Linkin Park, Chris Cornell, the Bravery and Ashes Divide (featuring A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel) will perform on the main stage of the 2008 Projekt Revolution tour, set to begin
MySpace is set to launch a new music download service that will allow users to download songs, mobile phone ringtones and desktop wallpapers from the site. Merchandise and gig tickets
If you want to talk about tragic irony in rock and roll, you can’t ignore the story of Lynyrd Skynyrd. On the threshold, and deliberately so, of capturing the mainstream audience with which they flirted via the popularity of “Sweet Home Alabama” in 1975, a plane crash took the life of three bandmembers in 1977 merely days after the release of Street Survivors, compelling the label to pull the album and re-release it with new cover art in place of the original version which depicted the band in flames.
There were no boots on the piano, and his time on stage was about 40 minutes, but the final run of “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lot of Shaking Going On” is what everyone came to see and The Killer delivered, requesting the ladies shake it for him and letting them know, even if he was old, he can still give it to them.
Throughout my 28 years on earth, I haven’t often wished for the opportunity to switch places with another person. I’ve been relatively content with my God-given goods, never really obsessing over my anatomical deficiencies or intellectual shortcomings. However, that all changed one night when I went to a Ray LaMontagne concert in St. Louis.
Jam band fan bases are never happy when their favorite band decides to do a big summer tour with another jam band. We know all the typical complaints: waste of a tour stop in your town, the other band sucks, the ticket prices are too high. Umphrey’s McGee and STS9 are trying to pacify their fans by playing a number of after-parties on their co-headlining Summer Tour that they announced this afternoon. So just relax and enjoy this one-time tour.
Photo by Matt Ziegler
Let’s talk about the co-billed shows first. Each band will play an extended set and plan to switch up headlining duties depending on the city they are playing. For instance STS9 will perform second at both shows in Atlanta, while Umph’s plays last in Chicago. In addition to the co-bills both bands will play a few after parties as well. Tickets are currently available for the whole tour at STS9 Ticketing.
Read on for a full list of dates…
Earlier we mentioned that Music Snobbery slang some shit at the Fillmore New York @ Irving Plaza for presenting a nostalgia-filled lineup to the masses. While we’re sure the announcement
If you are compiling a list of the top five greatest classic rock albums of all time, chances are you’d end up with these five albums in some order: The Who’s Quadrophenia, Led Zeppelin IV, The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street, Pink Floyd’s DSOTM and the Beatles’ Revolver. If those aren’t your top five choices, they have to at least be in your top 10. If they aren’t, find a time machine and warp yourself back to when Scott Muni was still the voice of WNEW.
All of the albums mentioned above are superbly crafted works of art that represent the cream of the crop of the classic rock genre. But just a small notch below that thick cream at the top of the list, idles the second tier of classic rock studio album respect – a group that deserves more than just an occasional spin on some Sirius station that boasts Boston, Kansas and Bon Jovi among its “classic rock” artists.
Without taking anything away from the top dogs, and leaving live albums out of the mix, here are five classic rock albums that don’t get the credit they deserve:
1. Rush: Moving Pictures
Most people have a “love it or hate it” relationship with Rush largely because of Geddy Lee’s high-pitched voice. But this album is pure rock and roll. The album opens with the thick drumming of Tom Sawyer, probably Rush’s best known song. The most underrated song about a car ever follows and provides a nice lead-in to the instrumental assault, and Neil Peart concert explosion, known as YYZ (named after the airport code in Toronto). Limelight, with Alex Lifeson’s springy guitar lick, and the dark and down Witch Hunt are also great classic rock songs.
Read on for four more underrated classic rock albums…
It was a little over a year ago that music mega corp Live Nation decided to do some re-branding of their venues around the country by slapping the Fillmore tag
Look, there’s no denying that ever since this lifetime achievement award announcement came out, I have been biting my tongue to prevent blathering on about the hopes that the Phish will get up and play together yet again in a few short weeks. Sure it’s pointless to get our hopes up, but it’s not THAT far fetched is it? Well, who really cares? I’m pretty damn excited to see what happens.
So, in the interest of getting fired up for the big Phish reunion, I’m recreating the first edition of the Rump Roaster – an old tragically dorky series of tapes I used to make (named in honor of the great Darryl Dawkins dunk) – with my favorite versions of Phish standards. There are no tricks today, but rather just some well-circulated masterpieces we all know and love. If you aren’t already intimately familiar with every song on here, this is your lucky day. Let’s get to work:
You Enjoy Myself: 12/31/93 Worcester MA
I know a certain innkeeper around here who might just string me up for putting this YEM before his beloved Albany 95 opus. Well, they are both great ones, but this is my personal #1 YEM. Besides, comparing those two jams is like comparing Barry Sanders to Jim Brown. Barry Sanders (Albany) was a pleasant guy who floated and bounced around, waiting for holes to open up before patiently shifting directions on his way to the house. Jim Brown (Centrum) was mean as hell and would just put his head down, run over anything in his way and head straight for pay dirt. They were both great, but it’s not really an apples to apples comparison. [Editor’s Note: Pfft!]
Read about and hear five more ridiculously good Phish tunes after the jump…
