In a recent viral TikTok video, busker Armand Davis was filmed drumming along to Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 1999 Billboard Top 20 hit single, “Otherside,” on Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. One person is seen concentrating on Davis’ performance, and that was he actual Chili Peppers drummer, Chad Smith, who is shown tapping his feet…
In an episode of the docuseries, Queen The Greatest Special: The Story of Queen 1, guitarist Brian May reveals how the band comforted themselves after receiving terrible reviews of their self-titled 1973 debut album. In one scathing review in the NME, music critic Nick Kent likened the album to “a bucket of urine.” Queen coped…
Limp Bizkit are currently in the studio recording together again making the follow-up to their 2021 album, Still Sucks. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst shared an update on the band’s daily activities in his Instagram story, where he captured John Otto tracking drums for the new material. “Oh s**t, in the studio with John Otto…
During a solo show at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday (October 30), Thom Yorke walked off the stage after his performance was interrupted by a Pro-Palestine protestor. During the Radiohead frontman’s set, someone in the audience began yelling about “the Israeli genocide in Gaza.” In fan-captured footage of the interaction,…
Guitarist Phil Sgrosso announced on Instagram on Wednesday (October 30) that he has left As I Lay Dying. Sgrosso joins three other band members – Ken Susi, Nick Pierce, and Ryan Neff – who all quit the group last week. The only member left in the band is frontman Tim Lambesis, who reunited the group…
A red MINI Cooper drove right through the front window of Billy Corgan’s tea shop, Madame Zuzu’s, on Wednesday (October 30). Corgan’s wife Chloe shared the frightening details of the incident on Instagram, revealing that the couple’s son Augustus avoided injury during the accident, but disclosed that her mother, Jenny, was wounded in the crash.…
During an appearance on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast, Paul Stanley defended Kiss’ promiscuous history with groupies. The rock singer describes the band’s relationships with the women as “wholesome” experiences for everyone involved. Stanley shared that the interactions with the women frequently went beyond just sex, and that the groupies were there as music fans first…
Mike Campbell, the guitarist and songwriter from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, took to Instagram on Wednesday (October 30) to share details of his new memoir, Heartbreaker. The book, which took the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer two years to write, will be published on March 18th via Grand Central Publishing. “It’s the story…
Heart announced the special guest opening acts on their 2025 Royal Flush Tour on Instagram on Wednesday (October 30). The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be joined by Squeeze, Cheap Trick, and Lucinda Williams on select dates during their winter/spring jaunt. Heart’s 24-date tour officially gets underway with a two-night stand at the…
Primus announced via Instagram on Tuesday (October 29) that their longtime drummer, Tim “Herb” Alexander, has abruptly quit the band. Primus’ founder and bassist Les Claypool and the group’s veteran guitarist Larry LaLonde made the surprising announcement in response to Campbell’s October 17 email to the group notifying them that “effective immediately he would no…
