Archive for March 26th, 2010
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
March 26th, 2010
The rock world lost a giant with the death of Jim Marshall the iconic photographer who captured Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey Pop and Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin.
Janet Jackson told us she’s not working on a new album, and Beyoncé’s reps told us she’s not working on a baby. But Ben Harper told us he is making an LP. And that Ringo Starr and Jackson Browne are on ...
Weekend Rock List: Jimi Hendrix
March 26th, 2010
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
This week brought a ton of Jimi Hendrix excitement: news arrived that the Greatest Guitarist of All Time — who just so happens to be on the cover of Rolling Stone — will be coming soon to Rock Band, and Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister sat down to recall his days working as Jimi’s roadie. So let’s break out the Hendrix canon this weekend: name your favorite Jimi tracks and we’ll tally up the ...
Flashback: Remembering Eazy-E
March 26th, 2010
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the death of one of Compton’s finest MCs, Eazy-E, who passed away on this date in 1995 after a short battle with AIDS. As the co-founder of both Ruthless Records and the rap supergroup N.W.A, Eazy’s impact on the gangsta rap explosion of the late ’80s and early ’90s is immeasurable, both as a member of the Straight Outta Compton crew and as a solo artist. His high-pitched voice ...
Bob Seger to Hit the Road?: “We’re Looking at Some Dates”
March 26th, 2010
Photo: Clary/AFP/Getty This morning Bob Seger called into Detroit disc jockey Dick Purtan’s final broadcast — and casually made a huge announcement. “We’re thinking about maybe a tour later this year,” Seger said. “We’re looking at some dates and trying to get some buildings, maybe October-November. We just started three days ago and we’ll see what’s available, and of course we’ll play here [Detroit]… See you at the Palace [of Auburn Hills].”
Seger last hit ...
Axl Rose Sued for $1.9 Million Over Unpaid Tour Commission
March 26th, 2010
Photo: Rojo/AFP/GettyAxl Rose’s former managers have slapped him with a roughly $1.9 million lawsuit that claims the Guns n’ Roses leader reneged on a verbal agreement from 2008. The $1.9 million represents the 15 percent commission Irving Azoff’s Front Line Management was promised of the estimated $12 million Gn’R have earned so far in their tours of Southeast Asia, Canada and South America.
In legal documents filed yesterday at Los Angeles’ Superior Court, Front Line ...
Hole Reveal Track List, Cover for April 27’s “Nobody’s Daughter”
March 26th, 2010
One week after performing songs from her long-awaited new disc at SXSW, Courtney Love has revealed the full details for Hole’s new album Nobody’s Daughter. According to news on the Hole Rock site, the band’s first LP in 10 years will see the light of day on April 27th via Mercury Records. That evening, Hole will grace the Late Show With David Letterman stage — let’s hope Love sits down on Dave’s couch for ...
Live at Rolling Stone: Watch Butch Walker’s Acoustic Set
March 26th, 2010
Butch Walker, “one of America’s best singer-songwriters,” according to Rolling Stone’s review of latest disc I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, recently stopped by the RS offices to perform a stripped-down set of songs from the album with bandmate Fran Capitanelli.
Walker, whose producing credits include Pink, Katy Perry and Dashboard Confessional, says his next project will be sessions with Norwegian rocker Ida Maria, who broke out last year with a song whose ...
Robert Plant’s New Band of Joy Plot Album, Summer Tour
March 26th, 2010
Photo: Kent/WireImage
Led Zeppelin have been turning down festival reunion offers left and right, and now we know why: Robert Plant will hit the road with his resurrected Band of Joy project this summer — and he’s currently recording a new album slated for release in early summer or late fall. The first leg of the 12-date tour kicks off July 13th in Memphis before wrapping up July 31st in Miami; a second leg is scheduled ...
Cypress Hill Recruit Tom Morello, Sample CSN on Rocking New LP
March 26th, 2010
Photograph by James Minchin
It has been six years since Cypress Hill’s last album, Til Death Do Us Part, but the breather afforded the West Coast stoner hip-hop troupe time to reel in big-name collaborators for their newest disc. Rise Up, the group’s eighth studio release, set to be (appropriately) unleashed on the blazer-friendly holiday 4/20, features guest appearances from Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda, System of a Down’s Daron Malakian ...
Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” Scores Second Straight Number One
March 26th, 2010
Photo: Stadler/AFP/Getty For the second consecutive week, Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” tops Billboard’s Hot 100, fending off strong competition from Lady Gaga and one of Rolling Stone’s Best New Artists of 2010. “Rude Boy” marks the sixth time the singer has scored a Hot 100 Number One and the 14th Top 10 single of her career. B.o.B., who RS named Best New Stoner MC in our new issue, jumped from Five to Two with his hit ...