1. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
2. Switchfoot – Dark Horses
3. Anthrax – The Devil You Know
4. Man Made Machine – Victim
5. Foo Fighters – These Days
6. Trevor Hall – Brand New Day
7. Cake – Long Time
8. The Used – Burning Down The House
9. Red Hot Chili Pepper – The Adventures of Rain Dance Magic
10. Megadeth – Public Enemy No. 1
The alternative rock band, R.E.M., has officially split up after 31 years together, having produced 15 albums.
What? Oh no! We think we’re gonna lose our religion over this one…
…or at least we would have had this news come out in 1995.
Still, the band was a great one regardless of peak time and deserves a final standing ovation.
From Everybody Hurts to Losing My Religion, the band was best known for their melodic songs accompanied by thought-provoking music videos.
After their breakthrough commercial success in the 90s, R.E.M. began experimenting with other sounds in the early 2000s. Although their music dropped off the Top 100 charts, fans and critics still held them on a high pedestal of respect.
In 2007, they were deservedly inducted into Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame.
On their website, they released an official unified statement announcing the split, followed by individual messages:
We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.
Michael: A wise man once said – ‘the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave.’ We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we’re going to walk away from it.”
Mike: There’s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring-off. We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart. The time just feels right.
It’s a sad day for their most dedicated of fans, but the music they gave the world will transcend time on dozens of movie soundtracks.
Thank you, R.E.M., for your amazing musical gifts! We wish you each the best of luck in your future endeavors.
1. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
3. Switchfoot – Dark Horses
4. Anthrax – The Devil You Know
5. Black Stone Cherry – Blame It On The Boom Boom
6. Edisun – Wide Awake
7. Cake – Long time
8. Seether – Here and Now
9. Evanescence – What You Want
10. Bush – The Sound Of Winter
Last night the familiar pangs of ‘Enter Sandman’ echoed through the hallowed halls of Yankee Stadium. This time, however, Mariano Rivera didn’t take the mound.
The traveling metal circus known as The Big 4 made its way to the Bronx bringing with it hard rock heaven, ironic with all of the devil horns being flashed throughout the day. What else would you expect when you bring Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax, together for one show?
Complete with over-the-top pyrotechnics and lasers Metallica showcased a finely tuned stadium show. Fresh off of recording a collaborative album with Lou Reed, the band worked their huge set up with pinpoint precision. Playing mostly songs recorded before 1992 one such highlight included the rarely played instrumental ‘Orion,’ dedicated to their late bassist Cliff Burton.
After a break Metallica returned with each individual member of The Big 4. “This one’s for Lemmy”, said Hetfield right before he and a backing band for the ages tore through a cover of Motörhead’s ‘Overkill.’
Big thanks to our friend Joe Gerarce, from Tavern 1844 in St Croix, who managed to get a hold of one Metallica’s set list, for your visual pleasure
Rockers Good Charlotte are stepping away from the spotlight and taking a hiatus from the music industry to “just have fun.”
The “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” hitmakers, fronted by twins Benji and Joel Madden, wrapped up a tour of Europe last month and have just one more gig scheduled at a music festival in Russia in October.
The punk stars are then planning to take some time out from their busy work schedules to just enjoy life.
Benji Madden tells RollingStone.com, “We’re stepping away from the grind of making records and touring for a minute, just to have fun and be creative like we were when we were 15.”
But the twins are preparing to serve up a treat for fans before they go on their career break – a free mixtape, titled “Before The Fame: The Madden Brothers,” will be released on October 1.
And Joel Madden has alerted fans to expect some cool new sounds.
He says, “We’re already having a blast in our studio with all these new artists making music just for fun. And the mixtape’s free, they’re going to get it for free, there’s no quota we’re trying to fill, there’s no machine we’re trying to fuel, we just want to make music with new artists and god bless (record label bosses at) EMI, they let us do what we want.”
It was the vets against the new rockers on the block at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, as the Foo Fighters, the Black Keys and Mumford & Sons faced off against Foster the People and Cage the Elephant for Best Rock Video. Foo took home the prize, and delivered an impassioned defense of rock music along the way.
Miley Cyrus and Shawn White were on hand to bestow the Moonman on Dave Grohl and company, whose “Walk” video bested the Black Keys’ “Howlin’ for You,” Cage’s “Shake Me Down,” Foster’s “Pumped Up Kicks” and Mumford’s “The Cave.”
“We’d like to thank Sam Jones, the director; Joel Schumacher, the director of ‘Falling Down,’ which was the movie we based the video on; and all our friends at MTV,” Grohl said during his acceptance speech. “I just want to say: Never lose faith in real rock and roll music, you know what I mean? Never lose faith in that. You might have to look a little harder, but it’s always going to be there.”
