Axl Rose Will Front Nirvana
The former Guns & Roses lead singer will replace Kurt Cobain on North American tour đ¨ Breaking News: Axl Rose
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Author: Jason Shrum
Sex Pistols rock secret show at 100 Club in London
The 2025 iteration of the Pistols includes Jones, Cook and Matlock but are now fronted by Frank Carter (of Gallows, Pure Love and Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes) instead of Rotten and the group reconvened for a secret show at the same venue, with a now capacity of 300.  It was packed with devoted fans and stars such as Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, and Bobby Gillespie. Fans old and new were greeted with roaring renditions of classics like âHolidays In The Sunâ and âGod Save The Queenâ. âThis is where it all kicked off, really, all the punk,â says Cook. It was the band’s first performance at the iconic London venue in 50 years. The Sex Pistols performed under the pseudonym SPOTS, âSex Pistols On Tour Secretly,â as they did in the late 70s to sidestep potential bans.  All accounts say the show was both nostalgic and energetic and that the bands performance was less violent and tighter.Â
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Stick it to the Man
I love how clean this track is.  It is a true testament into their production value and the uptick that I have personally seen in their professionalism. The mixing of the song by engineer Steve Hardy is absolutely fantastic. This band hits hard and plays fast but there isnât any fallout of chaos.  The song could quite easily fit into a movie soundtrack that is looking for a theme song.  I imagine the underdog protagonist fighting against the corporate entity, who is looking to capitalize on humanities willingness to overlook their wrong doings for a handful of dimes.
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Live From Nashville… It’s Tuesday Night!
The Cannery Hall is located along âMusic Rowâ in Nashville, Tennessee and it is a staple of Music City.  It is the largest independent music venue in Nashville. Anchoring Cannery Row, just outside of downtown Nashvilleâs lower Broadway and âThe Gulch,â Cannery Hall is in the Station District. The historic building dates to 1883 and has been a music venue for over 40 years. The last time I was here I saw The Lemonheads supported by former band member John Strohm.  Tonightâs show was at the Row One Stage of the buildings four available spaces for shows.  Â
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Echo Pilot’s Record Release at The ’58
Let me start by saying that Punk Rock is Not Dead! I was so enamored by the garb of some of the people at the show on this night. Â Leather pants, mohawks, shredded jackets of jean and leather, platformed boots, piercings and tattoos glistened across the room. Â I was on the cusp of being the oldest in this space and basked in all these 20-something-year-olds who knew the music of the past and are now carrying the torch for the future. One kid literally had on a jacket with the phrase âPunk Rock Is Not Deadâ sewn onto the back. Â While âheroin-sheikâ has been replaced with High Noon Hard Seltzers (not a bad thing) the rawness of rock is still alive. This wasnât necessarily a punk rock music show, but the sense was
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The New Mastersounds bring Jazz-Fusion to Nashville
I was treated to an extraordinary show last week at the world-famous Exit/In in Nashville, Tennessee with The Gripsweats supporting The New Mastersounds. The two, powerhouse, electronic-forward, funk, jazz-fusion, jam bands, put on a display of rhythm-heavy-keypunching vibe and a toe tapping cavalcade of fun on a Wednesday night. I know thatâs a lot of descriptors slammed together in one nearly non sensical sentence structure, but it is well needed to identify these sets. Â
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Kurtâs Kuotes
A lot of people loved Kurt Cobain. Â I loved him. Â However, it wasnât the love he needed or necessarily wanted. Â Fame comes at a price and for Kurt, that payment was his life. Â The media liked to say that he was my generations John Lennon, but john got to be forty years old. Â What would we have learned from Kurt and his music had he lived to be middle age, rather than taken from the light at age 27. Â Some say he was just another member of that dumb club. Â The â27 Clubâ which lifted the red velvet rope for Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix and more. Â
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