Mastodon’s late guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds was honored with a stained glass-styled tribute during this year’s Hellfest Open Air festival in Clisson, France. Guitarist Bill Kelliher shared some photos of that:
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Lindsay Schoolcraft (Ex-Cradle Of Filth) Blasts Phil Labonte (All That Remains) Over His “Therapy Is For Women” Comments
Former Cradle Of Filth keyboardist/vocalist Lindsay Schoolcraft has blasted All That Remains singer Phil Labonte over recent comments in which he claimed “therapy is for women.” Schoolcraft says Labonte’s statement was an “extremely toxic, masculine view.”
Schoolcraft told Blabbermouth the following:
“He’s not a healthcare professional, he’s not a psychologist, he’s not a therapist.
This is my opinion and I’m not a professional either — I have a lot of male friends in therapy and it’s done them a world of wonder and has transformed their lives because you can do healing work and then you can do growing work, and there’s life coaching. You can come out on the other side. You don’t have to struggle.
Discouraging people from going to therapy, especially men — that’s an extremely toxic, masculine view that is ultimately an opinion from the patriarchy that has done a lot of damage to society and is the reason why it’s crumbling right now. I don’t know… I think he probably does need to go to therapy and is a scared little boy who cares too much about the scared little boy inside, his inner child and is scared of what his macho homies are going to think of him.
There should be no shame in getting help. If your brain is broken, you need a doctor. If you broke a bone, you’re not going to leave the bone broken; you’re going to get help. You’re not going to get a Band-Aid. You’re going to get it reset and cast and x-rayed. That’s what therapy is. It’s healing the brain. But I don’t think that’s a very good message, especially for young men who could be struggling.”
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Dale Crover Shares Mashup Of Melvins’ “The Bit” And Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon”
Dale Crover has shared a mashup of Melvins’ “The Bit” and Neil Young’s “Harvest Moon.” The track is from his upcoming acoustic EP “Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out.” That effort will be released on September 4 and it will also feature “Doug Yuletide,” “Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out,“ “Rings,“ “I Can’t Help You There,“ and “Jane.“
Crover commented:
“Years ago I played Young Neil Young in the video for ‘Harvest Moon.’ It was quite a surreal experience! When I met Neil, I was made up to look just like him. Not that I didn’t already look a bit like him. That is how I got the part, after all. When I meet Neil, he starts explaining to me that he has this pair of pants that he wants me to wear for the video, and the mechanics of how the zipper works since it was broken! Not only did I play his younger self, but I also doubled for him. When he’s seen on stage playing, I’m dancing with his wife and when he’s dancing with her, I’m on stage.
There’s a scene where I’m driving with young Pegi Young and I’m not looking where I’m driving because I’m paying attention to her. I had to drive off the side of a skinny country road into a ravine, not looking where I was driving. The first few takes were fine but on the last shot, I jammed the rear fender of Neil‘s actual 1955 Cadillac into a stump. That stump saved me from rolling the car off the side of the hill, surely killing us both!
I thought it would be fun to cover this song and combine it with Melvins ‘The Bit,’ a song I co wrote with Buzz Osborne, since both songs share the same guitar tuning. I started performing the songs live and knew right away that I wanted to record them, making it the spur for this new EP.”
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Spineshank: “We’ve Got Some Songs In The Oven Right Now”
Spineshank are continuing to work on new material. Vocalist Jonny Santos recently told TotalRock that there are “some songs in the oven right now.”
Santos said the following:
“Originally we were just gonna do [a tour celebrating] the 25th anniversary of ‘The Height Of Callousness’, and there’s such a new influx of fans. It’s almost like our fans’ kids are — more and more kids are showing up, and the people, they want new music. So we’ve got some songs in the oven right now, and as soon as we actually get home from this [European] run, I’ll be in L.A. recording with these guys for a couple of days, working on some new material.”
Drummer Tommy Decker continued:
“Well, so we have a new guy, [guitarist] Tommy Decker Jr., here. And so I think he’s cracked the code. So, of course, we wanna push things forward and move to the future, but we wanna keep that Spineshank sound.”