The win for “Walk” proved to be something of an MTV awards-show full circle for the Foos, who busted out the tune off their album Wasting Light during a hard-charging in June.
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
2. Edisun – Wide Awake
3. Paramore – Monster
4. Blink 182- Up All Night
5. Switchfoot – Dark Horses
6. Bush – The Sound of Winter
7. Rival Sons – Pressure and Time
8. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks
9. Foo Fighters – Walk
10. Evanescence – What you Want
Jani Lane — former lead singer of the rock band Warrant – was found dead at a hotel in L.A. Thursday evening.
Lane’s body was discovered at the Comfort Inn hotel in Woodland Hills, CA. So far, no official cause of death has been released.
Lane famously penned the band’s biggest hit “Cherry Pie” back in 1989 … before eventually leaving the band to pursue a solo career.
Lane had a history of alcohol-related issues — he was ordered to serve 120 days in jail after he was arrested for DUI in 2010 … his second DUI in two years.
1. Red Light King – Old Man
2. Sixx A.M. – This is Gonna hurt
3. Foo Fighters – Walk
4. Edisun – Wide Awake
5. Paramore – Monster
6. New Politics – Give Me Hope
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
8. Wolfmother – Love Train
9. Black Stone Cherry – White Trash Millionaire
10. Limp Bizkit – Shotgun
1. Red Light King – Old Man
2. Crossfade – Killing Me Inside
3. Foo Fighters – Walk
4. Rival sons – Pressure & Time
5. New Politics – Give Me Hope
6. Paramore – Monster
7. Wolfmother – Love Train
8. Edisun – Wide Awake
9. Limp Bizkit – Shotgun
10. Sixx A.M. – This is Gonna Hurt
1. Sixx A.M. – This is Gonna hurt
2. Red Light King – Old Man
3. Beastie Boys – Make some Noise
4. Foo Fighters – Rope
5. TV On The Radio – Will Do
6. Crossfade – Killing Me Inside
7. Seether – Country Song
8. 30 Seconds to Mars – Night Of The Hunter
9. Foo Fighters – Walk
10. Green Day – Peacemaker
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis admits the band have done poor work in the past – but upcoming album I’m With You isn’t in that category.
The band are poised to release their follow-up to 2006′s Stadium Arcadium, featuring new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who replaced John Frusciante when he refused to return after their two-year hiatus.
Work began in November 2009 and the finished album is due out on August 30. The band are planning to tour for an extended period once it’s released. Kiedis tells Rolling Stone: “I know when we write mediocre stuff and when we write good stuff. I can’t wait to go out and play this.”
Slipknot’s Corey Taylor says the band’s upcoming festival shows will help him decide if he can continue after the death of bass player Paul Gray.
According to the Daily Express, Taylor is still unsure whether the band can continue. He said: “There’s a part of me that’s ready and there’s a part of me that’s not.”I have a lot of trepidation about it. I don’t know how to feel. I know a lot of the guys in the band are trying not to show that side, and I can’t.”
While Gray’s bass duties will be handled by the band’s original bassist, Donnie Steele, Taylor is unsure whether Gray can be replaced. “Without Paul Gray, there would have been no Slipknot, and I mean that sincerely… It’s strange for me to think about the future of Slipknot without him.
“This tour coming up is definitely going to be like baby steps… It’s going to be a long time before I feel OK about it. I’m not saying that I’m not open to it. I’m just saying that I’m not there yet, and I don’t know how long it’s going to take me to get there. So we’re just going to have to see what happens. Only time will tell.”
Coldplay will unveil their comeback single on Friday, June 3. “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” will stream from the band’s official website, with the download going on sale this weekend.
Rumors have been rife about Coldplay’s new songs. Drummer Will Champion recently posted on the band’s site: “We’re about to play a bunch of summer festivals so it’s as good a time as any to put out a new song.” Among the lyrics: “I turn the music up/ I got my records on/ from underneath the rubble” and “Every siren is a symphony/ every tear’s a waterfall.”
Speaking to Q magazine in November 2010, frontman Chris Martin said the follow-up to Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is inspired by “’70s graffiti art and Germany’s anti-Nazi White Rose movement.” He added that the new album will be “group-y” and “guitar-y,” with a title that “will probably begin with an M.”
1. Beastie Boys – Make some Noise
2. Foo Fighters – Rope
3. Seether – Country Song
4. Crossfade – Killing Me Inside
5. TV On The Radio – Will Do
6. Green Day – Peacemaker
7. The Cars – Sad Song
8. 30 Seconds to Mars – Night Of The Hunter
9. Incubus – Adolescents
10. Sixx A.M. – This is Gonna hurt
