I may just be that kid that grew up in the 90s, but MC Hammer can make anything rock – mark my words, he even made Gangnam style enjoyable! Cross my heart! This took place at the AMA, where surprise, surprise, prizes were still dominated by Bieber fever. I don’t know, I guess Rihanna took some prizes, Maroon 5 took best band, and Nicki Minaj got something too – one of these days, I’m gonna…
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has revealed he is really interested in collaborating with Justin Bieber; well, I don’t really know what to say, but I guess that’s straying a little from your metal roots, isn’t it? It all started with this mash-up video, in which some guy put Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’ together with Justin Bieber’s hit single ‘Baby’ – thus, Psychosocial Baby was born. The video went viral, hitting over 12 million views, which apparently lit…
Former Iron Maiden frontman Paul di Anno is one of the baddest singers out there; he recently stopped the show at a concert in Ukraine after a member of the audience kept shouting Bruce Dickinson’s name. Di’Anno said: “I’m sorry – I don’t do opera,” and mimicked Dickinson’s vocal on ‘Run To The Hills’. He added: “It’s too f–king easy – and I’m not gay.” But he was just started. “This is punk. If you…
You may love him or hate him (or most likely – both), but Dave Mustaine remains one of the most interesting people in the musical scene. In a recent interview, Mustaine said he didn’t want all those worn out pyro effects – he wanted something better and bigger, something that wasn’t possible with the available budget. So he bailed the band out. “Doing something like this has always been a matter of affordability and I…
Soundgarden have just released their new album, King Animal, on 12 November, and it kicks so much arse it shouldn’t even be legal! To help launch the project, the band appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman Monday night. Surprise surprise, they rocked it there too. Soundgarden performed the single from their first album in 16 years, “Been Away Too Long” on the nightly show. I can only agree man – they’ve been away…
There’s some misunderstanding in The Vaccines, that’s for sure. Earlier this year, guitarist Freddie Cowan came out strong to criticize Rihanna, explaining she isn’t a real artist. “Rihanna isn’t an artist – she has 15 writers, 15 songwriters and 15 producers all fighting for space on her albums and she’s the face of it. I have nothing against it, but I don’t want to be associated with it.” Everything seemed fine, it’s a valid point…
Bjork and MOCA have just released the music video Biophilia’s “Mutual Core”, directed by Andrew Thomas Huang (who also did the artwork for the Biophilia remix album). The video is unlisted, meaning you can only see it if you have the link, you can’t find it by searching. The explosive video features Bjork upto her waist in sand, surrounded by weird strange, lurking, licking creatures. As it turns out, these are definitely not the creatures…
The Rolling Stones have announced plans to play the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on December 8. The show will come after the iconic band’s gigs at London’s O2 Arena on November 25 and 29, and before their previously announced shows in New Jersey at the Prudential Center in Newark on December 13 and 15. Tickets go on sale on November 19. There’s been a lot of discussion about the 100 pound tickets (over…
Push me and then just touch me Till I can get my satisfaction, satisfaction Benny Benassi I recently came across this really nice interview with Benny Benassi, in which he discusses Madonna, the bike tour of California, and house music. Quite a great read. You’re currently on your Rough Road bus tour, tell us a little bit about that and where the idea came from? After the bike tour of California I did a couple…
Former Skid Row singer announced he is currently working on a project which will “revolutionize popular music as we know it”. He made the announcement on his facebook page. Seriously, now? At this point of musical evolution, you’d hardly expect anyone to revolutionize music, let alone Sebastian Bach, who, albeit being crazy talented and quite lovable, is not quite the innovative type. He gave no other indications about this “top secret project”, so we’ll just…
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