[tag]System Of A Down[/tag] frontman Serj Tankian, today (August 7), has launched his first ever single and likewise video in his solo career, namely the controversial track “The Unthinking Majority”. The single is off Serj’s debut album “Elect the Dead”, due on October 23 and is meant to be an eye opener to the American audience, with lyrics contesting the current administration and war in Iraq ( “I believe that you’re wrong/Insinuating that they hold…
In their homeland. They may be underclass, but [tag]Sum 41[/tag] are heroes in the eyes of a few Canadians. The band’s fifth studio album, “Underclass Hero,” topped the Canadian album charts this week on unremarkable sales of just over 9,000 copies, Nielsen SoundScan reports. This is the first album they made without the guitarist Dave Baksh. They are doing fine in the U.S. where they are at No. 7, selling 45,000 copies. Back in the…
Interview Magazine recently conducted a interview with [tag]White Stripes[/tag] frontman Jack White, as part of their Cover Story. Some very interesting points were covered, among them marriage, Icky Thump and … jurnalists, whom according to Jack are about as lazy as a pack of slugs. Here’s a snippet from the interview. Remember to read the whole thing here. MD: A lot has already been written about Icky Thump. What have people gotten right and what…
[tag]White Stripes[/tag] are ready to team up once again with the Malloy Brothers, after the Icky Thump video, on their latest video for “You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You’re Told)”. Their time touring Canada was put to good use, as they managed to film the video between gigs there. The video is very relaxing, highlights include Jack playing guitar in front a of beautiful white house, Meg and Jack strolling…
I’ve always had the deepest respect for one of my favorite Indie bands [tag]Blonde Redhead[/tag], delighting people with their music and work for 10 years now. Their last release “23” simply blew my mind, its such a great record with great songs. One of these great songs is “The Dress”, a very pretty and passionate song, but also delightfully uncanny, thanks to Makino’s masterful whisper. The video was directed by Mike Mills, a man with…
It seems every where i turn i can’t shake Billy Corgan, the man’s everywhere. This time he sheds some light on the much controversial Tarantula single cover, depicting Paris Hilton holding a BlackBerry with the Zeitgeist album cover on the screen, and a low-resolution image of a mushroom cloud in the background. Here’s how Billy convinced the oh-so ‘popular’ Paris Hilton to pose for the cover: ( via Blabbermouth) Actually the original idea was we…
In another publicity stunt, [tag]Smashing Pumpkins[/tag]’s frontman Billy Corgan is apparently looking the two twin Siamese girls, that were featured on the cover of SP’s most acclaimed and best album “Siamese Dream”. As seen on stereogum, quoting Corgan’s camp: In a bit of a fun story, The Smashing Pumpkins are looking for the young girls that adorned the album cover of their record, SIAMESE DREAM. They have most definitely aged to their teens at this…
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…
[tag]Fall Out Boy[/tag] gave an outstanding performance yesterday, early in the morning, for The Today Show. In between songs, the band lead guitarist Pete Wentz found the time to answer to a small Q&A interview. Some questions were very interesting, what stood out to me was the discussion regarding FOB’s next video “Me And You”, which surprisingly will be filmed in Uganda. Pete said they will be traveling to Uganda to film there so that…
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