Courtesy of Mötley CrüeMötley Crüe kicked off their Hollywood takeover Monday night, and they certainly made quite an entrance.The rockers shared video of highlights from night one at The Troubadour on the Sunset Strip, which shows them getting dumped out of the back of a green garbage truck, much to the delight of their gathered fans. According to setlist.fm,…… read more »
Harper CollinsVan Halen fans are getting their first preview of Alex Van Halen’s upcoming memoir, Brothers, with a 4 1/2-minute audio sample shared on Spotify.In a clip titled “Overture,” Alex talks to and about his late brother and Van Halen bandmate, Eddie Van Halen, sharing, “Without my brother I would not be … there is a bond and unconditional love…… read more »
ABC/Paula LoboAfter sharing a mysterious teaser video featuring an answering machine and floppy disk, Green Day has announced Dookie Demastered, a collection of reworked versions of songs off the band’s hit 1994 album recorded on “obscure, obsolete, and otherwise inconvenient limited-edition formats.”Such formats include the aforementioned answering machine and floppy disk, as well as an original…… read more »
Napalm RecordsMyles Kennedy has shared a new song called “Saving Face,” a track off the Alter Bridge frontman’s upcoming solo album, The Art of Letting Go.A press release describes “Saving Face” as about “the life lesson that wisdom you gain after being on the planet for a while is every bit as important as youthful exuberance…… read more »
Jim Dyson/Getty ImagesLimp Bizkit has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming that the company owes them over $200 million in royalties.In legal documents viewed by ABC Audio, frontman Fred Durst alleges that, upon hiring new representation around April 2024, he told them that “he had not received any money [from UMG] for any Limp…… read more »
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 »
