Dick Dale, known as “King of The Surf Guitar,” has passed away, sources said on Sunday. Dale, who had been quietly suffering health issues for many years, was considered a leader in the surf guitar genre. Dale was 82. Born Richard Anthony Monsour, his famous songs, like “Miserlou,” and many others have become part of the […]
Austin Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Sunday morning at SXSW, as Billboard and Deadline report. Police detained individuals involved with the shooting early Sunday morning, which happened near 6th Street and San Jancinto, the central hub of the festival. On person was transported to the hospital in connection with the shooting. Hours after the incident, another shooting […]
1868 Mama June‘s drug arrest was more serious than we knew, because cops say she admitted the white powder they found was crack cocaine, and she was also caught with a needle and a pipe. TMZ broke the story … Mama June and her boyfriend, Geno Doak, were arrested at an Alabama gas station on Wednesday after someone called […]
Dropkick Murphys began this year’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend with blows and blood. On Friday night, the punk rock band’s holiday gig at Boston’s House of Blues quickly became tumultuous when bassist/singer Ken Casey scuffled with an unruly fan. As TMZ reports, Casey had handed down his mic to a nearby fan in the crowd, who then refused […]
After Yelawolf took aim at Post Malone on his recently-released “Bloody Sunday” diss track, Posty quickly fired back with a series of tweets, calling the Shady Records rapper a nerd while noting that the tweet would be the only support he’d be giving Yelawolf’s upcoming album, Trunk Muzik III. Now, Yela has responded with a tweet of his own. “@postmalone .. Richard look […]
“It wasn’t just a comedy to him, it was something that was used as a tool,” Jean said of the 1991 episode “Stark Raving Dad”, which featured Jackson Last week it was announced that The Simpsons episode featuring Michael Jacksonwould be removed from circulation in the wake of HBO’s Leaving Neverland. The harrowing documentary takes a close, graphic look at the late […]
A historic jazz scene emerged on Central Avenue in Los Angeles at the dawn of Prohibition, and jazz music played an early role in popularizing cannabis in North America. A century later, music and cannabis come together again a few blocks from the Prohibition-era scene as a Grammy-winning music artist meets with one of the […]
The Jerky Boys are back. Well, at least one half of them. In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Johnny Brennan confirmed that he’s planning to release the first new album under the prankster moniker since 2001’s The Jerky Tapes. “It’s been a long, long time,” he explained. “I said to myself, ‘Let me do it.’ Let me […]
According to The Blast, SLIPKNOT percussionist Chris Fehn has filed a lawsuit against his bandmates, claiming that he hasn’t been properly compensated for his years of touring with the group. In his lawsuit, Fehn claims to have always been told that the money from merchandise and touring is funneled through one sole company that splits profits and pays the members of the […]
MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s cover version of Madonna‘s “Like A Virgin” can be streamed below. The track appears on “The Dirt Soundtrack”that accompanies the upcoming Netflix film “The Dirt”, based on The New York Times best-selling 2001 autobiography by CRÜEand Neil Strauss.
Earlier today (Friday, March 15), Nugs.net, the leading live music distribution platform for concert recordings and live streams, offered a free live stream of the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS playing live from Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza. This was the first time any event has been live streamed from the last-standing wonder of the ancient world. You can […]
METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo says that there has been no discussion about more “Big Four” concerts before SLAYER finally calls it quits. The so-called “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere festival at Bemowo Airport in Warsaw, Poland and shared a […]
