Chuck Norris, the former action star, wrote a new column at the TownHall, defending the Gibson guitar company who was raided.
Is Chuck a guitar player himself? By the way he’s writing that column, it seems that he knows his shit with the guitars. He probably is a guitar player. Maybe he just plays guitar for fun ’cause he never had a music career.
Kev
Just the day after Paul McCartney married his new wife, Nancy Shevell, just booked himself a Fall tour overseas in support of his “Band on the Run”, re-issue.
See the tour dates here at his, facebook.
I’m pretty sure he talked about the tour with his wife beforehand, so she must be pretty cool with it. I’m also sure that she is going on tour with him as well. I don’t think they’ll be apart for the tour.
Kev
Guitarist and singer, Tom Morello, you either love him or hate him. Some people hate him because they don’t like the way he sends messages about politics and all that stuff.
I absolutely love this comment CurrencyENT said in the youtube video below:
“He may have made a lot of money during his lifetime, but he also donates a lot to charities and supports many activist groups. He doesn’t live like a “rockstar”, he lives like your average blue collar worker would. He didn’t do it for the money and fame, he did it to share a message and for his love of music. Respect the man”
Whether you like Tom Morello or not, that youtuber CurrencyENT is exactly right of what he said about Tom, I agree with him. When Tom is the “Nightwatchmen” playing acoustically, he’ll play anywhere he wants to, including open mics at a small bar in your town.
I respect Tom for a lot of reasons. I like how he sends messages about politics and the world. He does a better job at it, then Bruce Springsteen, in my opinion.
In this video below, Tom is seen here performing a set in front of a crowd of protesters. He covers Woody Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land”, and he changes the lyrics around to the song a little bit.
Tom wasn’t booked or wasn’t hired for this event. He just set up his acoustic equipment and just played. Why? Because he wanted to, that’s why! It’s no surprise that these protests would grab his attention because everyone knows Tom Morello is politically motivated.
When will Bruce Springsteen or Neil Young start performing in front of protesters? Just give it time and they’ll show up out of nowhere.
Kev
Mitch Winehouse, the father of Amy Winehouse, is set for a book deal by Harper Collins. The book will be titled, “Amy: My Daughter”, and it will focus on her entire life from her childhood to her singing career. It will also focus on her drugs & alcohol addiction. The book is slated for a Summer of 2012 release date.
More on the story, here.
Well, I’m sure the book will be released in the U.K. first, then the U.S. later.
The book is gonna be interesting and I will buy it when it comes out. I’m sure there’ll be a lot of trash talking at Blake Fielder Civil, ’cause I believe they never liked each other that much.
Kev
Like most people, I’m a huge Beatles & John Lennon fanatic myself. It really is too bad that John won’t be around to see Sir Paul McCartney get married today. John would have been at his wedding for sure. John would probably even be Paul’s best man.
I hope this marriage goes well for Paul. Lets hope Nancy doesn’t do anything stupid to hurt the man like his last wife, Heather Mills did.
Best of luck, Paul.
Kev
Just a while back, Tony Iommi, shoots down rumors of a possible Black Sabbath reunion with Ozzy…and now Ozzy the man himself, spoke with Billboard, and says it’s a very strong possibility.
More on the story, here.
I think it’s a possibility that it could happen as well. I think Tony and Ozzy are just teasing us. Just trying to get us guessing on whether or not it’ll happen, then out of nowhere, they’ll make it official. I hope they do make it official. A new Black Sabbath album with Ozzy and a tour would be awesome. I’m all for a Black Sabbath/Ozzy come back. I LOVE Black Sabbath. I loved both the Ozzy and Ronnie James Dio era’s.
When the Black Sabbath tour happens, they could be the biggest selling tour in the history of music. They’ll sell out every concert quickly, I’m sure.
Kev
There is this band called the Mini Band which has the line up of 8 – 10 year old kids, performing a gig at a Beer Festival. Yes, you heard that right, a Beer Festival. The Mini Band performs Metallica’s, “Enter Sandman”. The Mini Band seems to be becoming internet sensations ’cause their videos are being posted everywhere in facebook. Honestly, I’m more impressed with the girl shredding on the solo. She makes Kirk Hammet look bad, lol.
I’ll give this band a lot of kudos because they’re playing real instruments. They’re not stuck at home playing Rock Band/Guitar Hero The lead singer’s vocals needs a little more work, but the other kids play their instruments well.
I think these kids are going to become future rock stars, especially that girl that shreds, she’s off to a good start. If she keeps playing guitar, imagine how good she’ll be when she turns 20?
I wonder if James and Lars saw this yet?
Enjoy.
Kev
Brian May says that Lady Gaga could be the new singer for Queen. He hints that she is in talks to join the band to replace, Freddie Mercury.
