Baroness are planning to enter the studio in July to work on their new album. Guitarist Gina Gleason told Guitar World the following about that:
“The past year we’ve been touring the Red and Blue records. I’m a huge fan of those records, especially Blue. We’ve also been working on new music for the better part of a year and a half. The challenge now is whittling it down and finding the identity of the album, before going into the studio around July.”
During a recent interview with New York’s Q104.3, Poison’s Bret Michaels addressed the possibility of a “Look What the Cat Dragged In” 41st anniversary tour once again. He said the following:
“It was, I gotta tell you, 40 awesome years. And honest to God, I hope to God that… I love the Bret Michaels band. I’m grateful for C.C. [DeVille] and Rikki [Rockett] and Bobby [Dall] and Poison. And maybe in the next year or two, we put together the most incredible Poison tour as well. But right now, [I am on the road with my solo band as part of the] ‘Live & Amplified’ [tour], and we’re killing it. And we’re just having fun. I’m enjoying every bit of music and just being out there and loving a great time on the road.”
[via Blabbermouth]
Late last year, Ozzy Osbourne’s widow and manager Sharon Osbourne called out Black Sabbath’s original manager Jim Simpson for allegedly trying to profit off of unreleased demos from the band’s pre-Black Sabbath project Earth. However, it appears they have since settled their legal dispute.
Sharon said the following during a recent appearance on “The Osbournes” podcast:
“We settled with Jim Simpson and the band now have their demos back. And all four of them [the original members of Black Sabbath] own it, which is where it should be. All of that stuff should be theirs. So it all ended well. So, yeah, they own them. We’re gonna talk about what everybody wants to do with it, and we’ll go from there.”
She went on to say that the Earth demos were “very different” from Black Sabbath:
“I just think it’s historically important — for music lovers of that genre. And then we got [the rights to] the pictures that were taken at that time too. So, that is all so important. I mean, listen, you [Jack Osbourne] want those pictures. Everybody in the band’s kids and grandkids would love to see [them]… It’s special. And I’m just happy that it’s where it should be — with the band, and [they can decide] what they wanna do as a band, what they’re gonna do with it. So that’s great.”
Sharon also thanked Simpson for settling:
“He did the right thing at the end of the day. He did the right thing for the band.”
[via Blabbermouth]
During Creed’s April 19 set on the “Summer Of ’99 And Beyond” cruise, the band were joined onstage by Chris Daughtry for a performance of “What If.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below:
Metallica have shared a tribute for San Francisco Symphony leader Michael Tilson Thomas, who recently passed away after being diagnosed with a brain tumor five years ago. The band collaborated with the conductor during their 2019 “S&M2” shows at the Chase Center in San Francisco.
Metallica said the following:
“It is with great sadness that we learned of the passing of legendary conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. A towering figure in classical music, many of you became familiar with the man known as MTT when he worked with us as a major driving force in the development and live performances of the ‘S&M2’ shows in San Francisco in September of 2019.
MTT was more than a conductor; an accomplished pianist and composer, he served as the San Francisco Symphony’s musical director for 25 years. During his time with the orchestra, he brought innovation, experimentation, and community engagement to San Francisco. He fostered contemporary music by forming relationships with living composers and creating fresh accounts of standard repertory. Throughout his career, he earned 12 Grammy Awards.
We cherished our time with MTT and learned so much working with him to prepare the ‘S&M2’ performances; it was a very high honor to have him on the podium for our shows. He will be sorely missed.”
Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello has teamed up with writer/producer Marc Guggenheim, artist Szymon Kudrański, and letterer DC Hopkins for “Leviathan Freedom.” The five-part comic series is a sci-fi reimagining of a true story about Robert Smalls and it will debut this summer as part of the Amazon Comixology Originals digital content line.
The following was said about the series:
“In ‘Leviathan Freedom,’ the galaxy is divided by civil war. And the profound human cost of conflict is felt not in the war rooms but by the Doldrums, the laborer caste essential for the war machine — until one man decides to stand against it.”
Morello commented:
“For as long as I can remember, I’ve been on a mission to unearth the stories of revolutionaries — the fighters, the visionaries, the ones history either buries or sanitizes beyond recognition. Their courage, defiance, and unwavering pursuit of justice, often in the face of seemingly impossible odds, have shaped the world, even if their names are too often left out of the narrative. Robert Smalls is one of those heroes. The idea of taking his revolutionary spirit and launching it into the cosmos feels like a perfect extension of his fight.”
Guggenheim added:
“‘Leviathan Freedom’ comes as a reminder that true freedom is rarely given and very often must be taken.”
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