Rancid, Letting the Dominoes Fall Again

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With ringing ears, the members of Rancid pull their guitars from their amps as they finish their 2009 North American Tour with fellow bands Billy Talent, Rise Against and Riverboat Gamblers. 

                Twenty-years ago in Northern California, Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Lars Frederiksen and Bret Reed formed the Ska Punk band, Rancid, which would later be known as the band responsible for reviving punk music.

                Rancid’s sound comes from the inspiration of The Clash’s early albums with a Ska Punk twist. Ska Punk music is the style of fast, popular music that has a strong offbeat mixed with edge and attitude of Punk Rock. The style of Ska music started in Jamaica in the 1960’s becoming a forerunner of the music style reggae.

Punk Rockers Celebrate Twenty Years of Nirvana’s “Nevermind”

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Twenty years ago on September 24^th 1991 front man Kurt Cobain and his grunge band Nirvana released a legendary album that would still be blasting through the headphones of teenagers around the world decades later.

            “Nevermind” is the second album that was released by 90’s rock band Nirvana. The album featured the bands first and most popular single “Smells like Teen Spirit,” which became known as the teenage anthem.

            The album also featured hit songs like “Lithium” and “Come as You Are.”

            “Nevermind” sold over 30 million copies and held the number one spot in Billboards top 200. This album is considered one of the best rock albums in history. Nirvana and this teen anthem album helped to influence the rise in alternative rock music.

Former Bassist of Weezer May Have Predicted his Death

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On  Saturday, October 8, 2011, Mikey Welsh, who was most known for his bass playing in the popular alternative rock band Weezer, was found dead in his hotel room.

                Welsh performed with Weezer the night prior to his death at Chicago’s RiotFest.

                On September 26^th Welsh posted on a social networking site that he had a dream of his death.

                In his recap of the dream, Welsh posted, “"dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today.”

                Welsh later added a post on Twitter where he corrected the dreamt time of his death, “"correction – the weekend after next."

                According to CNN, Chicago police spokesman responded to a call at 1:45 p.m. from the Raffaello Hotel in Chicago Sunday.

Lady Gaga records duet with Tony Bennett

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                The extraordinary Lady Gaga gives a treat to her little monsters with a duet with the legendary Tony Bennett.

                Tony Bennett has been singing since 1949 with hit songs such as “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and “Wonderful World.”

                Bennett is known for his wonderful jazz songs, including the popular song, “The Lady is a Tramp.”

                Lady Gaga, who is known for her flashy outfits and wide spread talent, has made a large impact on the music industry with her uniqueness growing with each performance and album released.

Rihanna Samples Metallica for New Song, “Red Lipstick”

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Metallica has been making headlines with their recent collaborations, but now an artist from the other side of the music world, thinks that some of Metallica’s heavy metal is just what they need, according to Noisecreep.

According to Metalinsider, Rihanna, has sampled some of “Wherever I May Roam,” that will appear on her song, “Red Lipstick.”

The song “Wherever I May Roam,” appeared on the band’s self-titled album, known as the “Black Album,” which became the best-selling CD in 2009 of the Soundscan Era.

Rihanna’s new song will appear on the deluxe edition of her upcoming album, “Talk That Talk,” which is scheduled to be released November 21, according to Noisecreep.

This story contains information from Noisecreep. 

This story was published on www.buckinghampost.com

Hayley Williams Shares Emotions about Guitarist’s Devotion

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The punk rock, lead singer of the hit band Paramore, Hayley Williams, shared her emotional side while talking about the devotion of band guitarist, Taylor York.

                Williams and Paramore fans were shocked by the sudden split of drummer and guitarist, brothers Josh and Zac Farro from the band in December 2010.

            "When Josh and Zac were leaving, me and Taylor weren't close at all,” Williams told Alternative Press Magazine. "I was pretty sure that it was just going to be me and Jeremy. I was really scared Taylor was going to leave too."

‘News’ stories starting to be replaced by soft news

ST. BONAVENTURE (May 10) – Brian Williams of NBC lands in Heathrow, London, and gets off the plane to cover the royal wedding. He checks his Blackberry after his flight for an update on the storms in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Williams sees the death toll hit 83 and continue rising. As he leaves the airport the number of deaths updated to 172. Before reaching central London he directs the driver to get off the highway. Williams got back on a plane and headed to Alabama to cover the tragedy that would soon dominate NBC’s newscast.

            The tornadoes that ripped through the Southeast on April 27 covered news channels from April 25 to May 1, accounting for 15 percent of news coverage, according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism News Coverage Index.

            The earthquake in Japan and powerful tsunami on March 11, as reported by The New York Times, killed nearly 20,000 people according to PEJ. The story of the catastrophe in Japan accounted for more than three-quarters of airtime on broadcast and cable news channels