On Saturday, December 22nd, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins’ 11-year-old son, Oliver Shane Hawkins, sat in on drums during his dad’s Chevy Metal gig in Los Angeles. The father and son were joined at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank by Dave Grohl on guitar for a cover of the Rolling Stones classic “Miss You.” […]
Outaouais Rock, the organization that operated the Montebello Rockfest, has distributed a news release indicating that it has filed for bankruptcy as of today. Following this announcement, the founder of the festival and former minority partner of Outaouais Rock, Alex Martel, has published a statement indicating his intention to continue the festival. The statement reads: […]
In a recent interview, Rome Ramirez said that the trio had made a few trips to Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas before “Wicked Heart” came along earlier this year, without much success. “It was my birthday in June, and me and my wife were out to dinner and got into this huge argument,” […]
Joe Osborn, the legendary bass player for the studio supergroup known as the “Wrecking Crew,” has died at age 81. The director of a 2008 documentary about the group confirmed the news on Saturday (Dec. 15) in a Facebook post about the Los Angeles-based group of session musicians who played on a string of indelible […]
SiriusXM announced today that it will broadcast exclusive concerts, DJ sets, and special performances live on New Year’s Eve. SiriusXM’s New Year’s Eve Live Concert Lineup Includes: Post Malone at Barclays Center – airing on SiriusXM’s Hip Hop Nation Phish at Madison Square Garden – airing live on SiriusXM’s Phish Radio Lynyrd Skynyrd at WinStar […]
St. Vincent is always creating in one way or another, which is why she’s, in her words, never satisfied. She picked up DJing in June and spun her first live set by September; reimagined her 2017 knockout MASSEDUCTION as a stripped down, piano-driven album called MassEducation this October; started producing for other artists as a […]
System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian is teaching the youth the ways of metal. The bassist visited his son’s preschool class on Friday, December 14th, to perform a bit of the rock group’s 2001 hit “Toxicity.” The musician opted for an acoustic guitar while his son jammed along with an electric one next to him. Odadjian […]
Tuesday night, December 11th, the Smashing Pumpkins played Jimmy Kimmel Live, performing “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts)” and “Knights of Malta” from their recent Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. The band opened their mini-set with “Silvery Sometimes (Ghosts),” with frontman Billy Corgan donning a red coat over his silver […]
This punk rock docuseries will focus on the music, art, fashion and overall misfit culture that defined the punk movement. Produced by John Varvatos and directed by Jessie James Miller in partnership with Derik Murray’s Network Entertainment, The series will include a soundtrack of punk hits and misses, original interviews with America’s punk pioneers and […]
On Monday, December 10th, the three-day punk festival MUSINK dropped their 12th annual lineup. Suicidal Tendencies, Hatebreed, Sick of It All, Bleeding Through and All Hail the Yeti are set to headline March 8th; Limp Bizkit, Travis Baker and H09909 are taking March 9th and Fear, Dead Kennedys, T.S.O.L., Anti-Flag and Voodoo Glow Skulls are […]