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  • Bad Wolves Release Cover Of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”

    Bad Wolves have officially released their cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” You can stream that below. Notably, Parton was set to guest on the track prior to her death and was reportedly a fan of this new take. However, guitarist AJ Rebollo exited the group over Better Noise Music’s decision to release the single.

    Drummer John Boecklin commented:

    “Our singer is a big fan of Dolly and has posted a bunch of videos of her covering ‘Jolene.’ So, we decided to make a rock cover version for our next album. On hearing our version, our label CEO Dan Waite sent the finished record to Dolly’s manager, Danny Nozell, with a request for Dolly to guest feature on our version. We heard back that Danny had played the track to Dolly, and that Dolly loved our version, and that Dolly was going to go into the studio and add her vocals very soon. We then sent over the stems for Dolly’s studio engineers to work with. Like everyone, we were devastated by last week’s news of Dolly’s passing.

    We will honor Dolly’s incredible legacy by donating proceeds from ‘Jolene’ to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. We know that we can contribute to Dolly’s vision of giving access to books and improving literacy.”

    Danny Nozell, Dolly Parton’s manager, continued:

    “Dolly was a champion of artists pushing musical boundaries. She listened to the Bad Wolves arrangement of ‘Jolene’ weeks ago, gave it her full blessing, and was incredibly excited to collaborate on it. Releasing this track on Monday as a tribute—with proceeds directly supporting her beloved Imagination Library—is exactly what Dolly and her team wanted.”

    Ironically, Bad Wolves’ past lineup were in a similar situation when The Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O’Riordan passed away before contributing to their cover of “Zombie” in 2018. Her husband/manager Don Burton has since vouched for the band and Better Noise Music amid recent controversy:

    “When Dolores died, prior to recording with Bad Wolves on ‘Zombie,’ Better Noise Music’s Allen Kovac and Dan Waite reached out say that with our blessing they would like to continue with their plans to release ‘Zombie’, but wanted to donate the proceeds to Dolores’ children.

    As a parent, I was touched, and also very surprised when the label and band were true to their word and presented our kids (aged 12, 16, 20, 27 at the time with hundreds of thousands of dollars. A very gracious gesture, which helped with their college costs, and we will always remember the band’s kindness in honouring their pledge and Dolores’ memory.

    The similarities here with Dolly Parton loving Bad Wolves version of ‘Jolene’, and sadly passing before recording, is tragic, but once again the Bad Wolves have agreed to donate their proceeds to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, and based on the ‘Zombie’ track record, this could provide a lot of books for young children around the world.”

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  • Watch Green Day, Blink-182, Etc. Members Perform At Ramones Tribute Show In Los Angeles

    On August 30, CJ Ramone (ex-Ramones), Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Travis Barker (Blink-182), and Tim Armstrong (Rancid) celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Ramones’ self-titled album during a special show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, CA. The supergroup, who performed under the name Cretin Family, were also joined by several guests including Billy Idol, The Linda Lindas, and Fred Armisen. You can see fan-filmed from the set below. The event was hosted by John Travolta, who was on hand for screenings of “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” and a 50th anniversary deluxe edition of “Carrie.” DJ Shepard Fairey also took part.

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  • Rose Tattoo’s Gary “Angry” Anderson Hospitalized Following Cardiac Arrest

    Rose Tattoo frontman Gary “Angry” Anderson has been hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest. This news comes after the band recently cancelled their remaining European dates.

    Rose Tattoo commented:

    “On behalf of Angry and his family, we would like to sincerely thank everyone for the overwhelming messages of support, love and kind words.

    Your thoughts, prayers and well wishes mean more to Angry and his family than we can express.

    We would like to let everyone know that Angry suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently in hospital receiving treatment and the care he needs.

    At this time, we kindly ask that you please respect the privacy of Angry and his family as they focus on Angry, his treatment and his recovery. We appreciate everyone’s understanding and ask that you continue to keep Angry and his family in your thoughts and prayers during the days ahead.

    We are incredibly grateful for the love and support that has already been shown. It is comforting to know just how many people are thinking of Angry and wishing him strength in his recovery.

    Thank you again for your kindness, understanding and continued support.

    With love and gratitude,

    Angry & Family”

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  • Watch Harm’s Way Play Their First Show Since The Passing Of Guitarist Bo Lueders

    On August 28, Harm’s Way returned to the stage at Casa Cafe in Chicago, IL. The concert served as the band’s first without their late guitarist Bo Lueders. The performance found bassist Casey Soyk moving to guitar. As such, Drew Brown (Weekend Nachos) was recruited to handle bass duties. Some fan-filmed footage is available below. Harm’s Way followed the set with a guest-filled Bo Lueders tribute show at the Ramova Theater in Chicago, IL on August 29.

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  • Testament Are Already Working On New Material

    It appears Testament are already working on material for a follow-up to “Para Bellum.” According to Chuck Billy, the band have “close to nine tracks” so far.

    Billy told Appetite For Distortion the following:

    “Writing with Eric [Peterson] and Chris [Dovas] now, just really delivering a lot of tunes right now, we’re in a good place where we’re probably gonna deliver records every couple of years instead of every four years at this pace right now, which is a good thing for us.

