Disney's releases Jungle Cruise today, with a version of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" that's heard in the film. And it's an entirely different beast from Metallica's original 1991 Black Album single.
Alice in Chains singer-guitarist Jerry Cantrell has dropped a new solo song called "Atone," which features Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan, former Dillinger Escape Plan frontman Greg Puciato and drummer Gil Sharone. He's also announced his upcoming new album, Brighten, which will be out in the fall.
In the History of Rock:In 1955 Johnny Cash recorded his first version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' at the Sun Recording Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Cash was inspired to write this song after seeing the movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) while serving in West Germany in the United States Air Force at Landsberg, Bavaria (itself the location of a famous prison).
In 1977 the Bee Gees' younger brother Andy Gibb started a three week stay at the top of the Billboard Pop chart with "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything", his first of three US number ones.
In 1986 the show business newspaper Variety reported that RCA dumped John Denver from its roster after the release of his single, "What Are We Making Weapons For". Variety said the song upset the record company's new owner, General Electric, one of the largest defense contractors in the US. GE sold RCA two months later.
In 1991 a police officer was forced to tear up a traffic ticket given to the limousine that Axl Rose was travelling in after it made an illegal turn. Rose threatened to pull that nights Guns N' Roses gig if the ticket was issued.
In 2003 the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Rush, The Guess Who, The Flaming Lips and The Isley Brothers played a benefit concert in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to prove that the city was safe from SARS. With 450,000 spectators, it was the largest concert in Canadian history.
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