Josh Homme, the notorious frontman for the stoner rock band [tag]Queens Of The Stone Age[/tag] has reveled he has some serious medical issues, namely knee problems. Josh made some medical interventions on his knee in 2005, but it seems his pain has relapsed. His knee issues could be clearly seen during this weekends T In The Park and Oxegen festivals, as was severely limping and using a walking stick. Stereo Warning did a very interesting…
Artist name: Smashing Pumpkins Album name: Zeitgeist Label: Reprise Gender: Alternative Rock/ Hard Rock Release date: July 10, 2007 ZMErating: 6.5/10 Website: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/ The [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag] are back, or should I say [tag]Billy Corgan[/tag] is back, after a 7 year hiatus. The band was a ’90 alt legend, seconding in my opinion [tag]Nirvana[/tag] as alt kings of our times. During the years, however, something went terribly wrong; after their classics 2nd and 3rd albums “Siamese…
Detroit duo Meg and Jack White, from [tag]White Stripes[/tag], have announced the dates for their upcoming autumn UK tour. The tour will kick off in Scotland’s Glasgow on October 24 and will continue downhill towards the rest of the UK, until finally reaching London’s O2 Arena on November 2. If your interested in seeing the Stripes live, you can purchase tickets from July 13 via gigsandtours.com. Dates: October 24: Glasgow SECC October 25: Manchester MEN…
Indie rockers [tag]Arctic Monkeys[/tag] have released “Florescent Adolescent”, today 9th July, their second single from their second hit album “Favourite Worst Nightmare”. I’m sure you guys are already familiar with it’s video, released in early June, depicting 2 groups of people beating the crap out each other, a group consisted of face painted circus clowns versus a group of “normal dressed” non-clown people. Well actually the video is more then a bunch of clowns pounding…
Possibly the most charismatic guitar player of all time, maybe except Jimmy Page, Slash from [tag]Velvet Revolver[/tag] and former [tag]Guns N’ Roses[/tag] is set to make an appearance in the best guitar simulator video game: Guitar Hero III. Guitar Hero III will be the third official installment in the Guitar Hero video game series, series notable for its use of a guitar-shaped peripheral to simulate the playing of rock music. The rock icon will be…
The melodic death metal band [tag]As I Lay Dying[/tag] has announced the tracklist for their soon to be released studio release “An Ocean Between Us”, due on August 21 via Metal Blade. I’ve always liked AILD and simply loved their 2005 album “Shadows Are Security”, i only hope they don’t screw up with a faulty sequel. The tracklist: 1. Separation 2. Nothing Left 3. An Ocean Between Us 4. Within Destruction 5. Forsaken 6. Comfort…
It’s the start of a new week, and with it a swarm of new records have been released. Highlights include the new records from Interpol, Spoon, The Enemy and The Smashing Pumpkins. The most publicized and awaited release of this week has to be “Zeitgeist” from [tag]The Smashing Pumpkins[/tag], but from what i’ve read so far it’s been a critical fiasco. An interesting band that caught my eye some time ago is the English band…
Saturday night ( July 7), the dudes from [tag]Panic! At The Disco[/tag] performed live as part of Summerfest 07 Wisconsin. During their gig, the band played a new track as well, set to be featured on their upcoming yet-to-be-titled 08 album, called “Love Is A Fairytale”. It sounds surprisingly promising, with some skillful piano play by frontman Brendon Urie and some very cool riffs by Ryan Ross. Anyway fun song, with not the best lyrics…
[tag]Live Earth[/tag] London, the biggest concerts in terms of names in my opinion, started a mid-day at the fabulous Wembley Stadium.The Festival’s openers were a group of all stars drummers, composed by the likes of Taylor Hawkins from the [tag]Foo Fighters[/tag], Chad Smith from [tag]Red Hot Chili Peppers[/tag] and Roger Taylor from [tag]Queen[/tag] all backed up by a orchestra of drummers titled SOS Allstars. Their performance was overwhelming, with extraordinary drumming, while images and clips…
As we promised, we’re gonna cover the immense [tag]Live Earth[/tag] Festival. With 24 hours of music across 7 continents, and performances by more than 150 of the world’s top musicians, Live Earth will engage, connect, and inspire individuals, corporations and governments to take action to solve the climate crisis. Our first stop is Sydney were the gigs began at 10:30 AM at the Aussie Stadium in Moore Park, where a aboriginal group launched the event…
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