Alternative Music
Graham Nash Pulls Music from Spotify: “I Completely Agree with and Support My Friend Neil”
Graham Nash has joined his longtime friend and bandmate, Neil Young, in pulling his music from Spotify. “Having heard the Covid disinformation spread by Joe Rogan on Spotify, I completely agree with and support my friend Neil Young and I am requesting that my solo recordings be removed from the service,” Nash said in a statement released on Tuesday. “There is a difference between being open to varying viewpoints on a matter and knowingly spreading false information which some 270 medical professionals have derided as not only false but dangerous,” Nash continued. “Likewise, there is a difference between misinformation, in which one is unaware that what is being said is false, versus disinformation which is knowingly false and intended to mislead and sway public opinion.” Advertisement Rela...
GEORGE LYNCH And JEFF PILSON’s Next ‘Heavy Hitters’ Album Will Feature A More ‘Raw ’70s Rock’ Vibe
Guitar-shredding virtuoso George Lynch recently reteamed with his former DOKKEN bandmate Jeff Pilson for a set of new studio recordings that turn pop music classics into powerful metal anthems. The follow-up to 2020’s “Heavy Hitters”, tentatively titled “Heavy Hitters 2”, will be released later in the year via Deadline Music, a subsidiary of Cleopatra Records, Inc. In a new interview with SW Wall Interviews, Pilson stated about how the idea for the first “Heavy Hitters” LP came about (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “George had done a record and he was re-releasing it through another label, which was Cleopatra Records. And the label wanted to add a bonus song to it, and they wanted him to cover this pop song. So he said ‘yes.’...
KORN Announces ‘Requiem Mass’ Intimate Ceremony And Performance
KORN will celebrate the arrival of its new album, “Requiem”, with a special record-release event this coming Thursday, February 3 at the Hollywood United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, California. “Requiem Mass” will see the Southern California heavy music pioneers perform an intimate set in front of a 300 attendees. Tickets to attend the gig in person will be made available at Amoeba Music‘s Hollywood location tomorrow (Tuesday, February 1) at 11 a.m. PDT on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees are required to wear black funeral attire and will have to provide proof of vaccination. KORN-branded masks for all attendees will be handed out at the event. Attendees are encouraged to bring an item of remembrance to honor a loved one who has passed. Fans wi...
Carpe Diem – SAXON
RATING: 7.5/10 British heavy metal icons SAXON have remained venerable vaunted veterans through four decades in large part due to their charismatic live presence. The band’s post-2000 studio output has remained consistent, with new albums being reliably released every few years. The majority of those records have been made up of comfort-food metal anthems re-establishing the group as having a few tricks left up their sleeve. And while they are enjoyable when listening, they ultimately end up with maybe one or two songs entering the live setlist. The band’s 23rd studio album, “Carpe Diem”, seems destined to join that lengthy list of records that provide a few moments of heavy metal triumph, showing off what propelled SAXON to their legendary status but never fully ri...
ROB HALFORD Shares Photo Of His Bullet Containing LEMMY’s Ashes
JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has shared a photo containing two of his most prized pieces of rock memorabilia: a bullet containing late MOTÖRHEAD frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister‘s ashes and Ronnie James Dio‘s ring he received as a gift from the legendary heavy metal vocalist’s widow and manager, Wendy Dio. Halford posted the picture on his Instagram and he wrote in an accompanying caption: “‘Ronnie & Lemmy‘ #heavymetal #ink #motivation #legend #icon #inspiration #strong #power #style #love #family #friends #fans #one #world #peace #respect #all @_ronniejamesdio @officialmotorhead”. It was last November that Halford first confirmed that he was one of several people who received a bullet from Lemmy as a personal gift. He told to the ...
Tash Sultana Announces 2022 North American Tour
Tash Sultana has announced their first North American tour in three years. The “Terra Firma Tour,” which comes in support of Sultana’s latest album of the same name, goes down June and July 2022. Over the course of the 24-date run, Sultana will play shows at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO; Pier 17 in New York City; Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver; and Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Additionally, Sultana will appear at this summer’s Bonnaroo Music Festival. Check out the tour’s full schedule below. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 4th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Related Video Last year, Sultana spoke to Kyle Meredith about Terra Firma, a record that finds them collaborating with other writers and musicians for the first time on an album. You can listen to the conversation her...
