Here’s Aberdeen, Washington band Ted Ed Fred playing at RadioShack in 1988, just filming a video with Dale Crover on drums and Kurt Cobain singing. They would later change the band name to Nirvana.
Hunter S. Thompson Interview on Gonzo Journalism in 1975
Hunter S. Thompson pioneered a style of journalism called “gonzo journalism,” a highly subjective and immersive basis of reporting where the journalist becomes a central part of the story, often using unconventional and exaggerated techniques to convey the experience. In this interview, his talks about his ideas for “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “Hell’s Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs,” which explored the notorious motorcycle gang, and “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72,” a chronicle of the 1972 U.S. presidential campaign.
That Time When The Beastie Boys Released A Country Album
In 1999, the Beastie Boys released an album titled “Country Mike’s Greatest Hits” as a compilation of tracks by one of their members, Michael “Mike D” Diamond. However, the album was never officially released, and it exists only as a rare bootleg recording and only originally given out for holiday presents. The album was never intended to be a serious release but rather a tongue-in-cheek project within the Beastie Boys’ discography.
Photo Gallery: Zac Brown Band with Matt Mays at Toronto’s Budweiser Stage
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Steve Hackett Announces ‘Foxtrot At Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live In Brighton’ Out September 15th, 2023
Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett presents his brand new live audio/visual extravaganza, with the release of ‘Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton’, set for release on the September 15th, 2023.
Filmed & recorded live on his 2022 UK tour, in the coastal city of Brighton, UK, this release documents Steve and his band celebrating the 50th anniversary of the much-loved Genesis album ‘Foxtrot’. Played in full, this album features fan favorites including ‘Watcher Of The Skies’ and ‘Supper’s Ready’. The show also features a set of Hackett solo material, including ‘The Devil’s Cathedral’ from his latest studio album ‘Surrender of Silence’, and the powerful ‘Ace of Wands’.
Shot by longtime collaborator Paul Green, you can now watch the band perform ‘Watcher of the Skies’ here: https://youtu.be/bFgdvFnAVX0
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge & mastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, the album is now available to pre-order on Ltd 2CD+Blu-ray & Ltd 2CD+2DVD, both including bonus behind the scenes interviews, as well as 5.1 surround sound.
Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beginning of 1971 and gained an international reputation as the guitarist in the band’s classic line-up alongside Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. Hackett’s intricate guitar work was a key element of Genesis’ albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) to Wind And Wuthering (1977) including the classic Selling England By The Pound.
After leaving Genesis at the end of 1977, Hackett’s solo career, which now spans more than 30 albums, has demonstrated his extraordinary versatility with both electric and acoustic guitar. Hackett is renowned as both an immensely talented and innovative rock musician and a virtuoso classical guitarist and composer and this was recognized in 2010 when he was inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame. He has also worked alongside Steve Howe of YES in the supergroup GTR.
Hackett’s compositions take influences from many genres, including jazz, classical and blues. For his later studio works The Night Siren (2017) and At The Edge Of Light (2019) Hackett has explored the influences of world music. Recent tours have seen Hackett celebrate his time with Genesis including a spectacular 2018 tour in which he realized a long-held ambition to perform the works of Genesis live with his band and an orchestra.
The lockdown enforced by the 2020 global pandemic has proven to be a particularly creative period for Hackett. He began by releasing Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith, a live recording of 2019’s hugely successful tour celebrating that Genesis classic together with the 40th anniversary of one of his most-loved solo albums. Lockdown also gave Hackett the opportunity to write and record two new studio albums, the UK Classical Chart hit Under A Mediterranean Sky and the forthcoming Surrender of Silence.
In 2021, Steve and his band returned to touring, celebrating the classic Genesis live album ‘Seconds Out’, on what was one of his most successful tours to date.
The full track-listing is:
Intro / Ace of Wands
The Devil’s Cathedral
Spectral Mornings
Every Day
A Tower Struck Down
Basic Instincts
Camino Royale
Shadow of the Hierophant
Watcher of the Skies
Time Table
Get ‘Em Out by Friday
Can Utility and the Coastliners
Horizons
Supper’s Ready
Firth of Fifth
Los Endos
Beastie Boys 4LP Deluxe Edition Of Multi-Platinum Album ‘Hello Nasty’ Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Beastie Boys’ multi-platinum selling album Hello Nasty, on September 8, 2023, UME will reissue the highly sought after and long out-of-print limited deluxe edition 4LP box set originally released as a limited run in 2009 featuring 21 bonus tracks including rarities, remixes, and b-sides. Pressed on 180g vinyl in an 8-panel gatefold package housed in a hardcover “coffee table book” slipcase with a removable sew-on patch.
