Recently idobi staff writer Alex Mosie had a chance to ask Cancer Bats vocalist Liam Cormier a few questions. Read the interview below to hear Cormier discuss touring life, the bands’ new album, Bears, Mayors, Scraps, and Bones, and small business accounting courses.
Microsoft will acquire Luxembourg-based Skype, with 170 million active users, from an investor group led by Silver Lake, the companies said in a statement today. The agreement was approved by the boards of directors of both companies.
Taking Back Sunday, Thursday and Colour Revolt will be touring together this summer with The New Regime and We Are The In Crowd appearing on select shows. The tour begins June 14th in Denver. CO and ends July 31st in Chicago, IL.
There’s something strange about Gerard Way up there in the spotlight, something new. It’s not just that the My Chemical Romance frontman has traded his usual elaborately layered stage outfits for snug black jeans and a shredded black T-shirt, revealing a torso that’s gone from chubby to Bowie-in-Berlin gaunt. It’s not just that he’s dyed his once-dark chin-length hair a crazed-clown red — a look that Way, 33, also rocked in his pre-fame teenage years, inspired by Kurt Cobain and Wayne Coyne.
Another major name is exiting Universal Music Group as The New York Times reports that UMG Publishing Chairman/CEO David Renzer announced his departure in a memo to staff members on tuesday.
Hey Bitch Slap Radio fans! Tonight is the last show of our Winter/Spring session. So were going out with a bang! Drew WHo-Lee-O Zac and JAmes will take to the mics to rock your world tonight We stroll down memory lane of all the stupid shit we did this session, we look back at mom fights, cougar cruise, the new Bitch Slap Record featuring Who-Lee-O the hippy! Also on tonight’s show we talk about 4/20 i mean it was yesterday so we gotta cover it. Then on worlds greatest Thursday who would be the one person in the musical world… Read more »
Mike Ness is the sole remaining original member of Social Distortion, the southern California rockabilly punk band that rose to prominence during the 1980s.
The group turned June Carter Cash’s “Ring of Fire” into a staple of rock radio, and Ness’ hardscrabble youth inspired such hits as “Story of My Life” and “Prison Bound.”
Social Distortion’s first album in more than six years, “Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes,” recently debuted at No. 4 on the U.S. pop chart, the highest ranking in the band’s career. The road warriors will begin a U.S. tour in Albuquerque on Tuesday, and then hit Europe for the summer festivals.
TV on the Radio bassist Gerard Smith has died of lung cancer, the band announced on its official website Wednesday.
“We are very sad to announce the death of our beloved friend and bandmate, Gerard Smith, following a courageous fight against lung cancer,” the band’s statement reads. “Gerard passed away the morning of April 20th, 2011. We will miss him terribly.”
The colors were a bit faded, but the design of Lawrence Ori’s only tattoo was still visible. He couldn’t raise his arm proudly to show you anymore, but you could still see the Aerosmith logo there on his bicep.
It’s not just the tattoo. Aerosmith weaved its way through Ori’s life in both obvious and subtle ways. His license plate read “ROCKN” and his cell phone played the band’s classic “Dream On”.
Listen to Rock The Walls live now on idobi Radio with Patrick Walford. Tonight’s show is featuring interviews with Bayside at 8:30pmEST and Sum 41 at 9:30pmEST. He’ll also be getting to new music from bands such as Silverstein, The Wonder Years, For The Fallen Dreams, and Foo Fighters.
