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GENE SIMMONS Says Not Working With VAN HALEN Was KISS’s ‘Big Mistake’; PAUL STANLEY Begs To Differ
KISS frontman Paul Stanley says that “self-preservation” was the main reason he and KISS manager Bill Aucoin turned down the opportunity to work with VAN HALEN in 1976. While KISS was in Los Angeles to tape a three-song performance for ABC Television‘s “The Paul Lynde Halloween Special”, Stanley and Gene Simmons received an invitation from DJ and club impresario Rodney Bingenheimer to watch two unsigned local acts, THE BOYZ and VAN HALEN, at Starwood club. After the show, Simmons was introduced to VAN HALEN and he expressed a desire to work with the group, offering to sign them to his management label, Man Of A Thousand Faces, and to produce a demo for them to shop to record labels. Simmons ended up flying VAN HALEN to New York to record a demo at Electric Lad...
METALLICA Launches ‘Vinyl Club’ 2022
METALLICA has announced the 2022 installment of its very own Vinyl Club. As huge music fans, the METALLICA members have been super excited to experience the resurgence of vinyl and the enjoyment of collecting, exploring and connecting with other fans mining for lost treasures. The 2022 Vinyl Club subscription will be available exclusively to members of METALLICA‘s Fifth Member fan club between now and the end of this year. Each subscription includes a digital download card and a series of four 12-inch records shipped throughout the year. METALLICA shared the news of the 2022 installment of the Vinyl Club earlier today. The band wrote: “Vinyl Club is back… and it’s bigger and better than before! Bigger, literally, as in all releases for Vinyl Club 2.0 will be on 12″ ...
SLASH Says Only One Member Of His Solo Band Managed To Avoid Catching COVID-19 During Making Of ‘4’ Album
SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will release their new album titled “4” on February 11, 2022, via Gibson Records in partnership with BMG. “4” is Slash‘s fifth solo album and fourth overall with his band featuring Myles Kennedy (vocals), Brent Fitz (drums), Todd Kerns (bass, vocals) and Frank Sidoris (guitar, vocals). Speaking about the making of “4”, Slash told LA Lloyd (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We recorded everything live, so we did two songs a day for five days; it’s a 10-song record. And at the very end of all that, I started guitar overdubs and I got a call on the phone from Myles, who was in the building. And he’s calling me. And I said, ‘So, what’s up?’ And he goes, ‘Ma...
Coheed and Cambria Unleash New Song “Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord)”: Stream
Coheed and Cambria have served up a new song, “Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord),” as well as an accompanying animated lyric video. The track follows up the band’s August single, “Shoulders,” and comes ahead of Coheed’s much-anticipated follow-up to 2018’s Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures. On “Rise, Naianasha (Cut the Cord),” Coheed and Cambria display their penchant for progressive rock, with shifting dynamics, a doomy instrumental breakdown and Claudio Sanchez’s creative storytelling. “‘Rise, Naianasha’ explores the reach of love and loyalty and the reality that sometimes you need to be more than a shoulder to lean on — you need to become the destroyer,” Sanchez said of the genesis of “Rise, Naianasha (Cut The Cord).” Advertisement Related Video Coheed and Cambria recently closed out...
Avril Lavigne Drops New Single “Bite Me”: Stream
Avril Lavigne has unleashed her new single “Bite Me,” which marks her debut release for Travis Barker’s DTA/Elektra Records. Stream it below. The sassy track finds the Canadian pop icon dismissing a former flame who comes back begging for a second chance after realizing just what he’s lost. “Just face it, we didn’t make it/ You bit off more than you could chew, can you taste it?” she snarls on the deliciously snarky chorus over drums by Barker. “You shoulda known better to fuck with someone like me/ Forever and ever you’re going to wish I was your wifey/ Should’ve held on, should’ve treated me right/ I gave you one chance, you don’t get it twice.” Advertisement Related Video “Bite Me” will serve as the lead single for Lavigne’s upcoming, as-yet-untitled seventh album, and follows “We ...
John Cleese Blasts “Woke Rules” at Cambridge After Speaker Banned for Hitler Impression
John Cleese has pulled out of a planned appearance at Cambridge University as a show of solidarity with Andrew Graham-Dixon, who was permanently blacklisted after giving a speech in which he impersonated Adolf Hitler. “I apologise to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me,” Cleese wrote on Twitter, “but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply.” Graham-Dixon is an art historian and television presenter, and on November 9th he participated in a debate at the Cambridge Union with the prompt, “This house believes there is no such thing as good taste.” Via the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Graham-Dixon spoke in opposition of that motion. As part of his argument that good taste exists, he launched into a German accent for what Union President Keir Bradwell...
