Foo Fighters Have a New Drummer
More than a year after Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died in a Bogota hotel while on tour at the age of 50, the band has finally found a worthy replacement. As Pitchfork reports, he's session...
View ArticleThe Killers Invited a Fan Onstage, Also Invited Controversy
What one band's frontman may have thought was a well-meaning metaphorical embrace of all the people of the world didn't go over well in one former Soviet state. The Killers are now offering a mea culpa...
View ArticleCops Tase High School Band Director at Football Game
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, repeatedly deployed a stun gun in front of students while arresting a high school band director who allegedly refused to stop his band from playing. Police were clearing...
View ArticleBand Goes on Tour, Walks the Whole Way
Get Chris Roberts and Seth Bye a foot massage, stat. The two musicians, members of the folk band Filkin's Drift , on Tuesday wrapped up their latest tour through Wales, performing dozens of shows over...
View Article'80s Power Ballad Bands Are Going On Tour Together
The '80s seem so far away now—for context, Def Leppard's Pyromania and Journey's Frontiers , the latter of which featured the song "Faithfully," both came out 40 years ago. If you're ready to relive...
View ArticleSmashing Pumpkins' Ad for New Guitarist Is a Smash Itself
Jeff Schroeder recently left the Smashing Pumpkins after more than 15 years, leaving the rock band short one guitarist. They certainly have plenty of people interested in the gig, however: After...
View ArticleHere Are the Big Shots Billy Joel Wants in His Superband
Billy Joel has been back in the headlines lately, with his first new song released in 17 years and a performance at the Grammys . Now, the Piano Man is stirring the pot for fans even more with talk of...
View ArticleTo Listen to This Song, You'll Have to Buy a Slice
What goes better together than headbanging and pizza? Nothing as much as the latest production from Belushi Speed Ball, a thrash metal band that's come up with a most unique way to deliver its latest...
View ArticleMel B: Other Spice Girls Booted Me From Group Chat
Unfairly or not, Victoria Beckham (aka "Posh Spice") is often pegged as the aloof, unapproachable member of the Spice Girls—but she's not the one who's been booted from the UK girl band's group chat....
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