Boston, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, the Patti Smith Group, the Talking Heads, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers head the 2002 class of newly eligible artists for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, sources close to the process revealed to allstar on Thursday (May 24). An artist has to have first recorded 25 years ago (1977) in order to be newly eligible. Others eligible for the first time are Will Ackerman, Blondie, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Peabo Bryson, Burning Spear, John Cougar, Dwight Twilley Band, Firefall, Graham Parker and the Rumour, Amy Grant, Greg Kihn Band, Sammy Hagar, Richard… Read more »
Capitol recording group OTEP, the provocative Los Angeles-based band whose signing to the label was celebrated with an A-list midnight hour convocation at the Viper Room last month, will join this summer’s all-star OzzFest 2001 lineup, featuring headliners Black Sabbath, Marilyn Manson, Slipknot, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, and Crazytown. OTEP’s OzzFest 2001 dates, which commence June 8 in Chicago and run through July 13 in West Palm Beach, Fla., coincide with the release of “jihad,” the debut EP by OTEP, whose full-length debut album will follow next spring 2002. OTEP, whose nightly “ritual of mental alchemy” is fronted by the… Read more »
Their embraceable debut (1997’s Middle of Nowhere, featuring the Number One single “MMMBop”) sold millions of copies and established Hanson as TRL’s preeminent poster-teens. The grittier follow-up (2000’s This Time Around) alienated bubblegum-dependent younger fans and has yet to go platinum in the states. Now the brothers Hanson – Isaac, Taylor and Zac – are hard at work on a record they hope will marry the success of one to the punchy feel of the other and in the process show the world what they’ve know all along: Hanson are a hard-working, musically gifted and educated rock band. Sessions for… Read more »
California funk-rockers Crazy Town and Incubus have been added to an already impressive lineup of rock and rap live acts set to play next month’s inaugural ESPN Action Sports & Music Awards. Incubus and Crazy Town are the final two acts confirmed to play the show, according to a statement from the sports channel. Previously announced performers at the ceremony, scheduled for April 7 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, include Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, De la Soul with Busta Rhymes, and revered metal titans Black Sabbath, who will close out the program. Rob Zombie, Cypress Hill’s… Read more »
This week Jeff also spoke with Jordan from Them Evils about Zakk Wylde taking them on tour, working with the late Kato Khandwala who produced “Rollin’ Stoned and Livin ‘ Free” and dates on rocks largest festivals!
Helleborus returns to Metalix for the second time this summer. Only demonic possession would explain that decision.
