Vintage Video: U2 rings out the 1980s with New Year’s gig at Dublin’s Point Depot
Tweet For a lot of us, the go-to New Year’s song is, somewhat unimaginatively, U2’s “New Year’s Day.” Yet while I’ve always associated U2 with […]
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Soundgarden reunion: Chris Cornell announces via Twitter that band will reform in 2010
Tweet Grunge heavyweight Soundgarden will reunite in 2010 after 12 years apart, Chris Cornell announced via Twitter tonight at the stroke of midnight on the […]
Video: Trailer for ‘Fix: The Ministry Movie’
Tweet Al Jourgensen may be hard at work on a purported synthpop album (and recording Christmas songs), but he’s not quite done with Ministry, the […]
Rowland S. Howard, guitarist for Nick Cave’s The Birthday Party, 1959-2009
Tweet Australian guitar innovator Rowland S. Howard — a member of Nick Cave’s early ’80s postpunk act The Birthday Party, a guitarist for Crime and […]
Vintage Video: The Replacements’ complete 1981 Twin/Tone showcase in Minneapolis
Tweet This has been around for some time, but it’s certainly worth sharing for fans who haven’t seen it: The Replacements, in all of their […]
Social Distortion planning South American tour of Brazil and Argentina in April
Tweet L.A. punk stalwarts Social Distortion today announced plans for the band’s first tour of South America in its 30-year history — or, more […]
Roger O’Donnell: Recording of The Cure’s ‘Disintegration’ a ‘happy, jokey’ time
Tweet Despite the dour material, recording The Cure’s epic Disintegration album was a “very happy and jokey” time for the Robert Smith-led band, recalls former […]
