When the Grateful Dead played their first show in 1965 at one of Ken Kesey’s Acid Tests in San Jose, Calif., no one could have possibly imagined—whatever their mental state—that 45 years later one of the guys wailing away onstage would be a tour guide for the New-York Historical Society. And yet there stood longtime drumme
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Posted in News by music-news-dc 89 days ago (http://www.spin.com)Ronnie James Dio, Metal Legend, Dead at 67
Posted in News by music-news-dc 115 days ago (http://www.billboard.com)
Seminal heavy metal singer Ronnie James Dio -- the voice for Elf, Blackmore's Rainbow, Black Sabbath, his own band Dio and, most recently, Heaven & Hell -- has lost his battle with stomach cancer, passing away Sunday at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston.
New Albums from the Dead Weather & more!
Posted in News by music-news-dc 120 days ago (http://www.spin.com)
Here's a rundown of the essential albums available online and in record stores today:The Dead Weather , Sea of CowardsGet a room: The Mr. and Mrs. Smith of garage rock steam it up.Read Review >> Keane, Night TrainU.K. soft rockers flex, spook Snow Patrol.Read Review >> The National, High VioletPessimist Manifesto
Trent Reznor: "NIN Is Not Dead"
Posted in News by music-news-dc 122 days ago (http://www.spin.com)
Trent Reznor is busy promoting the debut release from his new band, How to Destroy Angels, but that doesn't mean he's forgotten his past group. He recently joined a conversation with fans on Facebook and assured them that he's not done recording as Nine Inch Nails just yet."NIN is not dead and I am about to work on so
WATCH: Dead Weather Stream New Album Live
Posted in News by music-news-dc 131 days ago (http://www.spin.com)
Nashville-based rock supergroup the Dead Weather are unveiling their second album, Sea of Cowards, nearly two weeks before its official May 11 release date -- and they're doing it their way: unconventionally, creatively, and plain awesomely.Beginning today, Friday, April 30, at 10 A.M. PST/1 P.M. EST, fans can watch video
Gang Starr's Guru Dead at 43
Posted in News by music-news-dc 141 days ago (http://www.spin.com)
Keith "Guru" Elam, the MC for legendary Brooklyn jazz-tinged hip-hop duo Gang Starr, died Monday April 19 after a year-long battle with cancer, All Hip-Hop reports. He was 43 years old.The death comes six weeks after Guru suffered a heart attack, which briefly left him in a coma. Despite the flurry of news around
Type O Negative Singer Peter Steele Dead at 48
Posted in News by music-news-dc 144 days ago (http://www.rollingstone.com)
Peter Steele, the deep-voiced singer, songwriter and bassist for Brooklyn’s goth-metal outfit Type O Negative, has passed away at the age of 48. In an e-mail to CBS News, the band’s manager Mike Renault confirmed Steele’s death, writing “Peter passed away last night. As of now it appears to have bee
Dead Weather Confirm New “Sea of Cowards” Due May 11th
Posted in News by music-news-dc 167 days ago (http://www.rollingstone.com)
Photo: Wargo/WireImage The Dead Weather have announced that Sea of Cowards, the follow-up to 2009’s Horehound, will be released on May 11th. According to the band’s official website, first single “Die By the Drop” will hit digital music services on March 30th. A 7” inch version of “Die,&
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