Monday, November 9, 2020

" Metal Musicians React To U.S. Election Counting

 Metal Musicians React To U.S. Election Counting

As the U.S. election is dominating the news cycle, and there isn't too much happening in the metal sphere, metal musicians have been opining on the ongoing vote counting happening in the current election. With record-setting voting, and a lot of mail-in ballots still left to count, the final tallies are still trickling in in […

" The rock world reacts to the US Presidential election

 The rock world reacts to the US Presidential election

Kiss, the Rolling Stones, Queen, Motley Crue, Lenny Kravitz, Halestorm and more strike conciliatory tone as US President-elect Joe Biden celebrates

" The Spinal Tap Stonehenge Debacle

 The Spinal Tap Stonehenge Debacle

This has to share some comedic DNA with a presidential press conference held at the Four Seasons–Four Seasons Total Landscaping, that is. Classic.

Sunday, November 1, 2020

"Why a small New Zealand town is suddenly the new rock capital of the universe

 Why a small New Zealand town is suddenly the new rock capital of the universe

The world endures lockdown and socially distanced live shows, but life has returned to normal and live shows are back in the small New Zealand town of Oamaru

Saturday, October 31, 2020

" The History of Soviet Rock: From the 70s Underground Rock Scene, to Soviet Punk & New Wave in the 1980s

 The History of Soviet Rock: From the 70s Underground Rock Scene, to Soviet Punk & New Wave in the 1980s

“As long as you’ve got a pack of cigarettes,” sings Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet Union’s biggest ever rock star, “life can’t be all that shabby.” When Tsoi died in a car crash in 1990, Please Kill Me writes, “it was, to a young person in the Soviet Union, as if Bob Dylan, James Dean and Muhammad Ali all died simultaneously.” When Yuliya Abasheva, born in the year of Tsoi’s death, first heard him sing, “I was thrilled to the core of my being. I literally fell in love with his music, and I immediately realized that I didn’t want to listen to any music but Kino.”