Tommy Decker Jr. added:
“After learning this album and playing it so long, I feel like I’ve got that sound down, of ‘The Height Of Callousness’ era, but then I’m also adding in things I’m into as well. So I think we’re keeping that sound while moving forward a little bit.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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Sugar Ray, Buckcherry, Alien Ant Farm, Etc. Set For 2026 Dial Up Festival
The lineup has been revealed for this year’s Dial Up Festival. The event will feature the following: Nelly, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Buckcherry, Lit, Alien Ant Farm, Paul Wall, Warren G, and Unwritten Law. More artists are pending. Here’s the dates:
11/07 Castaic Lake, CA – Castaic Lake Recreation Area
11/21 Chandler, AZ – Wild Horse Pass Festival Grounds
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Blöthar The Berserker Says Trump Supporters “Came After GWAR” Over Satirical Killing At Riot Fest
As previously reported, GWAR faced backlash from MAGA influencers after “sacrificing” Donald Trump and Elon Musk onstage at last year’s Riot Fest in Chicago, IL. The ridiculous complaints claim the “killings” were “normalizing violence” despite the band’s long history of farcical “assassinations.” Now, during a recent appearance on Rocking With Jam Man, frontman Mike “Blöthar The Berserker” Bishop further discussed the controversy.
Bishop said the following:
“Probably the biggest [backlash]… All in all, I’m gonna say this, that for years GWAR would do whatever the fuck we wanted. We would kill politicians from both sides of the aisle. We would kill famous people. We never had any backlash. I mean, granted, when we killed Princess Diana, people got a little upset. When we pulled a fish out of Laci Peterson’s pussy, people got a little upset. But until Donald Trump got in office, that’s when people started getting extremely upset about politics and music and politics in art. That marked the moment that suddenly GWAR was… People acted as if GWAR had changed, but GWAR didn’t change. The world fricking changed. The way people felt about politics changed. The way people felt about comedy and humor changed.
Comics like to complain about, ‘Uh, well, college campuses and censoring speech.’ And yeah, it is true. College kids are fricking stupid. There’s no question about it. And being uptight about identity politics is absurd, but we still never got any heat from that segment. It’s not like feminists or the politically correct squad, they didn’t really come after GWAR. Who came after GWAR was fucking Trump fans. That’s who came after GWAR. It was people that once… Suddenly they can see that they’re on the outside of a cultural moment. And it’s a weird thing, man.”
He continued:
“We [fictitiously] killed President Obama. We didn’t hear from the Secret Service. But you [fictitiously] kill Trump, and you better believe that there’s gonna be some shit going on. And that happened to us. It happened to us not too long ago. And the truth of the matter is that people think that you live in America, and you look around the world and you’re, like, ‘Oh, well, we’re free. They’re not.’ That’s bullshit. It’s absolute bullshit. They don’t have to call the police on you. What they have to do is make it hard for you to make money. And that’s what they try to do. And especially a company like Live Nation, which is a big concert company that does shows and stuff like that, they are susceptible to pressure from the government. They need the government to kind of look the other way on some of their bullshit, like antitrust laws and things like that. And when you upset them, they can lean on you, and that is fucking censorship, no matter what you call it. so, we have faced that. GWAR faces it all the time. It’s a real fucking thing.”
He also added the following when asked if the Secret Service have been after GWAR:
“Well, let’s just say that GWAR is on some lists.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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The Rolling Stones Announce “Speaking In Tongues” Podcast
The Rolling Stones have announced a new podcast called “Speaking In Tongues.” The series will offer fans a behind the scenes look at the band’s new album “Foreign Tongues” (out July 10).
The following was said about the podcast:
“Featuring brand new, world exclusive interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and narrated by Norah Jones, the new official podcast Speaking In Tongues, offers an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of The Rolling Stones’ highly anticipated new album, Foreign Tongues released globally on July 10.
Over six episodes Speaking In Tongues takes listeners inside the studio on an intimate and exclusive journey tracing the story of the inspiration, writing and recording of the new album. Starting in the wake of the band’s 2023 universally acclaimed Grammy Award-winning Hackney Diamonds, Mick, Keith and Ronnie will reflect on their songwriting process, studio techniques and the creative influences and collaborators that shaped Foreign Tongues.
Utilising exclusive behind-the-scenes studio outtakes and never-before-heard new songs and with The Rolling Stones as their guides, listeners will hear how riffs became songs, how lyrics took shape and discover how the band navigated the challenge of staying true to their remarkable legacy while pushing forward creatively.
Alongside the band the podcast also features contributions from producer Andrew Watt and The Cure’s Robert Smith and Steve Winwood (who both appear on the new album) and the record’s cover artist Nathaniel Mary Quinn.
The series is presented by lifelong Stones fan (and sometime collaborator) Norah Jones.”
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Skunk Anansie Share Blackhill Remix Of “Meltdown”
Skunk Anansie have shared a Blackhill remix of their song “Meltdown.” You can check that out below. The original track appears on the band’s latest album “The Painful Truth.” Singer Skin commented:
“‘Meltdown’ is this deeply heartbreaking song about isolation. It’s one of the few Skunk songs that doesn’t have a beat making it a perfect end to the album. We wanted to do a version that grooved a bit so we called up our friend Nick Sheldon [Blackhill] to add that flavor and we love what he’s done. Hope you do too.”
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