Gary Miller/Getty ImagesAhead of When We Were Young, The Used and Taking Back Sunday are getting the 2000s emo party going early.”The Bird and the Worm” rockers and the “MakeDamnSure” outfit launch a co-headlining tour Wednesday in Oklahoma City. The two bands go way back, and The Used frontman Bert McCracken tells ABC Audio that the TBS members are “lovely…… read more »
Carlos Tischler/Getty ImagesYou’ll definitely find some bizarre lyrics in System of a Down’s songs, such as when frontman Serj Tankian sings about “banana terracotta pie” on the Hypnotize cut “Vicinity of Obscenity.” Twenty years after “Vicinity of Obscenity” was released, Tankian has been presented with an actual banana terra-cotta pie.Tankian is the latest guest on the…… read more »
Courtesy of the Rock & Roll Hall of FameRage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello will induct MC5 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.The influential proto-punk outfit is included in the 2024 class with the Musical Excellence Award. The honor comes after the 2024 deaths of band members Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson, who were the…… read more »
Disney/Randy HolmesGreen Day is throwing it back to some ancient technology in a new teaser video.The clip, which was posted to the punk outfit’s Facebook Tuesday, shows a disembodied hand turning on an original Nintendo Game Boy, popping in a floppy disk and turning on an answering machine. Notably, the floppy disk features the artwork…… read more »
Big Noise RecordsThe Used frontman Bert McCracken has announced the debut album under his solo moniker robbietheused.The self-titled effort is due out Oct. 25. It includes the previously released songs “Just a Little Bit,” “Terrible” and “The Feels,” which hint at the pop direction of the record.”Any feeling is valid—and to be able to put it…… read more »
Francesco Prandoni/Getty ImagesSum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley accuses the band’s early manager and producer Greig Nori of sexual and verbal abuse in his new memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell.According to the Los Angeles Times, Whibley writes that the abuse began when he was 16 and Nori was 34. Whibley was a fan of Nori…… read more »
Disney/Randy HolmesGreen Day, Twenty One Pilots and Imagine Dragons are among the artists nominated for the 2024 MTV Europe Music Awards.Billie Joe Armstrong and company will compete in the Best Rock category, while the “Stressed Out” and “Radioactive” outfits are up for the Best Alternative title.Best Rock also includes Bon Jovi, Coldplay, Kings of Leon,…… read more »
Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesSystem of a Down has announced a photography exhibit titled I Got Pictures on My Wall.The display will be open at the Eye for Sound Gallery in Los Angeles Oct. 19-26. The band describes it as a “unique retrospective photography exhibition showcasing iconic images of System of a Down captured through the lens of our…… read more »
Disney/Randy HolmesWhile he may have refused to be a casualty of society, Deryck Whibley is now a published author.The Sum 41 frontman has released a new memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell. The book, which follows Whibley’s “rise from a punk kid to an international star,” comes amid Sum 41’s ongoing farewell tour…… read more »
Pedro Gomes/RedfernsPuscifer The Store, the former brick-and-mortar location for all things Maynard James Keenan, is reopening with a new name and location.Now called the Queen B Vinyl Café, the shop will open Oct. 23 in Cottonwood, Arizona, after moving from Jerome, Arizona.”Relocating and renaming Puscifer The Store to Queen B Vinyl Café is about more than…… read more »
