Amazingly the news is true that The Stone Roses have announced their reunion at a cheeky and light hearted press conference. They have committed to a world tour starting at Heaton Park, Manchester June 29-30th 2012. Watch the full press conference below… “We’ll ride this until the wheels come off, like we did last time.” Continue reading NEWS: The Stone Roses reunite for world tour and new album…
Soundgarden returned to the stage with a warm-up gig under the acronym Nudedragons in Seattle earlier this month. They’ve posted this video up on their site and it reminds how brutal and grinding the band were in their heyday. The modus operandi seems to be about the music as the stage is dark and bare and all members are dressed in black. Cornell‘s voice is … Continue reading VIDEO: The triumphant return of SOUNDGARDEN…
With Pavement joining the reunion bandwagon there has been high anticipation in the air and the reports are in for their first show in Auckland New Zealand supported by the brilliant 3Ds who themselves have reunited for some shows. The New Zealand Herald’s Russell Baillie has the first review of the show… The band delivered a 20-plus song set centred largely on their early albums … Continue reading NEWS: PAVEMENT Reunion Tour Begins…
As part of a benefit gig organized by Slash on the weekend, the original line-up of Guns N Roses appeared on stage to play a blistering Paradise City with Dave Navarro on guitar and Chester Bennington on vocals. Steven Adler looked to be having a blast on drums… Continue reading Metal Momentz – Guns N Roses original line-up minus Axl…
Seattle’s Sunny Day Real Estate were a fairly unique band who through the 90s released consistently great albums. Enigmatic lead singer Jeremy Enigk wrote compelling words and sang them with a life affirming voice that soared into a fantastic falsetto.Musically they mixed grunge with time signature changes and an emotional delivery. When they split, Nate Mendel and William Goldsmith went on to form the rhythm … Continue reading NEWS: SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE return…
Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron and Ben Shepherd played a few songs at Seattle’s The Crocodile as part of Tom Morello’s Justice Tour. Tad Doyle (TAD) joined Soundgarden to provide vocals on tracks like Spoonman. Other artists that participated included Steve Earle, Wayne Kramer and Mark Arm. More photos can be see here… ||||||||||||| UPDATE: Here’s footage of them performing Spoonman, pity the audio quality of … Continue reading NEWS: 3/4 SOUNDGARDEN Reunion gig…
One of the best bands from the late 80s/early 90s alternative rock revolution was FNM. They combined funk, metal, pop and dark jazz into one rocking and rolling behemoth. Their live shows were consistently brilliant with their tight aggressive sound and Mike Patton’s unhinged and manic performances as frontman. Patton went onto a myriad of projects with Fantomas, Peeping Tom, Mr Bungle etc, Roddy Bottum … Continue reading NEWS: FAITH NO MORE reunite for European tour?
The completely underrated Magazine have taken to the stage in the UK for a run of reunion shows and live footage has already seeped out onto the interweb. The band is sounding in fine form, check out ‘The Light Pours Out Of Me’ and ‘Shot By Both Sides’. Continue reading NEWS: MAGAZINE back on stage at last…
UPDATE 19th Nov: Filter Magazine are reporting that Jane’s are playing another small club gig this Thursday: LA’s own Jane’s Addiction will be playing in their original form this Thursday at the relatively tiny venue, El Cid, in Silverlake. The show serves as an apology to fans and family who were unable to attend their packed gig at La Cita in downtown LA last month. … Continue reading NEWS: Original JANE’S ADDICTION lineup reform…
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