A nadie se le escapa que el regreso de Soundgarden es uno de los más esperados de este 2012. Su nombre siempre aparece junto a los de Nirvana, Alice In Chains y Pearl Jam como precursores del grunge en los años 90 y, por ello, es una de las formaciones históricas del rock. No obstante, el grupo se separó en 1997 y no pudieron seguir con su trayectoria ascendente. La oportunidad la retoman ahora, con su regreso a los escenarios. El de anoche en el festival Sonisphere España 2012, fue...

When many think of the Seattle music scene there are images of Nirvana, flannel shirts mixed in with banjo and vocal harmonies. The biggest [...]

OZZY OSBOURNE TOMMY LEE (MOTLEY CRUE) VINCE NEIL (MOTLEY CRUE) NIKKI SIXX (MOTLEY CRUE) VINNIE VINCENT (KISS) STEVEN TYLER (AEROSMITH) RICHIE SAMBORA (BON JOVI) BRET MICHAELS (POISON) KURT COBAIN (NIRVANA) MIKE STARR (ALICE IN CHAINS) MARILYN MANSON SCOTT WEILAND (STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, VELVET REVOLVER) TRIPP EISEN (STATIC-X, DOPE, MURDERDOLLS) SCOTT STAPP (CREED) PAUL GRAY (SLIPKNOT) [...]

Okay, I'm new here, so I don't exactly know the stance on who did it better in 90s grunge. However, one thing I do know is that I've never actually heard somebody make the sun rise until I heard Jeff Buckley's first and only full-length release, 1994's  Grace . While bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam  were giving "proper society" the finger, Jeff Buckley  was busy bringing poetry to the masses. Too bad not many people actually ever heard of him. Getting his start as a modern day troubadour, Buckley  melded rock, blues, jazz, and something ...

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Pop Culture , Music Appreciation Hulton Archive The depths of May seems to be the perfect season for fomenting protest. Perhaps that explains Fire">Arcade Fire 's act of supporting Quebec student protesters on Saturday Night Live recently. Win Butler and crew's act of solidarity wasn't the only rebellious music moment that occurred this week in history. This was the week that Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young wrote "Ohio" in 1970 and warned everyone that Nixon was coming. The times, they also a-changed forever because someone was born, and because someone else decided to sit ...

The History Of : There is no need to introduce you to the likes of Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Nirvana etc. But I wonder, how many people know from which band Pearl Jam was born?

DOWNLOAD : In Cages - "Dirty Water" (Requires email) In Cages is a new quartet based out of Hillsdale, NJ and the band’s self-titled debut EP (which drops June 23rd) is a solid slab of 90’s post-grunge “modern rock”. The four tracks (13 minutes) on this disc are melodic, guitar-driven numbers that bear more than a passing resemblance to bands like Fuel and Hinder crossed with the melodic hooks of the Foo Fighters. On the disc’s leadoff track, “Dirty Water”, Lionnel Mascarenhas’ vocal style even sounds a bit like Grohl’s. In Cages breaks from the current crop of ...

Tenacious D, die selbsternannten Hohepriester des Rock'n'Roll, haben einen weiteren Song visualisiert. "Low Hanging Fruit" vom aktuellen Album " Rize Of The Fenix " kommt als farbenprächtige, doppelbödige Ode ans Obst daher. Musikalisch unterstrichen wird der zweieinhalb Minuten lange Clip mit dem gewohnt überdrehten Ulk-Metal von Jack Black und Kyle Gass. Zuletzt setzten die beiden Komiker den Titelsong "Rize Of The Fenix" ( motor.de berichtete ) und " Roadie " in Form von Kurzfilmen um. Aber macht euch selbst einen Eindruck davon, wie erotisch eine aufgeschnittene Orange sein kann: Tenacious D - "Low Hanging Fruit" Mehr Videos von Hot Chip findet ihr bei tape ...

Initially, Garbage ’s calling card was drummer Butch Vig, who produced Nirvana ’s Nevermind , among other grunge-era classics. In spite of that bankable association, the band wisely held grunge at arm’s length. After all, grunge was obsessed with the admittedly slippery ethic of authenticity. Garbage, by grunge’s standards, had none. Here was a group blatantly manufactured by Vig and guitarist Duke Erikson , journeymen who first played together professionally in 1975. The multiplatinum sales of 1995’s Garbage (and to a lesser extent, 1998’s Version 2.0 ) proved that the band’s sharp, dark hooks—plus Shirley Manson ...

[ Gelezen in NRC Handelsblad, zaterdag 19 mei 2012, geschreven door Pieter Steinz. ] Bij Waterloo begon de victorie – althans voor ABBA, het Zweedse viertal dat van het midden van de jaren zeventig tot het begin van de jaren tachtig de hitparade domineerde en daarna zou uitgroeien tot een van de invloedrijkste popgroepen aller tijden. Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus en Agnetha Fältskog wonnen op 6 april 1974 in Brighton het 19de Eurovisiesongfestival met Waterloo, een kauwgomrocknummer over een smoorverliefde vrouw. ‘Bij Waterloo gaf Napoleon zich over’, zongen de blonde Anna en de bruinharige Frida tweestemmig nadat rollende gitaren het liedje ...

The problem with grunge music, specifically everything post- In Utero , was that a genre so built on authenticity lost its character. Grunge became what it was never meant to become: a caricature of itself, dressed fully in flannel and ripped jeans. The passion dried up like a puddle of water in the Nevada desert. The earnestness (and bodily abandonment) originating in the Northwest youth culture and popularized by Nirvana was suddenly a stunning expose on the music industry: find brilliance in a bottle and exploit, exploit, exploit . Long story short, what once was a good thing turned into Three Doors ...

Awhile back, the folks over at Rockabye Baby! approached me to do some guest blogging for them, and being a fan, I took them up on the offer. I've contributed five pieces, the first of which is online today. All five are andecdotal stories, mostly from past adventures that somehow tie-in with the musical exploration that I'm currently sharing with my daughter. Lullabies Rockabye Baby! Guest Blog Nirvana

Disclaimer: I dig The Cult .  From way back to "Moya" and "Fatman" from the Southern Death Cult days, I've had an odd fascination with The Cult and Ian Astbury in particular, with his adopted shamanistic persona and incredibly distinct vocal tone.  I've followed them through the Death Cult days, through The Cult glory days, all the way through the Holy Barbarians and Astbury's solo stuff, and back again to The Cult .  I have all the albums, the singles, the 12"'s, test pressings, picture discs.  Yeah, I'm kinda a groupie.  Can't say that I've ...

The Starkers are a fresh indie rock trio of musicians joined together to bring a new sharp edge to music. The band is from Swindon and is preparing for their first gig on June 9th in their hometown. 1. Hello The Starkers, tell us all about yourselves and how you got together. Toryn: Well weve all been in different various bands before and known each other for a while through friends of friends. I contacted Callum (drums) about starting a little project and he was keen and up for it so we started throwing ideas at each other.. well not ...

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Sugoisounds, Bahwee, Depakote, oOoOO Song: TeV95 - Color Coded Pistols [download here ] What's so good? With technology nowadays, everyone is creative. To a certain extent, everyone is an artist. And that’s cool. But not everyone is willing to hustle. Say hello to a hustler. TeV95 is a Miami-bred, Brooklyn-based creative director and producer who prides himself on independent talent. He currently runs 95Labs , a multimedia production company based in New York City, but is better known for his concept albums, Crime Loops , a collage of beats, edits, and loops that explores sampling ...