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Rock star Jon Bon Jovi sings “It’s My Life,” but he may want to consider a change in those lyrics to “It’s My Song.” Bon Jovi is the latest of a long line of famous musicians this year to cry foul over the unauthorized use of his music by the presidential campaign of Republican candidate John McCain. ... read more |
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This time it’s the ‘90s hit, “My Hero,” which the McCain posse has been using during rallies without the band’s permission. The Foo Fighters have expressed discontent (read: flipped out righteously) at the campaign’s misuse of the song, as well as the campaign’s history of failing to get artists’ permission in general ... read more |
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band played the final show of their year-long marathon tour behind 2007’s Magic before an appreciative stadium sized crowd of bikers this past weekend. The occasion was the Harley Davidson festival, a birthday bash celebrating the classic motorcycle turning the ripe old age of 105 ... read more |
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Yes that Glen Campbell. On his comeback album, the sixties and seventies country crossover giant offers his takes on the songs of modern artists like Tom Petty, The Replacements, and U2. This is what a great Glen Campbell album is actually supposed to sound like in 2008. It’s damn fine listening
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Earlier tonight, VH1 broadcasted their Rock Honors tribute to the Who, with Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Flaming Lips and others paying tribute to the venerable British rock institution, capped off by a performance from the surviving Who members themselves ... read more |
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Welcome to the debut edition of the Friday Flash, where from this point forward, we will bring you the latest, breaking music news stories as you head out into the weekend to do…well, you know, whatever it is you do. Ladies, show em’ if ya’ know em’! ... read more |
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Yes, the drummer from Nirvana banged the skins normally reserved for a Bonham. And you know what, he fucking killed it! Cheers to Dave and the boys for proving that epic rock shows can simply be a rollicking good time ... read more |
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It’s impossible to begrudge the Foo Fighters anything. They’re the Tom Hanks of singable rock music–not the greatest of all-time but just so charmingly likeable ... read more |
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It seems the original co-producer and co-writer of Pacific Ocean Blue, Gregg Jakobson, is a friend of Foo drummer Taylor Hawkins. Jakobson wanted to somehow put the missing vocal track on “Holy Man,” and turned to the Foo. “I always said: ‘Taylor, you sound just like Dennis,’” Jakobson said. Go figure ... read more |
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The man is the band’s biggest groupie. Want more proof? He boasts about listening to St. Anger. That’s like some horndog trying to bag a girl by saying “Baby, I’d even kiss your herpes.” ... read more |
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Basic entry level passes are currently running one hundred and seventy-five dollars, with VIP admission clocking in at a cool four fifty. I’d normally say skip it, but this VIP tag just might give you a better chance at getting into Moby’s electronica set. Hand me a pacifier. I need to get my dance on ... read more |
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A Kiwi radio station called The Rock thought it would be a good joke on the morning of March 31st to begin promoting a bogus, secret acoustic Foo Fighters gig. The fake show was set for a small Auckland venue called the Powerstation, and the plan was for about 50 curious listeners to show up to the venue where radio station employees would hilariously play a Foo Fighters album on a stereo ... read more |
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Like Templeton (2) from Charlotte’s Web, I’ll sniff, scrounge through, and eventually shit out the most important music-related stories of the previous week. In an unimportant gag that serves no real purpose other than to bind the article together, I’ll count all celebrity references in parentheses, hoping to snag 50 by the time this grouping of words gets egg on your face. Fired-up? Than like John The Baptist’s (3) head, I’m off! ... read more |
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There’s been a lot of speculation over the last few months on whether or not musicians would boycott the Grammys in a statement of solidarity for the WGA and their thousands of striking members. Well, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and over-hyped ho bag Beyonce have answered the speculation, and their responses amounted to nothing more than a giant middle finger toward the Writer’s Guild of America clouded in pleasant euphemisms ... read more |
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For those who don’t know, the Brit Awards are roughly the British equivalent of the Grammys. Some consider selections for awards to be based on commercial success rather than artistic merit. This year, the White Stripes, the Foo Fighters, the Kings of Leon, Kylie Minogue, and the Arcade Fire vie with the Eagles for the Best International Album award, proving that the British Recording Industry shares equally bad taste with their American counterparts
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