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Late METALLICA Bassist CLIFF BURTON’s ‘Dawn Of The Dead’ Shirt Returned To His Family After More Than 30 Years
A “Dawn Of The Dead” t-shirt that once belonged to Cliff Burton has been returned to the late METALLICA bassist’s family 35 years after his death. Cliff was reportedly a big fan of the the original “Dawn Of The Dead” film, widely considered to be one of the scariest zombie movies from the 1970s, and often appeared in public and in photographs wearing a shirt displaying the film’s title logo across his chest. Earlier today, the Instagram account that is controlled by Burton‘s family shared a photo of FAITH NO MORE drummer Mike “Puffy” Bordin holding a vintage “Dawn Of The Dead” t-shirt and it included the following message: “A huge Thank You to Mike ‘Puffy’ Bordin for bringing Cliff‘s original Dawn of ...
PAUL STANLEY Says THE BEATLES’ New Documentary ‘Get Back’ Is ‘Joyous, Astonishing And Humbling’
KISS frontman Paul Stanley has praised director and producer Peter Jackson‘s “The Beatles: Get Back” documentary, calling it “eye-opening, joyous, astonishing and humbling.” The three-episode, nearly eight-hour documentary features the four members of THE BEATLES — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — crafting what was to become their final album. (THE BEATLES recorded “Let It Be” before “Abbey Road” but released the latter first.) It also includes the band’s iconic final performance on a rooftop in London. Stanley, who previously said that his life was “changed forever” after seeing THE BEATLES on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964, weighed in on the new documentary in a tweet Sunday ...
BILLY IDOL Catches ‘Respiratory Cold’, Pulls Out Of ‘Above Ground’ Benefit Concert
Billy Idol has canceled his appearance at the third “Above Ground” benefit concert after catching a “respiratory cold.” The 66-year-old singer, who burst on to the scene in the 1980s, was scheduled to appear at tonight’s (Monday, December 20) star-studded event in Los Angeles that raises awareness and funds for mental health for MusiCares. Earlier today, Idol released the following statement via social media: “Unfortunately I’ve caught a respiratory cold going around this week (I have tested negative for Covid twice) – and while I had truly hoped I would get better enough to perform at the Above Ground benefit at The Fonda Theatre tonight, I simply don’t have a voice to sing with and so regrettably I am going to have sit this one out. &...
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE Singer JOHN CORABI’s Autobiography, ‘Horseshoes And Hand Grenades’, Now Due In June
Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi will release his autobiography, “Horseshoes And Hand Grenades”, on June 14, 2022 (postponed from on April 12, 2022), via Rare Bird Books. It was written wih the help of MÖTLEY CRÜE historian/author Paul Miles. In a recent interview with Meltdown of Detroit’s WRIF radio station, Corabi stated about his book: “It goes all the way back to, obviously, me being born, but it talks about my parents. My grandparents were first-generation Italians from the Calabria section of Italy. My mother’s side of the family, I talk about them. It talks about me being born, my childhood being very kind of ‘Wonder Years’ — whatever — and then just it completely derailing and falling apart. And it goes into everything. There’s ...
R.I.P. Billy Conway, Morphine Drummer Dead at 65
Billy Conway, the drummer best known for his work in the jazz rock band Morphine and Boston group Treat Her Right, has died at the age of 65 from cancer. Vapors of Morphine, with whom Conway often played as a guest, shared the news on social media. “We are devastated to learn that our brother, Morphine drummer Billy Conway, has passed, finally succumbing to cancer after a long fight,” the group wrote. “Our deepest condolences go to his family and friends.” Conway’s friend and bandmate Jeffrey Foucault confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. “Billy Conway was one of the best drummers America produced in the second half of the twentieth century,” Foucault said in a statement. “With his uncanny empathy and sensitivity, his dedication to simplicity and restraint, and his impossible spiritual pow...
Brian Eno on NFTs: “Now Artists Can Become Little Capitalist Assholes as Well”
Add Brian Eno to your list of stars charmingly unimpressed with NFTs. When asked about today’s hottest economic scam in an interview with The Crypto Syllabus, the legendary musician said he wouldn’t be dabbling in the trend any time soon. “I’ve been approached several times to ‘make an NFT.’ So far nothing has convinced me that there is anything worth making in that arena,” Eno said. “‘Worth making’ for me implies bringing something into existence that adds value to the world, not just to a bank account. If I had primarily wanted to make money I would have had a different career as a different kind of person. I probably wouldn’t have chosen to be an artist. NFTs seem to me just a way for artists to get a little piece of the action from global capitalism, our own cute little version of...