    For us, where we’re at in our life and our careers, there’s a lot of new bands, a lot of new music coming up… ‘Cause we get inspired by what new bands and people are doing. We can’t go out and be that, because we don’t wanna mimic it, but we can definitely be inspired by it, and I think we’ve done that kind of in our last record. Some of those songs have a more modern flair, just of the influence, I guess.”

    He continued:

    “Some of those songs, especially with Chris, [he’ll] bring it to Eric, more bands like Lorna Shore or more real death stuff. Chris really loves his death metal, and he likes playing fast. And Eric loves black metal and loves playing fast, so it’s a good combination for the two of them because Eric loves that way and Chris loves to play that way. So it’s a good marriage to what they’re doing, and it doesn’t take long for Eric and Chris to mold out a song. They’re just really in a good writing groove right now. So I think they got maybe good close to nine tracks [for the next Testament album] that they brought over to me to start listening to. So we’re way ahead of the game. Hopefully, I think next summer is our goal to get in to start recording the record. So we’ll see what happens from now until then.”

    He also added the following about experimenting without straying from the band’s sound:

    “In our music, I think we’re beyond trying to prove a point. When you’re a younger band, you’re playing hard and fast and give it your best shot right now. People are listening. We wrote a lot of records and a lot of songs where it’s more about writing for what really inspires us or makes us feel good, or especially when we’re trying new things that we haven’t done before, especially on these last couple of records, so especially vocally I’m trying some new stuff, finding some new voices and tones that I haven’t used, which I think’s pretty cool after 40 years to still be able to be pushed to an uncomfortable spot, but still to be pushed to something where it’s being creative for us and for me as a vocalist, trying different things, which is fun. It’s kind of exciting to, like, ‘Okay, well, what else can I do or push to?’ And then take those newer bands that are influencing [us], just real heavy shit, going, ‘Okay, well, how can I incorporate some of the stuff that is happening now?’, [that] people are loving, which I used to do in the past, that I could still do, and maybe try to cross it together with what I did and what people are doing. Maybe it’d strike a nerve a little. I don’t know.”

    [via Blabbermouth]

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  • Watch Fear Factory Perform “Roboticist” Live For The First Time During Poland Show

    During their August 29 show in Poznan, Poland, Fear Factory performed their latest single, “Roboticist,” live for the first time. You can see fan-filmed footage of that below. Notably, the band also broke out “No One” for the first time since 2001 and “Arise Above Oppression” for the first time since 2005.

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  • Watch Cryptopsy Perform “Open Face Surgery” With Billy Strings

    During their August 29 set at the Ionia Freak Fair in Ionia, MI, Cryptopsy were joined onstage by Billy Strings for a performance of “Open Face Surgery.” You can see fan-filmed footage of that below:

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  • Sharon Osbourne Shares Her Support For Marilyn Manson Amid Sexual Assault Allegations

    Sharon Osbourne, widow of the late Ozzy Osbourne, has shared her support for Marilyn Manson amid the sexual assault allegations against him. She says she doesn’t believe he did what he was accused of.

    Sharon discussed the allegations during a recent episode of “The Osbournes” podcast:

    “Manson is a great artist. I don’t care what anybody says and now I’ll get all these complaints, ‘He abuses women.’ Well, women abuse men. And you know what the thing that gets me is? Did Marilyn ever try and be light and breezy, and you know a surfer guy? No. You know what you were getting yourself into.”

    She continued:

    “You’re begging to get on somebody’s tour bus. You’re begging to get near them and be photographed. And then you know what? What did you expect? And the thing is, I don’t think that he did what they said. You know what I feel about Marilyn. He’s a friend and always will be. And I don’t believe half of it.”

    Her and her son Jack also added:

    Sharon: “I can tell you one of the people that was suing him — major part of it — we were sat Soho House one night, and she went on the floor under the table and gave him a blowjob. He never asked for it, she just did it.”

    Jack: “While you were with her?”

    Sharon: “Yeah. And I was with [manager/film producer] Andy Gould. That’s why I’m like, ‘Hey, there’s two sides to every story here. You leave him alone.”

    Jack: “That’s one way to end a meal.”

    Sharon: “Yeah, dessert.”

    Jack: “Wow. At Soho House? …Watch, you’re going to get called in now. Now you’re gonna get called into the all the all the proceedings. That’s fucking nuts.”

    [via The PRP]

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  • Upon A Burning Body Drop Off Their Tour With DevilDriver After Members Of Their Camp Test Positive For COVID-19

    Upon A Burning Body have been forced to drop off the remaining dates on their tour with DevilDriver and Ov Sulfur. The band pulled out of the trek after some members of their camp tested positive for COVID-19.

    The group commented:

    “IMPORTANT UPDATE

    Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances and the safety of others, we will not be playing the remainder of the ‘Strike & Kill Tour.’

    Some of our camp has tested positive for COVID and it just wouldn’t be right to continue putting everyone else at risk.

    We are sorry, and it hurts us to not be able to play these shows. We promise to make it up to everyone soon.

    Thank you for understanding.

    -UABB & CREW”

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  • Watch Twisted Sister Play First Show With Sebastian Bach

    Last night (August 28), Twisted Sister kicked off their 50th anniversary tour with a headlining show at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ. The concert also served as the live debut of the band’s new touring lineup, which features guitarists Jay Jay French and Eddie Ojeda, singer Sebastian Bach (ex-Skid Row), bassist Russell Pzütto, and drummer Joey Cassata. You can see fan-filmed footage of the full set below:

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