Category: Active Rock

Tom Morello Talks Solo Tour, Rage Against the Machine’s Rock Hall Prospects

Tom Morello has some even bigger plans for next year (as if putting out his first album under his own name wasn’t a big enough deal this year) on his own and with his band Prophets of Rage. Morello has been promoting his guest-filled album The Atlas Underground with what he calls The Atlas Underground […]

Foo Fighters Headline Lollapalooza in Stockholm

Lollapalooza is setting up in Scandinavia for the first time in its history, and on Tuesday, December 4th, the festival dropped its A-list lineup: Foo Fighters, Travis Scott, Lana Del Rey, Laleh, Bring Me the Horizon, The 1975, Eric Prydz, Greta Van Fleet and Billie Eilish are all set to head up the event at […]

Bring Me The Horizon ‘Horrified’ of Fans’ Death During London Show

Bring Me The Horizon reacted with shock on Saturday night, December 1st, to news that a young fan died during their gig at the Alexandra Palace in London on Friday, November 30th. “Words cannot express how horrified we are feeling this evening after hearing about the death of a young man at our show last […]

Thom Yorke Delivers Steely Acoustic Rendition of the ‘Suspiria’ Song ‘Open Again’

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke delivered a smooth acoustic version of his Suspiria track “Open Again” at the famed Electric Lady Studios in New York City during an appearance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic.” Watch the chilling performance here. The performance found Yorke giving the already haunting cut a new edge as his intricate finger picking and soft vocals […]

Frances Bean Cobain Releases Music Teaser Via Instagram

Frances Bean Cobain released a performance clip of another new song, as she continued to slowly tease her work on a career in music. The daughter of Nirvana icon Kurt Cobain has teased a handful of compositions before, replying, “Oh yes” when asked if she had any plans to share more music. The lyrics reference love, […]

Beck Pays Tribute to ‘Spongebob’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg

Beck paid tribute to the beloved SpongeBob Squarepants creator Stephen Hillenburg this week after the animator died at age 57 following a long fight against ALS. Among those honoring Hillenburg was Beck, who shared a loving Facebook post describing his relationship with the man who happened to be his neighbor at one point. “I always […]

Confirmed: Slipknot Slated to Record New Album in January

In a Twitter thread started by Loudwire, Taylor actually confirmed that Slipknot will enter the studio in January to record their sixth studio album. Slipknot surprised the metal world on Halloween with the sudden release of “All Out Life,” a rabid track which challenges the listener to live life to the fullest. However, this doesn’t […]

Green Day Reference Tucked Into NASA’s InSight Mars Lander

the band Green Day at the Grammy Awards

Green Day are officially floating in space. Rather, Green Day floated in space and now they are relaxing on the surface of Mars. The band revealed on Monday, November 26th, that a microchip etched with the phrase “Green Day Since 1986” was included in NASA’s InSight Mars Lander, which touched down on the planet’s Elysium Planitia […]

Axl Rose Praises Freddie Mercury and Queen

As the most current and potentially last leg of the “Not In This Lifetime” tour comes to an end, Guns N’ Roses lead singer, Axl Rose, gave an interview where he was asked who he considers to be the greatest frontman ever. “For me, it’s easy – Queen is the greatest band and Freddie [Mercury] is the […]

Weezer Invites Fan Who Sang ‘Island in the Sun’ During Brain Surgery to Their Concert

Weezer invited fan Kira Iaconetti to join them at one of their upcoming 2019 shows after a video of her singing “Island in the Sun” while undergoing brain surgery went viral. “It just felt like a light switch switches in my brain and suddenly I’m tone deaf. I can’t sing. I can’t process the words […]