Alternative Music
KURT COBAIN’s Guitar Used In NIRVANA’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Video To Be Sold At Auction
Kurt Cobain‘s guitar played in NIRVANA‘s iconic “Smells Like Teen Spirit” music video will be publicly sold for the first time at auction and was announced this morning as an additional “Music Icons” headliner. The guitar and other Cobain items will also be on display at today’s press preview at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. Julien’s Auctions is proud to present the electric guitar that changed music and the world — one of the most important and iconic guitars owned and played by Kurt Cobain that will ever be sold at auction. The conservative starting estimate of Cobain‘s 1969 Fender Mustang left-handed guitar in Competition Lake Placid blue finish with matching headstock is $600,000 to $800,000. In honor of the upcoming Men...
RICHIE FAULKNER Says New JUDAS PRIEST Album Is Completely Written: We Just ‘Need To Record It Properly’
In a new interview with Keefy of Ghost Cult, JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Richie Faulkner spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to 2018’s “Firepower” album. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We’re in the process of putting it together. Obviously, that process has been stalled somewhat due to COVID the last couple of years. Now that [the COVID restrictions] have been lifted, we’re now on a touring cycle. So now there’s that challenge to deal with in terms of putting the record together. But we’re gonna try to work around it. In between tour legs, we’re gonna try to get the stuff recorded. “Rob [Halford, PRIEST singer] always says, ‘It’ll be done when it’s done; ...
SCORPIONS Singer KLAUS MEINE Explains ‘Wind Of Change’ Lyric Change: ‘It’s Not The Time To Romanticize Russia’
SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine has opened up about his decision to alter some of the words in the band’s anti-war anthem “Wind Of Change” order to appropriately reflect what’s going on in Europe. Meine and his bandmates wrote “Wind Of Change” after performing at 1989’s Moscow Music Peace Festival in Moscow, where they shared the stage with other hard rock acts like BON JOVI and MÖTLEY CRÜE. The song was inspired by the sight of thousands of Russians cheering them on in 1988 — when they became the first hard rock band to play in Russia — and in 1989, at the aforementioned festival, even though they were a German band. On March 26, at the opening concert of SCORPIONS‘ “Sin City Nights” residency at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood R...
JUDAS PRIEST’s ROB HALFORD Opens Up About His Cancer Battle: ‘I Should Have Listened To My Doctors’
During an appearance on the latest episode of Full Metal Jackie‘s nationally syndicated radio show, JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford spoke about his decision to go public with his battle with prostate cancer. Asked if it is correct to say that he is currently in remission, meaning that cancer is responding to treatment or is under control, Halford said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yes, I am.” He then added: “Guys and girls, you’ve gotta look after yourself. You’ve gotta keep this temple, you’ve gotta keep the heavy metal temple clean and ready to deal with whatever comes your way. And one of them, for me, was my prostate cancer issue. “Let me quickly tell you: I should have listened to my doctors, because my doctors were saying, R...
James Hong Gets Candid About Making the “Berserk” Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Hong is the living definition of a screen legend, having appeared in literally hundreds of films, TV shows, and video games as an actor. Some of his most notable roles include appearances in Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, and the Kung Fu Panda series — he memorably fought Wayne Campbell over the hand of his daughter in Wayne’s World 2, and just this spring provided the voice of local elder Mr. Gao in Pixar’s Turning Red. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, the genre-warping, mind-bending exercise in multiverse-hopping written and directed by Daniels. In the film, Hong, 93, plays Gong Gong, father to Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) and grandfather to Joy (Stephanie Hsu) — traditional in his ways and a disapproving figure in Evelyn’s life, Gong Gong...
James Hong Gets Candid About Making the “Berserk” Everything Everywhere All at Once
James Hong is the living definition of a screen legend, having appeared in literally hundreds of films, TV shows, and video games as an actor. Some of his most notable roles include appearances in Blade Runner, Big Trouble in Little China, The Golden Child, and the Kung Fu Panda series — he memorably fought Wayne Campbell over the hand of his daughter in Wayne’s World 2, and just this spring provided the voice of local elder Mr. Gao in Pixar’s Turning Red. And then there’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, the genre-warping, mind-bending exercise in multiverse-hopping written and directed by Daniels. In the film, Hong, 93, plays Gong Gong, father to Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) and grandfather to Joy (Stephanie Hsu) — traditional in his ways and a disapproving figure in Evelyn’s life, Gong Gong...