W. Kamau Bell Shares Trailer for New Documentary We Need to Talk About Cosby: Watch
W. Kamau Bell is tackling the legacy of Bill Cosby in a new documentary. Today, the director and comedian announced We Need to Talk About Cosby, a four-part docu-series set to hit Showtime next year, and shared the first trailer for the project. The series juggles the reputation Cosby built as “America’s Dad” with the horrific serial abuser he was behind closed doors. In its first trailer, Bell — known for similarly thoughtful content like the docu-series United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell, the podcast Politically Re-Active, and the book Do the Work: An Anti-Racist Activity Book — attempts to reconcile these opposing personas as a comedian inspired by Cosby himself. “I am a child of Bill Cosby,” Bell says. “I’m a Black man and a comic born in the ’70s. Bill Cosby ha...
Thom Yorke Debuts The Smile’s “Free in the Knowledge” At First Post-Lockdown Performance: Watch
Since Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood announced the formation of their post-punk band The Smile back in May, fans have been eager to get their ears on any and all new material. Today, Yorke’s solo October performance of the group’s song “Free in the Knowledge” was officially uploaded to YouTube. Watch it below. Yorke debuted the song at a Letters Live event at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which marked his first performance since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, Yorke had plenty to say before going into the track: “There was a point maybe a year-and-a-half ago where I wondered whether I’d ever be doing this again. This is the first time I’ve been on the stage since the pandemic happened. I’m a British musician and I was told during the pandemic, along with all...
New WHITESNAKE Bassist TANYA O’CALLAGHAN Says She Didn’t Get The Gig Because She Is A Woman: ‘I’ve Proven My Worth’
Tanya O’Callaghan says that she proved her worth before being chosen as the new bass player of WHITESNAKE. Last month, Tanya officially joined David Coverdale-fronted outfit as the replacement for longtime bassist Michael Devin whose departure was revealed a few days earlier. When asked in a new interview with For Bass Players Only what it means for her to be the first female musician to become a member of WHITESNAKE, Tanya said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I think luckily there’s a lot more prominent female players in general across music these days, which is great. Obviously, there’s not enough yet. For me, it’s always about normalizing. I don’t want it to be its own pedestal or male versus female or all-female this; I really just want it to ...
Watch EXHORDER Cover TYPE O NEGATIVE’s ‘Black No. 1’ In Petaluma
Capital Chaos TV has uploaded multi-camera video of EXHORDER performing a cover version of the TYPE O NEGATIVE classic “Black No. 1” on December 12 at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, California. Check it out below. Last month, EXHORDER vocalist Kyle Thomas confirmed to Heavy New York that the band is preparing to enter the studio to record the follow-up to 2019’s “Mourn The Southern Skies” album. “We have been working very hard on new material since the [start of] the pandemic,” he said. “We’ve been demoing songs, doing pre-production, preparing for when we finally do record the actual album. So, yes, new EXHORDER will be coming at some point.” Last February, Thomas told “The Dan Chan Show” that he and his bandmates —...
TED NUGENT To ALEC BALDWIN: ‘You Should Be In A Cage For The Rest Of Your Rotten Punk-Ass Life’
Ted Nugent says that Alec Baldwin should spend the rest of his life in prison for shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust”. Earlier in the month, Baldwin made a surprising claim during his first major interview since the fatal shooting, saying that “the trigger wasn’t pulled” when a “live round” was discharged and ended up mortally wounding Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza in the October 21 tragedy. Nugent, who is the national spokesman for pro-hunting lobbying group Hunter Nation, touched upon the incident in a new interview with Rock Titan TV. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “There’s only one gun law you need on planet earth, and that is never point a weapon at anything ...
AMY LEE Says Symptoms In EVANESCENCE’s COVID-19 Cases Were ‘Mild’ Because Everyone Was Vaccinated
Earlier this month, EVANESCENCE postponed the remaining five shows on its U.S. tour with HALESTORM due to multiple COVID-19 cases within the touring party. The concerts in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Camden, Newark, and Worcester, which were originally scheduled to take place between December 12 and December 18, will now happen at the end of January. Speaking to Terrie Carr of the Morristown, New Jersey radio station 105.5 WDHA about the show postponements, EVANESCENCE singer Amy Lee stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Basically, it was a day before my birthday. And we are all vaccinated, so the cases that did pop up are pretty mild symptoms. But within our touring party, there was several cases [that] popped up. We test every day, so we knew right away. And we were able to loc...