Read the full story, here.
This may sound weird, and I know a lot of people are not going to like it, but honestly, I think it’s a great idea. She WOULD be a great replacement for Freddie. She’s the real deal, seriously.
Lady Gaga’s image and vocal style has been compared to Freddie for years. As you all know, Gaga and May opened the MTV VMA’s this year. See the pic above? I think they looked great together! Good chemistry between the two of them. The way she dressed at the VMA’s, I think I got it figured out. I think she was trying to look like Freddie, that’s why she was looking like a man that night. It was the look she had planned for her performance with Brian.
Many people say that Freddie can’t be replaced, but of course he can. If Alice in Chains can go on successfully without Layne and if AC/DC can go on successfully without Bon Scott, I think Gaga could be successful fronting Queen too. Why not? Besides, Queen was never considered a hard rock/metal act anyway. Queen has always been a pop/rock band, which fits Lady Gaga perfectly.
Before Gaga’s fame, she sang for local cover bands, so I’m sure she could sing all the Queen songs just fine. Plus, I’m pretty sure Freddie would dig it if Gaga sang for Queen.
I think it’s a cool idea and hope it happens. I love Lady Gaga. Always had. I’m not into today’s pop music that much, but I am a fan of Gaga.
Kev
Even though Steve Jobs, wasn’t a musician. He never played an instrument, and he never sang anything, but he is still considered a music artist in some way. Why? Because it was him that brought us the Ipod and Itunes. Before then we were listening to music on portable CD players and cassette walkman’s. Nobody buys music on CD anymore because everyone is buying music digitally now, all because of Itunes.
Steve was a huge music lover himself. He was a huge fan of the Beatles. I think he also dated folk music legend, Joan Baez, briefly. The photo above is the boys in U2 unveiling the, “U2 Ipod Edition” that was released years back. Steve Jobs changed the way we all looked at the music business.
Famous musicians including Guns N’ Roses, Coldplay, Nikki Sixx, Mick Jagger, and more. Help grieve the death of Steve.
Read what musicians have to say about him, here.
I’m sure you can read a lot more by musicians in twitter as well. Like him or not, Steve created an impact in the music business. Changed it forever.
I love the Ipod.
Kev
Last night, I actually watched the 1929 German silent film, “Pandora’s Box” in which the Lou Reed/Metallica project, “Lulu” was adapted from. I don’t watch silent films too much. I only watched this one out of curiosity of the Lou/’Tallica project. What did I think of the film?
I actually loved it a lot. It told a pretty powerful story. I actually watched through the whole movie and it was a little over 2 hours long.
It’s just tells the story of a young woman named, Lulu, who is a pretty sexual woman and will seduce anyone she lays her eyes on. She was hired to be part of a trapeze act to perform on stage in front of a big crowd. Then she realizes she is surrounded by violent people and criminals. She was sold to a brothel later on in the film.
After seeing this movie, I now understood why Lou/’Tallica is doing this project. Remember, how in the song, “The View”, Lou was talking about suicide and all that stuff? Well all that was part of the Lulu story. There was a part in the movie where Lulu’s husband tried to force her to take a gun and shoot herself, and I began to think that the song “The View” was about that one scene.
The story of Lulu was very powerful stuff. I’m glad I watched the film. I think the United States should do a remake of it. It’s only a matter of time that Hollywood will do a remake of it depending how well this Lou/’Tallica “Lulu” album sells on the Billboard. This Lulu story deserves to get told world wide.
There’s something special about this Lulu character. I think everyone else should watch it too. Rent it from Netflix, get it from Itunes, or order the DVD online. Trust me, you’ll enjoy the film yourself. You may not be into silent films, especially films from a different country, but this story is wonderful. Before bashing Lou and Metallica for this project, you should look into it more. When you look into it more, you’ll start to understand it.
The reason everyone is hating Metallica for this project is because they are still hung up on this, “speed metal”. Metallica is not going to do speed metal forever, it’s about letting go of their past and moving on to other things.
On top of that, this isn’t the first time that Metallica did a theatrical like album, remember, “And Justice For All”? That whole album was based on, “Johnny Got His Gun”. Their song, “For Whom The Bell Tolls” was inspired from the Ernest Hemmingway novel with the same title of the song. Like I said before, most of Metallica’s songs are very theatrical, almost like a musical. That’s why they are appropriate for this project.
I think this Lulu character will become very popular in the United States after their album is released. I think what Lou and Metallica is doing is very good. Metallica don’t do projects randomly, they do things for a good reason.
Check out, “Pandora’s Box”. You’ll be at the edge of your seat throughout the film. It’s tells an interesting story.
Kev
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