Dead Kennedys‘ former frontman Jello Biafra has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke. The 67-year-old punk legend was taken to hospital on Saturday (March 7) after he came down with a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure. In a statement via his record label Alternative Tentacles on Instagram, Biafra said: ”I hopped out of … Read more
Livin’ on the edge! A new book about the band Aerosmith reveals that the band’s frontman, Steven Tyler, often clashed with his music label over his raunchy lyrics. According to Raised on Radio: Power Ballads, Cocaine & Payola — the AOR Glory Years 1976-1986, by music journalist Paul Rees, the label brought in one of … Read more
Counterparts frontman Brendan Murphy has called out a band he suspects of being AI-generated. It comes after a metalcore band called Broken Avenue reached nearly 130,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, where they are listed as a “verified artist”. However, fans of Counterparts, as well as other metal bands, such as Knocked Loose and the Devil … Read more
Imagine it is December 1970. “I Think I Love You” by the Partridge Family was just atop the charts. Billboard would soon name “Bridge Over Troubled Water” the most popular song of the year. If you listen to music, that’s mostly what you are hearing: flowery pop or earnest folk. Then, you go to a … Read more