Month: January 2024

Green Day is back with new music, sharing the animated video for the single “One Eyed Bastard.” “One Eyed Bastard” is the fourth single released from Green Day’s forthcoming album, Saviors, set to drop on Jan. 19. Saviors, the group’s first LP in nearly four years, also features the singles “The American Dream is Killing Me,” “Look Ma, No Brains!” and “Dilemma.”

Green Day said on X: “What can we say? We’re *full* of surprises. Got ONE more song for ya before Saviors drops in two weeks!! “One Eyed Bastard” is out everywhere nowwww https://greenday.lnk.to/oneeyedbastard. But wait, of course there’s more (there’s always more) a very limited amount of signed CD’s + the new shirt/tri color vinyl are up in the webstore https://greenday.lnk.to/store Gotta make sure ya pre-order the album so ya have it on Jan 19th now, c’mon https://greenday.lnk.to/saviors”

Green Day will launch a new tour in support of Saviors later this year, running from May 30-June 29 in Europe, and July 29-Sept. 28 in North America.

Take a look at the video for One Eyed Bastard – here.

Green Day shares ‘One Eyed Bastard’

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Rage Against the Machine have split for a third time, announcing they will no longer play live and have canceled its upcoming concert tour. The band previously first broke up in 2000 after frontman Zack de la Rocha left the band, with the remaining members going on to form Audioslave with Chris Cornell. RATM eventually reunited in 2007, before going on indefinite hiatus in 2011.

Drummer Brad Wilk announced the news on Instagram: “I know a lot of people are waiting for us to announce new tour dates for all the canceled RATM shows. I don’t want to string people or myself along any further. So while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the future… I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again. I’m sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this to happen. I really wish it was…” Wilk provided no reason for the breakup of the band.

Rage Against the Machine members Wilk, de la Rocha, Tim Commerford and Tom Morello announced a worldwide tour that was set to take place in 2022, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The group played a handful of shows in July / August 2022, but canceled the remaining shows after de la Rocha tore his Achilles tendon.

RATM was formed in 1991, comprised of Morello, Wik, Commerford and de la Rocha. The band, perhaps most famous for the songs “Sleep Now in the Fire,” “Know Your Enemy” and “Killing in the Name,” have earned two Grammy Awards through the years.

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The estate of the late Joey Jordison, founding drummer of Slipknot, is suing the remaining members of the band with allegations that Slipknot has profited from Jordison’s passing in 2021. Documents obtained by Page Six reveal that the lawsuit names Corey Taylor and Shawn “Clown” Crahan as defendants, and asserts that the band used Jordison’s death to sell more copies of their 2022 album The End, So Far.

The lawsuit noted that Taylor publicly dedicated The End, So Far to Jordison’s memory, with claims that  “realization of Jordison’s passing ‘crept in’ while making the album.”  The suit also states that Taylor admitted to treating the late drummer unfairly before kicking him out of the band in 2013.   The lawsuit further alleges that members of Slipknot never returned many of his possessions, instead adding them to their traveling Knotfest museum (among those belongings include Jordison’s stage attire, musical instruments, and other gear).

Legal documents read: “After abruptly kicking Jordison out of Slipknot in 2013, Taylor and Crahan expressly promised in a written agreement to return all of Jordison’s belongings in exchange for Jordison’s promise to release certain claims against them … they knowingly concealed from Jordison that they possessed numerous…items belonging to Jordison that they never returned to him. Perhaps worst of all, Crahan and Taylor publicly lied to fans that they had contacted Jordison’s family to check on them and express their love for Jordison in the wake of his passing. This was utterly false, and deeply upsetting for Jordison’s family to read such a blatant lie on the internet. It is clear that Taylor and Crahan did not actually care about Jordison or his family. They cared only about drumming up sales and publicity for the new album.”

In response to the lawsuit, attorneys for Slipknot are asking that it be dismissed: “Defendants generally deny each and every allegation and purported claim set forth in Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint and further deny that Plaintiff is entitled to any relief whatsoever.”

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Legendary punk rock band Black Flag are on the road with the 2024 winter leg of their “My War” tour.

The trek sees the band performing their 1984 album “My War” in its entirety, as well some of their other hits throughout their discography. The winter leg of the tour just kicked-off on January 2 in Portland, OR with additional stops in San Francisco, Pioneertown, Salt Lake City and Kansas City before concluding on March 24 in Austin, TX.

Tickets are on sale now; you can see the full list of dates at the band’s website.

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After 23 years, guitarist Bruce Kulick announced he was leaving Grand Funk Railroad, with his final performance taking place on December 14 in Marietta, Ohio. Kulick has been with GFR since 2000, after performing with other artists and bands including MeatLoaf, Union, and KISS.

Kulick. who turned 70 on December 12, says that he loved performing with Grand Funk Railroad but explained how touring became too much. “I really wanted to look at what I wanted to do personally and creatively. I’ve always loved playing with Grand Funk for all of those years, but all of that travel for most weekends of every month, all year, the time involved became more and more difficult .. The band, 80% of the time, was performing on the East Coast or in the Midwest, which meant I had the longest trips of all of the guys in the band. Whenever they came out to Vegas to perform, they were aware of the trip, from the East Coast, where most of the other guys live — and then going back — how it just kicks your a**.”

However, Kulick added that he wasn’t retiring: “I’m not retiring. I just want it only to be about my legacy, my career and everything that means something to me. I mean, my Kiss fans have been amazing. They love my era. It’s just remarkable that I was involved with a band with that kind of fame and that kind of influence on the youth. Every generation going from there, that they haven’t forgotten me at all is wonderful … For me, I want to celebrate my years, but tell the backstory. I’d like to get into the things that only if you were there you could describe. For example, what it was like to be at a video shoot for 12 hours with Eric Carr doing ‘God Gave Rock and Roll to You II.’”

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