“4th Of July” by Soundgarden is a song from the band’s fourth studio album Superunknown. Every summer I contemplate this track, what it means to me, and what it meant to Chris Cornell. If you blankly listen to the piece, you might get caught up in the lyrics and think it’s a red, white and …
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Wow. Its been twenty years ago today since the release of Korn’s fifth album Untouchables. The CD was released on June 11th, 2002 and has been wildly successful, with amazing tracks for any kind of Korn fan. To date the work has sold almost a million and a half copies. One of my favorites includes …
Red Hot Chili Peppers just released another track from their upcoming album Unlimited Love, due to April 1st, 2022. The new song is titled “Poster Child”. The song feels like a throw back to 70’s and early 80’s funk and psychedelia rock. The animators for the official music video also felt the same way, not …
Rest in peace, Mark Lanegan. On Tuesday February 22nd, 2022 Lanegan’s family announced his passing. He was 57. Mark was the frontman and singer for the 90’s grunge band Screaming Trees. Their song “Nearly Lost You” was included in the Singles Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, which is considered one of the best grunge soundtracks of …
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Have you ever played the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? It works like this: you pick an actor arbitrarily, then you and your fellow game players connect the name to other actors until you connect them to the popular and prolific thespian, Kevin Bacon. It’s kinda funny, because you can almost always end up …
Spoon, the band, has been around almost as long as the eating utensil, almost… The group first released material back in 1994 with the EP Nefarious. And counting their new work, just released today, the rockers now have ten LP releases under their belt too. The new album, their tenth, is titled Lucifer On The …
Kurt Cobain (lead singer of Nirvana ICYDK), has been one of the most celebrated songwriters of his generation. It’s the opinion of this blog author (that’s me!) that Kurt Cobain is potentially THE greatest lyrical writer EVA! I know that sentiment gets thrown around too much nowadays, but I personally feel that way even though …
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Are you a Red Hot Chili Peppers fan? Because RHCP just released a new song entitled “Black Summer”! We posted the YouTube video for the new track below so you can listen to it and see the band. BTW, Anthony Kiedis, when is the creepster moustache faze going to end? We also see that mullet …
Rest in peace Meat Loaf. The musician and Broadway singer best known for his 90’s rock ballad “I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)” has passed away at the age of 74. The cause of death was not disclosed, but family and friends were by his side when he died. Born Michael …
Good morning and Happy Friday! If you need a reason (or another reason) to smile today, Korn has released a new single called “Forgotten” for their upcoming album Requiem, due to release next month on February 4th, 2022. The song, along with Requiem’s other single “Start The Healing” is in full rotation on TheRetro.Rocks, along …
