The heavy metal community is uniting to help save one of its own. Death metal forefather Chuck Schuldiner, of the band Death, has been battling a malignant brain tumor for two years, and is currently undergoing expensive experimental treatments in an effort to save his life. So, various artists – including Korn, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kid Rock and Slipknot – are auctioning off memorabilia on Allbeat.com to help Schuldiner’s family pay his medical bills. Since the auction began on June 1, Allbeat.com has received total bids of over $1,000. Among the items for which bids have been placed… Read more »
Columbia Records’ Crazy Town, Portrait/Columbia Records’ The Union Underground and American Recordings/Columbia Records’ American Head Charge have all signed on-board on what just might be the heaviest Ozzfest ever. Following a big British blow-out at the Milton Keynes Bowl in England on May 26, Ozzfest 2001 opens full-force stateside at the World Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois. Launched by the heavy metal pioneer and visionary Ozzy Osbourne, the first Ozzfest, a multi-band festival held in 1996, hit only two markets-Los Angeles and Phoenix-but paved the way for a full-on touring extravaganza the next year. Since then, the Ozzfest has become a… 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 »
It seems like every major musical artist has found box-office success in the form of an Oscar-worthy biopic. From Timothée Chalamet starring in A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan to Rami Malek’s portrayal of Queen‘s Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, there are many rock star movies you need to add to your watchlist. P.S. If you need a goofy “biopic,” then Weird: The Al Yankovic Story starring Daniel Radcliffe is the flick for you. In recent news, Green Day shared that they are currently developing a comedy movie inspired by their early days touring in a van called New Years… Read more »
If there’s one thing you know about Palaye Royale, it’s that you know nothing until you’ve seen them live. You’ve listened to their music, you sing your favorite songs, and you know the three brothers’ favorite colors or their last Instagram post. While we tip our hats to you for having incredible music taste, a Palaye Royale show puts you on another level. Palaye Royale was the last band to perform on night one of The Gathering. We had just spent hours listening to amazing sets from various bands; everyone in the room had a common love of music and… Read more »
Is DJT reshaping the Federal Judiciary branch? Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets rid of legal protections for minorities. And, musicians are getting hurt on stage an awful lot. Brought to you by Google Play, now with audiobooks! Go to g.co/play/newstous to get $10 off your first one. Sources (raw link dump): http://fortune.com/2018/07/08/trump-supreme-court-nominee-appellate-judges/ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/trump-supreme-court-nomination-180709104541613.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/06/trumps-judges-ruling-politics-prayer-executions-race/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/12/trump-appoints-lots-of-white-men-to-be-federal-judges-heres-why-it-matters/ http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/380878-trump-blasts-obama-for-leaving-so-many-judicial-vacancies https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/25/politics/planned-parenthood-federal-judge-decision/index.html https://lawandcrime.com/trump/on-july-4th-eve-jeff-sessions-quietly-rescinds-a-bunch-of-protections-for-minorities/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/12/02/jeff-sessionss-comments-on-race-for-the-record/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965 https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/the-trials-of-jeff-sessions-trumps-radical-attorney-general-198536/ https://mashable.com/2018/07/09/gorillaz-del-the-funky-homosapien-falls/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2017/oct/01/the-moment-stage-props-collapsed-on-marilyn-manson-during-concert-video https://flypaper.soundfly.com/discover/5-times-musicians-played-thru-epic-injuries/
