Many people find it hard to tell the great from the godawful when it comes to 21st-century mainstream rock. To help figure out which is which, here’s “Corporate Rock Still Sells,” where Al “GovernmentNames” Shipley examines what’s good, bad, and ugly in the world of rock and roll. This time around, he celebrates the 20th anniversary of Billboard‘s Modern Rock chart by cherry-picking some of its most oddly notable chart-toppers:
Ghostface’s cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there’s a new song of his, “Slept On Tony With Dirt,” on the soundtrack. More »
Ghostface’s cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there’s a new song of his, “Slept On Tony With Dirt,” on the soundtrack. More »
Ghostface’s cameo in Iron Man has been snipped from the final cut of the flick, which opens this Friday, but there’s a new song of his, “Slept On Tony With Dirt,” on the soundtrack. More »
Ed. note: Here’s another installment of “VHS Or Beta?”, where Andy Beta looks at the music behind the movies–from preserved-by-Criterion classics to completely inane summer blockbusters. In this installment, he turns on the radio in Vanishing Point‘s Challenger:
From the second paragraph of a press release for Chris Cornell’s new album: Cornell is permanently departing super-group Audioslave stating, “Due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences, I am permanently leaving the band Audioslave. More »
–Chris Cornell was tossed twenty feet into the air when his motorcycle was rear-ended by a truck, marking the single most exciting moment of Audioslave’s career. More »
– According to the 2007 Guiness Book Of World Records, Madonna is the highest paid female singer in the planet, trumping both Britney Spears and the guy with the beard made out of bees. More »