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JOHN CORABI: ‘I Learned A Very Hard, Valuable Lesson When I Was In MÖTLEY CRÜE’
In a new interview with The Rock Experience With Mike Brunn, former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi was asked how he measures success. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I learned a very hard, valuable lesson when I was in MÖTLEY. Obviously, everybody knows what the [1994 self-titled] record did or didn’t do. The tour was a nightmare. I was the new ingredient, and then I left. And the one thing that I learned was when I left the band, my phone stopped ringing. And it was kind of a harsh reality. I was the guy that was invited to all the parties, the backstage things, ‘Let’s go in a limo,’ ‘Let’s do this,’ ‘Let’s go to the Playboy mansion,’ ‘Let’s do that,’ and then the minute they made the a...
The Rome and Duddy Show Joins CPN with The Great American Talent Show Round 4
Listen via: Spotify | Google | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | RSS Following the relaunch of the Feelin Good with Duddy podcast, The Rome and Duddy show is officially joining the Consequence Podcast Network! Dirty Heads’ Duddy B and Sublime with Rome’s Rome Ramirez present a new series loaded with laughter, good music, and a few bad words — and The Great American Talent Show! What better way to ring in the new year then with a fresh round of the show’s fan-favorite talent contest. Join Rome and Duddy as they judge 10 fan-submitted talent entries and narrow it down to the top four. After the show, listeners can vote on their favorite and a winner will be announced in a later episode. Whoever comes out on top will receive a prize from the guys! Listen to the CPN debut o...
A Return to Spider-Man? Andrew Garfield Is “Definitely Open”
Fresh off a scene-stealing swing through Spider-Man: No Way Home, many fans are wondering if Andrew Garfield will be given another crack at his version of Peter Parker. In a new interview with Variety, the star of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) said he’s “definitely open” to making his franchise a trilogy — but only if it “felt right.” “Peter and Spider-Man, those characters are all about service, to the greater good and the many,” Garfield said. “He’s a working-class boy from Queens that knows struggle and loss and is deeply empathetic. I would try to borrow Peter Parker’s ethical framework in that, if there was an opportunity to step back in and tell more of that story, I would have to feel very sure and certain i...
Courtney Barnett: “When You Decide That There’re Rules, That’s When it Becomes Hard”
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Courtney Barnett catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest LP, Things Take Time, Take Time (one of the best albums of 2021). Related Video The Australian singer-songwriter discusses how the pandemic limited her musical resources, noticing the way people communicated during the lockdown, and doing a bulk of her writing from bed (her favorite place). Barnett also gets into some of the guitar moments on the record, having a theme of writing letters to other people, and covering The Velvet Underground’s “I’ll Be Your Mirror.” Advertisement Listen to Courtney Barnett unpack her new album and more by listening to the ep...
Wes Anderson to Adapt Roald Dahl’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix
Wes Anderson is returning to the world of Roald Dahl with a new adaptation of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix. Benedict Cumberbatch will star in the titular role. Published in 1977, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar tells the tale of a wealthy man who gains the power to see through things after sewing his eyes shut. He uses his new-found ability to win large sums of money playing cards, but he soon comes to realize that more than his eyes have been changed by the procedure. Along with Cumberbatch, the film’s cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, and Ben Kingsley, according to Deadline. Advertisement Related Video This marks Anderson’s second time adapting one of Dahl’s works. In 2009, he turned the author’s children’s novel Fantastic Mr. Fox into a thrilling stop-mot...
KISS’s 2004 Performance From Virginia Beach To Be Released In March
On March 11, rock icons KISS will release the next installment of their “Off The Soundboard” official live bootleg series with “Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach”, recorded live at the Virginia Beach Amphitheatre on July 25, 2004. This is the second in a series of live releases by the band and will be available to stream and download, with a three-LP standard black vinyl set, a two-CD set, and a limited edition three-LP set pressed on 180-gram opaque green vinyl, all available exclusively through the official KISS online store. “Off The Soundboard: Live In Virginia Beach” finds the legendary band in the midst of their “Rock The Nation” tour, which is notable for being the first full U.S. tour of the longstanding Paul Stanley, Gene Si...