Kirk Hammett: Cliff Burton “Freaked Out” When Rush’s Geddy Lee Came to See Metallica Play a Show
Metallica have often cited the music of Rush as an inspiration for epic songs such as “Master of Puppets” and “Orion.” Late Metallica legend Cliff Burton especially idolized the progressive rock band, particularly fellow bassist Geddy Lee. During a recent Q&A session alongside photographer Ross Halfin and Metallica fanclub magazine editor Steffan Chirazi, guitarist Kirk Hammett reflected on the time when Lee came to see Metallica play. “Geddy Lee showed up at one of our shows on the Ride the Lightning tour,” Hammett told the audience at the San Francisco Elk Lodge as part of the Q&A for Metallica’s 40th anniversary celebration last month. “We played Toronto, and all of a sudden we got a message backstage that Geddy Lee was in the audience. And Cliff Burton just freaked out.” Advert...
Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, Mac DeMarco, More to Play Kilby Block Party
Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo, Mac DeMarco, and Animal Collective are among the indie royalty heading to Salt Lake City this May for the Kilby Block Party. The third annual festival goes down May 13th and 14th, 2022, at Library Square in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. Other notable acts include Steve Lacy, Car Seat Headrest, Alvvays, Soccer Mommy, Bartees Strange, The Walters, Jawny, Lomelda, Sam Evian, Kevin Devine, and more. Advertisement Single-day and two-day GA passes, as well as VIP tickets go on sale Tuesday, February 1st at 10:00 a.m. MT. You can find more information about the festival and purchase tickets here. Keep up on the latest music festival news and rumors via our Live page. <img data-attachment-id="1184827" data-permalink="https://consequence.net/2022/01/kilby...
Jennifer Garner and James Marsden Join Party Down Revival
If you’re not having fun yet with the highly-anticipated revival of Party Down, the latest casting announcements might do the trick: Jennifer Garner has joined the show as a regular, while James Marsden has booked a recurring guest role. Both characters arrive with the glow of real Hollywood success that eludes so much of the Party Down catering crew. Garner plays “Evie,” described as “a successful producer of studio franchise movies, who, in the wake of a breakup, is reconsidering her life choices.” That includes dating Henry Pollard (Adam Scott), and you can imagine how a relationship with a high-powered producer might affect his ongoing existential crisis. As for Marsden, he’s been cast as “Jack Botty,” the handsome star of a popular superhero franchise. He is noted to be someone w...
CHRIS CAFFERY ‘Would Love To See’ A New SAVATAGE Album Happen: ‘I’m Lined Up And Ready’
Chris Caffery, who has been a member of SAVATAGE for more than 30 years, was asked by Pete Pardo of Sea Of Tranquility about the possibility of new music from the cult metal outfit. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’m trying to figure out which quote I can use that Blabbermouth will throw up there and say, ‘Chris Caffery said…’ It’s funny with that, because I was talking to somebody. I did an interview, I think, in December, and they asked me how I felt about it, and I told them that me and Jon [Oliva, SAVATAGE leader] were writing literally with the idea of SAVATAGE in mind in 2021. And I told them that I definitely felt more optimistic than I had [in the past]. And [on Blabbermouth] they were, like, ‘Chris Caffery‘s completely opti...
Watch IRON MAIDEN’s BRUCE DICKINSON Sing A Cappella Version Of ‘The Writing On The Wall’ In Pittsburgh
Fan-filmed video footage of Bruce Dickinson belting out a cappella versions of the IRON MAIDEN songs “The Writing Of The Wall” and “Revelations” during his January 29 spoken-word show at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall in Munhall, Pennsylvania can be seen below. “The Writing Of The Wall” was the first single from MAIDEN‘s latest album, “Senjutsu”, which came out in September. Clocking in at a hefty 82 minutes, it marks MAIDEN‘s second consecutive double album behind 2015’s “The Book Of Souls” which is the longest MAIDEN album, with a running time of 92 minutes. IRON MAIDEN‘s first album in six years, “Senjutsu” was recorded in 2019 in Paris with longstanding producer Kevin Shirley and co-produc...
SAXON’s BIFF BYFORD On JUDAS PRIEST’s ‘Crazy’ Announcement It Would Tour As Quartet: ‘Maybe They’d Been Drinking’
SAXON frontman Biff Byford says that it was “crazy” for JUDAS PRIEST to announce its plan to embark on the next leg of its 50th-anniversary tour as a quartet. On January 10, JUDAS PRIEST revealed that it would perform as a four-piece when it returns to the road in early March. A few hours later, the band’s touring guitarist Andy Sneap, who co-produced the group’s 2018 album “Firepower” and has helmed several SAXON LPs in the past, released a statement to BLABBERMOUTH.NET in which he said that he was “incredibly disappointed” by PRIEST‘s decision to carry on as a quartet and thanked the Rob Halford-fronted outfit for the “mind-blowing” opportunity to share the stage with one of his favorite bands. Meanwhile, PRIEST fans were ...
