Never mind the other bollocks: Johnny’s still got plenty of his own. More than 20 years after the publication of his first book, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten (né Lydon) can still bombard with enough opinions and adventures to fill a 500-page autobiography. Out… Source: RollingStone Link: 10 […]
Full House posed all sorts of questions that were never fully answered. How did Jesse manage to work as an exterminator, radio host, advertising executive and nightclub owner while still finding time to front Jesse and the Rippers, raise his own family and help out with his three nieces? How… Source: RollingStone Link: Flashback: The […]
There should be little, if any, link between Pete Rock and CL Smooth’s iconic 1992 hip-hop track “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” and silent film star Harold Lloyd’s 1928 action-comedy classic Speedy. But DJ Z-Trip, the genre-bending Los Angeles musician who provided a live DJ score for the film Wednesday night… Source: RollingStone Link: DJ Z-Trip […]
Bruce Springsteen will present Pete Townshend with the Stevie Ray Vaughan Award for his work supporting the MusiCares MAP Fund — a charity that assists musicians with addiction recovery — at a special benefit concert set for May 28th at the Best Buy Theater in New York City. Townshend will also perform at the concert with… Source: RollingStone Link: Bruce […]
Call it a longer, even stranger trip. David Browne’s So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead (Da Capo, out April 28th), takes a different tact when chronicling one of the rock’s greatest and most enduring bands. Using new interviews with surviving members as well as Dead… Source: RollingStone Link: The Grateful […]
Smokey, a Seventies Los Angeles punk outfit that had an arsenal of big-time riffs but struggled to score a record contract because their music was deemed “too gay,” will be the subject of the upcoming reissue titled How Far Will You Go?: The S&M Recordings, 1973-81. Led by John “Smokey”… Source: RollingStone Link: Gay Punk […]
Eric Church will be the first artist to perform at Nashville’s newest outdoor venue, Ascend Amphitheatre, on July 30th. He will play a solo set with just his guitar at the 6,800-capacity venue, which is currently being built on the west bank of the Cumberland River across from LP Field,… Source: RollingStone Link: Eric Church […]
Faith No More’s two best-selling records – 1989’s The Real Thing and 1992’s Angel Dust – are being reissued with rarities-packed bonus discs. The reissues, which will be available as either double-CD or heavyweight double-vinyl sets, will hit store shelves on June 9th, one month after the band puts out… Source: RollingStone Link: Two Faith […]
Oak Street brunch and live music favorite Live Oak Cafe (8141 Oak) is now reopen after a major remodeling effort kept the a.m. hotspot closed during an "extensive winter hiatus," Ian McNulty reports this week. Source: Yahoo Music Link: Brunch Hotspot Live Oak Cafe Returns After Revamp With Awesome Live Music
Ashley Clark’s had a lot of unforgettable moments — as a young fiddle player for his family band, the Clark Family Experience, as a touring musician for Carrie Underwood and, most recently, posing as a near-naked cowboy in the video for his first solo single “Greyhound,” premiering exclusively on Rolling… Source: RollingStone Link: Ashley Clark […]