While most people dread Mondays, many Green Days fans have started to look forward to the top of the week ever since Billie Joe Armstrong started his No Fun Monday covers series. And this week’s is an interesting pick — “Not That Way Anymore” by Stiv Bators. Despite the heavier guitars and drums, Armstrong’s take […]
David Gilmour Covers a Pair of Syd Barrett Solo Songs
Previously in his ongoing Von Trapped livestreams that he records with his family while in quarantine, David Gilmour has covered Leonard Cohen while helping his wife, Polly Samson’s new book Theater for Dreamers. Now, he’s certainly taken things up a notch. In the latest one, Gilmour covered late Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett, performing “Octopus” and […]
Dave Grohl Pens Essay About the Power of Live Music
As the global pandemic continues, Dave Grohl has slowly been turning an introspective voice for this time — not with his songs, but instead, with his prose. Aside from his reminiscent Instagram account, Dave’s True Stories, he recently did an essay for The Atlantic. And after sharing his own pandemic playlist the magazine, makes us start […]
Weezer Give 'Simpsons' Theme Song the Rock Treatment
Weezer’s big appearance on The Simpsons premiered last night (May 10), and it featured a full re-working of the iconic theme song for the animated series. During the end credits of the episode, entitled “The Hateful Eight Year Olds,” Weezer are seen in performing Danny Elfman’s theme music but with more electric guitars and heavy […]
Kurt Cobain's 'MTV Unplugged' Guitar to Be Auctioned Off
If you ever wanted to know what it felt to sound like Kurt Cobain, now’s your chance. Though it definitely won’t be cheap. Cobain’s 1959 Martin D-18E acoustic-electric guitar, which he used on MTV Unplugged, will be auctioned off by Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills on June 19-20. It’s valued at…$1 million. If plunking down a lot of money is […]
Metallica Perform 'The Black Album' in Full on Latest Livestream
Metallica has dug deep and not so deep into their catalog for its #MetallicaMondays livestream. This week’s, however, draws upon a rare moment in the band’s history. Coming from Nickelsdorf in Austria where they performed on June 10, 2012, Metallica celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Black Album. Here, they performed the album in full, which included […]
Dave Grohl Compares New Foo Fighters LP to David Bowie
Whenever we get to hear Foo Fighters’ upcoming, already finished 10th album, we should expect a sonic departure. In a recent video interview with Los Angeles radio station ALT 98.7, frontman Dave Grohl compared the project to David Bowie’s 1983 dance-rock foray, Let’s Dance, highlighting an emphasis on “groove.” “It’s filled with these anthemic, huge […]
Rolling Stones Stream Rare Havana Concert From 2016
The Rolling Stones continued to unveil bonus concert footage with their Extra Licks YouTube series on Sunday (May 10), rolling out clips from the 2016 film Havana Moon. That project documents the band’s historic free show in Havana, Cuba at the Ciudad Deportiva de la Habana, which drew an estimated half-million fans and marked a […]
Soul Singer Betty Wright Dies at 66
R&B singer Betty Wright, best-known for a string of soulful hits in 1970s and early 1980s, including “Clean Up Woman” and “Where Is the Love?”, has died at age 66. Wright’s niece confirmed the news but didn’t reveal a cause of death, TMZ reports. Wright, born in Miami in 1953, launched her career as a […]
Bono Shares a Playlist of the '60 Songs That Saved My Life'
Want to feel old? U2 singer Bono turns 60 today. Maybe if you’re young, maybe he’s always been old. But that’s not the point here. In honor of his big birthday, Bono shared a playlist of artists who have inspired him. It’s diverse and wide-ranging that includes expected artists like David Bowie, Sex Pistols, the […]