Casper the Friendly Ghost Live-Action Series in the Works at Peacock
The Casper the Friendly Ghost universe is about to expand with a new live-action series at Peacock, reports Variety. Currently in development, the series is an entirely new take on the character. It’s described as a horror/adventure show reimagining the origin of Casper in a coming-of-age story. After a new family comes to small-town Eternal Falls, he gets caught up in a mystery that unearths over 100 years of dark secrets Writer and executive producer Kai Yu Wu has plenty of experience with the supernatural. Wu got her start as a staff writer on NBC’s Hannibal before moving on to CW’s The Flash. Most recently, the Taiwanese-American adapted Yangsze Choo’s novel The Ghost Bride as a Netflix original series. Advertisement Related Video Casper debuted in the 1945 short cartoon...
Casper the Friendly Ghost Live-Action Series in the Works at Peacock
The Casper the Friendly Ghost universe is about to expand with a new live-action series at Peacock, reports Variety. Currently in development, the series is an entirely new take on the character. It’s described as a horror/adventure show reimagining the origin of Casper in a coming-of-age story. After a new family comes to small-town Eternal Falls, he gets caught up in a mystery that unearths over 100 years of dark secrets Writer and executive producer Kai Yu Wu has plenty of experience with the supernatural. Wu got her start as a staff writer on NBC’s Hannibal before moving on to CW’s The Flash. Most recently, the Taiwanese-American adapted Yangsze Choo’s novel The Ghost Bride as a Netflix original series. Advertisement Related Video Casper debuted in the 1945 short cartoon...
Britney Spears Announces She is Pregnant
Congratulations are in order to Britney Spears, who announced Monday that she is pregnant. In an Instagram post, Spears revealed that she is expecting her third child — and first with Sam Asghari. “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back … I thought ‘Geez … what happened to my stomach ???’ My husband said ‘No you’re food pregnant silly !!!” So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby …,” she wrote in an emoji-filled Instagram post. Related Video Spears also opened up about some of her struggles during past pregnancies. “It’s hard because when I was pregnant I had perinatal depression … I have to say it is absolutely horrible… women didn’t talk about it back then.” Her first son Sean Federline was born in 2005, and her second son Jayden Fe...
Britney Spears Announces She is Pregnant
Congratulations are in order to Britney Spears, who announced Monday that she is pregnant. In an Instagram post, Spears revealed that she is expecting her third child — and first with Sam Asghari. “I lost so much weight to go on my Maui trip only to gain it back … I thought ‘Geez … what happened to my stomach ???’ My husband said ‘No you’re food pregnant silly !!!” So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby …,” she wrote in an emoji-filled Instagram post. Related Video Spears also opened up about some of her struggles during past pregnancies. “It’s hard because when I was pregnant I had perinatal depression … I have to say it is absolutely horrible… women didn’t talk about it back then.” Her first son Sean Federline was born in 2005, and her second son Jayden Fe...
Sean Penn Says He Considered Joining Ukrainian Armed Forces
Just a few weeks after returning to the US following his pedestrian flee from Ukraine to Poland, Sean Penn says he considered joining Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. In an interview with the new quarterly magazine Hollywood Authentic, the actor said he only would’ve stayed in Ukraine longer to join the country’s armed forces. “The only possible reason for me staying in Ukraine longer last time would’ve been for me to be holding a rifle, probably without body armor, because as a foreigner, you would want to give that body armor to one of the civilian fighters who doesn’t have it or to a fighter with more skills than I have, or to a younger man or woman who could fight for longer or whatever,” Penn said. “So, where I am in life is short of doing that, but if you’ve been in Ukraine ...
Sean Penn Says He Considered Joining Ukrainian Armed Forces
Just a few weeks after returning to the US following his pedestrian flee from Ukraine to Poland, Sean Penn says he considered joining Ukraine’s resistance against Russia. In an interview with the new quarterly magazine Hollywood Authentic, the actor said he only would’ve stayed in Ukraine longer to join the country’s armed forces. “The only possible reason for me staying in Ukraine longer last time would’ve been for me to be holding a rifle, probably without body armor, because as a foreigner, you would want to give that body armor to one of the civilian fighters who doesn’t have it or to a fighter with more skills than I have, or to a younger man or woman who could fight for longer or whatever,” Penn said. “So, where I am in life is short of doing that, but if you’ve been in Ukraine ...