Moses Sumney Announces New Album Live from Blackalachia, Shares “Bystanders (in space)”: Stream
18 months after releasing the second installment of his double album græ, Moses Sumney has returned with a new record titled Live from Blackalachia, due out December 10th. As a preview, the musician has shared the video for “Bystanders (in space).” Accompanied by the self-directed film Blackalachia, the album consists of reimagined arrangements of highlights from Sumney’s catalog, recorded on a 72-acre ranch in the Blue Ridge Mountains during summer 2020. “In early 2020, my band and I gathered in my home in Western North Carolina, living and breathing together, re-arranging songs from my first 2 albums into a live odyssey,” Sumney said in a press release. “As the year unfurled and the international tour was wiped off the cosmic schedule, I realized there should be some kind of record, a co...
Kim Gordon, Guided By Voices, Durand Jones Set to Headline 2022 Treefort Music Fest
The Treefort Music Fest is returning to Boise, Idaho for their 10th year, scheduled for a three-day run of shows March 23-27, 2022. In their biggest lineup to date, Treefort will host performances by Kim Gordon, Deafheaven, Guided By Voices, Men I Trust, bbymutha, Kari Faux, !!!, Deerhoof, Indigo de Souza, Osees, W.I.T.C.H., Built to Spill, Typhoon, Andrea Gibson, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Deradoorian, Geographer, Mercury Rev, and over 200 more acts. Celebrating a decade of concerts, Treefort has grown from a small town fest into a nationally recognized event. Taking place in Downtown Boise, passes are on sale now on the festival’s website. There are general admission passes, under 21 passes, and even a fast-access “Zipline” pass that can get you to the front of any line at any Treef...
Listen to Avril Lavigne’s ‘Bite Me’ With Travis Barker on Drums
In her first new music since 2019 and debut on Travis Barker’s DTA Records, Avril Lavigne just released her single “Bite Me.” [embedded content][embedded content] The thrilling, pop-rock single was co-produced by Barker, John Feldmann, and Mod Sun. Its forthcoming music video is in its final production stages, and is directed by Hannah Lux Davis. Last week, Lavigne teased her signing to Barker’s label on TikTok by performing a snippet of “Bite Me” with Barker on drums. @avrillavigne Baby you can BITE ME #TravisBarker ♬ Bite Me – Avril Lavigne “Avril and I have been friends for a long time, but I think I’ve been a fan of hers even longer!” Barker said in a statement welcoming Lavigne to DTA Records. “She’s a true badass and an icon as a performer, songwriter, and presence. We had gotten in ...
‘It Never Gets Easier’: Should Teen Mom OG‘s Tyler Show His Emotions In Front Of Carly?
Catelynn and Tyler welcomed Carly more than 12 years ago when they were teenagers on 16 and Pregnant. After more than two years without a visit, the longtime couple saw their not-so-little girl, as well as her parents Brandon and Teresa (cameras have not been permitted inside the gatherings since Carly turned four). “At dinner, she had her hair braided and it was all back,” Tyler reflected to Cate and his mom Kim after seeing the “so tall” almost-teenager that same day. “It’s just weird. She had on a nice little outfit. Like a little lady.” The goodbye with Carly and her family was not filmed, but the MTV crew was present when Tyler and Cate shared an emotional farewell with their longtime adoption counselor Dawn. “She adores you guys so much...
Hot Water Music Break Five Year Hiatus With Record Announcement and New Single
For the first time in five long years, Hot Water Music has a new album on the way. To celebrate, they released their first single of 2021, “Killing Time,” today. Feel The Void is set to release March 18 via Equal Vision Records and is available for pre-order. [embedded content][embedded content] “‘Killing Time’ is about venting,” Chuck Ragan said. “Specifically, venting through music. The title came about during the early days of the pandemic when most of us were literally at home killing time. The first line (‘My skin is crawling, from deafening echoes’ is a direct response to the endless daily bombardment of negative information we find ourselves in the midst of.” The forthcoming record follows the band’s 2017 Light It Up. It will be their twelfth studio record, and the second-longe...
Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, My Morning Jacket Set To Headline 2022 Shaky Knees Festival
The Shaky Knees Festival just unveiled its lineup and schedule, set for April 29 to May 1 at Atlanta’s Central Park next year. The annual fest is bringing in an eclectic string of performing artists, garnering the likes of Billy Idol, Chvrches, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Kurt Vile & The Violators, Death Cab For Cutie, Spoon and many more. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. ET tomorrow, November 11, on the festival’s website, where three-day and one-day general admission, GA+, VIP and platinum tickets will be available. Founded in 2013 by Tim Sweetwood to bring in the sounds of indie artists to the music capitol of Atlanta, this is the fests’ seventh year, as it was canceled in 2020 in light of the pandemic. The festival’s name comes from My Morning Jacket’s “Steam Engine,” in whi...