SCORPIONS’ MATTHIAS JABS To Be Interviewed During NAMM’s ‘Believe In Music’ Event
SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs will take part in an online chat during NAMM‘s Believe In Music event later this month. The 66-year-old German musician will be interviewed by journalist Rick Damigella on Thursday, January 20 beginning at 2:30 p.m. PT. This year’s Believe In Music virtual event is open to the public and registration is free at attend.believeinmusic.tv. Believe In Music is being hosted by NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond and Pensado’s Place co-founder Herb Trawick and will include livestreamed music, interviews and entertainment from artists in a wide variety of genres, interactive brand pages to connect buyers and sellers directly for networking and multiple live and on-demand music education seminars. Seminar topics include music and social justice, mu...
SKILLET Releases Title Track Of Upcoming Album ‘Dominion’
Christian rockers SKILLET have released the the title track of their upcoming album, “Dominion”. The LP is due on January 14 via Atlantic. “Dominion”, produced by Kevin Churko (PAPA ROACH, DISTURBED, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH) with songs written by John Cooper, Korey Cooper, Kevin Churko and Kane Churko, was created 100% remotely between the band’s tour dates, home studio in Wisconsin, and the Churkos‘ studio in Las Vegas. “‘Dominion’ is about the celebration of freedom, a liberation from fear — to be who we want to be, say what we want to say, believe what we want to believe,” SKILLET frontman John Cooper says. “In some ways, it’s a reminder of the God-given rights that we were born with. It’s time to regain some ...
NICKO MCBRAIN On ‘Belshazzar’s Feast’ Campaign For IRON MAIDEN’s ‘Senjutsu’ Album: ‘That Was A Great Piece Of Strategy’
In a recent interview with Lana Morgan of the 102.9 The Hog radio station, IRON MAIDEN drummer Nicko McBrain spoke about how the “Belshazzar’s Feast” teaser campaign came to be prior to the release of the band’s 17th studio album, “Senjutsu”. “With the release of [the LP’s first single] ‘The Writing Of The Wall’, the P.R. strategy, Sarah Philp [new media manager at MAIDEN‘s management company, Phantom Music Management] came up with this idea,” he said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “She worked very closely with the team and Bruce [Dickinson, MAIDEN singer] and, obviously, Rod [Smallwood, MAIDEN manager] and Steve [Harris, MAIDEN bassist]. The rest of us weren’t really too in the mix, so to speak, bec...
Adele Helped Reverse 17-Year Decline in CD Sales
After 17 years of declining numbers, CD sales reached a nearly two-decade high in 2021, and the biggest reason was Adele. The superstar’s long-awaited fourth album, 30, was far and away the top-selling album of the year in every format, a feat she managed to achieve within just 72 hours of the smash LP’s release. In CD sales alone, it moved a total of 898,000 units — a massive amount for a release in the post-streaming age of music consumption. According to Billboard, that accounts for two percent of all sales in the format, and “had 30 not been released in 2021, total CD sales would have been down year-over-year.” Advertisement Related Video With Adele’s help, 2021 marked the very first time since 2004 that CD sales rose. For reference, that was the year when Usher’s Confessions...
Yard Act Release Anti-Capitalism New Single “Rich”: Stream
Rising British rock band Yard Act have unveiled their cheeky new single “Rich” and its accompanying music video. Watch it below. In the clip, frontman James Smith plays a reporter named J. Konopinski, who roves around a British suburb interviewing citizens who’ve won a lottery of a 50-pence coin. “Almost by accident, I have become rich/ Through continued reward for skilled labor in the private sector/ And a genuine lack of interest in expensive things/ It appears I have become rich/ And since I have become rich, I’ve been constantly living in fear of losing everything/ That the bubble will burst/ And falling from my perch, I will return once again/ To the life I used to live with the things that I didn’t have/ Before I had become rich” he intones over the foursome’s trademark minimalist gu...
Song of the Week: The Weeknd Struggles With a “Sacrifice”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, a new single from The Weeknd provides the perfect Friday soundtrack. The Weeknd went high-concept with Dawn FM, the new album that arrived today, January 7th — and it worked. The radio station storyline is tinged with an air of sadness, and the commitment to the bit feels perfectly paired with the artist’s penchant for ’80s sounds. “Sacrifice,” the artist’s next single, is more of the irresistible fare for which The Weeknd has become known. He knows how to keep things interesting, pulling off homages that don’t feel outdated,...
