAD KENNEDYS, and more, on October 2 via Combat Records. The LP once again features cover art by Melody Myers, who has previously worked with ALTITUDES AND ATTITUDE and ESCAPE THE FATE, among others. ELLEFSON‘s cover version of the DEF LEPPARD song “Wasted”, taken from “No Cover”, can be streamed below. “Wasted” recording lineup: David Ellefson – Bass Thom Hazaert – Lead Vocals Jacob Bunton (Mick Mars, LYNAM) – Vocals Frank Hannon (TESLA) &...
PAIN OF SALVATION Releases Music Video For ‘Restless Boy’
Firmly at the forefront of the progressive rock and metal scenes for nearly three decades now and one of modern rock’s most acclaimed live acts, Sweden’s PAIN OF SALVATION returns with a new studio album titled “Panther” on August 28 via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2017’s “In The Passing Light Of Day” was recorded, mixed and produced by Daniel Gildenlöw with Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH, DEVIN TOWNSEND) and comes with a comprehensive artwork-theme with illustrations made by André Meister. The official music video for the album’s second single, “Restless Boy”, can be seen below. The clip was scripted/directed by Lars Ardarve and Daniel Gildenlöw and filmed/edited by Ardarve. Gildenlöw stated: “We are happy an...
Porno For Pyros Play ‘Pets’ and ‘Kimberly Austin’ at Lollapalooza Stream
When Lollapalooza moved its festival from Grant Park in Chicago to everyone’s computer screens due to the pandemic, the longtime music fest also promised the return of Porno For Pyros. And last night (July 31), the original members — Perry Farrell, Stephen Perkins and Peter DiStefano with Mike Watt (a member of PFP in 1996-1997) — delivered. The set took place in a Southern California backyard and was performed acoustically. They played their hit, “Pets” off their self-titled 1993 debut as well as “Kimberly Austin,” a deep cut from the 1997 sophomore LP Good God’s Urge. Despite the lack of a mic and the potential need of increasing the volume a little to hear Farrell’s vocals come through at full force, it was a solid set and makes you forget its been years since they all played live ...
