There is new music from Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello. And he’s got friends. Eddie Vedder and Bruce Springsteen are featured in the first single of Tom Morello‘s second studio album, The Atlas Underground Fire, out October 15th. They've done it before in concert, here's a video:
Guns N' Roses debuted what Axl Rose described as "a new Guns N' Roses song" last night in Boston. "Some of you might have heard this under another name,” the iconic frontman noted. “But this is really kind of absurd for us to try this,” Rose then joked, earning a rimshot from drummer Frank Ferrer. “Wasn’t that funny? And they don’t even know the joke yet. Ok, this is called ‘Absurd.’” It’s a reworking of "Silkworms," a song from the Chinese Democracy sessions.
Weezer have unveiled their cover of Metallica's 1991 classic “Enter Sandman.” The song arrives as the latest installment from the upcoming Metallica Blacklist covers album, due for release on Sept. 10. The LP will include a total of 53 artists performing their favorite Metallica songs. The campaign launched last month with Colombian singer Juanes' version of “Enter Sandman,” as well as three different covers of “Sad but True” by Jason Isbell, St. Vincent and Sam Fender.
Weezer will play our 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival September 17th and 18th in Las Vegas.
In the History of Rock in 1966 – Several American radio stations pull Beatles records from their playlists following John Lennon’s “more popular than Jesus” comment. The comment was re-printed in an American teen magazine called Datebook and was widely reported in North America. The statement, made to London Evening Standard journalist Maureen Cleave several months earlier, caused a public outcry in the US and led to mass destruction of Beatle records. Thirty-five radio stations banned all Beatles songs and even the Ku Klux Klan made threats against the group. What Lennon actually said was "Christianity will go. It will go.It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that, I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus Christ now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."
In 1967 – A female Monkees fan stowed away on the bands plane between shows in Minneapolis and St Louis. The girl’s father threatened to bring charges for transporting a minor across state lines.
In 1980 – Pink Floyd kick off five nights of the Wall tour at London’s Earls Court. During the ambitious show, a giant wall is built across the stage between the band and the audience.