Preceded by the universal smash “Intergalactic,” Hello Nasty crashed into the #1 spots of charts worldwide upon its July 1998 release, with first week sales of nearly 700,000 in the U.S. alone. Buoyed by the launch of the 360 in the round tour, Hello Nasty would yield B Boys classics “Body Movin’,” “Three MCs and One DJ,” “Remote Control,” “Super Disco Breakin’” and more, win two Grammys, see the band presented with an MTV Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award, and ultimately sell some 7 million copies worldwide.
Disc 1 – Side A
Super Disco Breakin’
The Move
Remote Control
Song For The Man
Just A Test
Body Movin’
Disc 1 – Side B
Intergalactic
Sneakin’ Out The Hospital
Putting Shame In Your Game
Flowin’ Prose
And Me
Three MCs And One DJ
Disc 2 – Side A
The Grasshopper Unit (Keep Movin’)
Song For Junior
I Don’t Know
The Negotiation Limerick File
Electrify
Disc 2 – Side B
Picture This
Unite
Dedication
Dr. Lee, PhD
Instant Death
Disc 3 – Side A
Description Of A Strange Man
Dirt Dog
Intergalactic (Colleone Webb Remix)
DR. Lee Version Dub
Switched On
Disc 3 – Side B
Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Auntie Jackie Poom Poom Delicious
Putting Shame In Your Game (Prunes Remix)
Stink Bug
Disc 4 – Side A
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Piano Jam
Happy To Be In That Perfect Headspace
The Negotiation Limerick File (The 41 Small Stars Remix)
The Drone
20 Questions Version
Disc 4 – Side B
The Bizz Grasshopper Experiment
Hail Sagan (Special K)
Body Movin’ (Kut Masta Kurt Remix)
Creepin’
Learning Remote Control
Oh My Goodness This Record’s Incredible
Peter Frampton Announces “At Royal Albert Hall” Out September 1, 2023
In November 2022, Grammy-winning artist and virtuosic guitar player Peter Frampton performed at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London to a rapturous sold-out crowd. The special evening was filmed, capturing stunning performances of Frampton’s finest songs, and will be released as a live album on September 1 – pre-order/pre-save Peter Frampton At Royal Albert Hall here.
The record features 9 live performances with Frampton’s long-standing band of Rob Arthur, Adam Lester, Dan Wojciechowski and Steve Mackey, and includes tracks “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do?” and more. The legendary performance is currently streaming on PBS as part of their Pledge Drive.
Additionally, Frampton is back on the road—the Never Say Never Tour kicked off last month, with stops nationwide through August. See below for full tour routing.
Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. In 2007, Frampton won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints and in 2014 was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. He received the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award from NAMM’s TEC Awards in 2019 and his album All Blues was #1 for fifteen weeks on Billboard’s Blues Chart. In 2020 Frampton was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, his autobiography Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list, and his 2021 album Frampton Forgets The Words was released to widespread critical acclaim. After 47 years, Frampton Comes Alive! remains one of the top-selling live records of all time selling over 17 million worldwide.
Most recently, Frampton announced that on July 28 Intervention Records will release Frampton@50, a numbered limited-edition vinyl box set featuring Frampton’s essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind of Change, Frampton’s Camel and Frampton.
Frampton is also set to receive The Myositis Association’s Heroes in the Fight 2023 Patient Ambassador Award on September 9 during their annual ceremony in conjunction with TMA’s Annual Patient Conference in San Diego, CA between September 7-10.
Additionally, Frampton will feature in the new intimate, one-hour public television series With, which highlights vulnerable conversations between music icons, fellow creators, musicians and friends for a candid glimpse inside the creation of their most beloved hits. Frampton’s conversation with songwriter Trey Bruce at Analog Hutton Hotel will air on July 15 (check local listings); full episodes are also be available to stream weekly on WithTheShow.com.
TRACKLIST
Something’s Happening
Lying
Lines On My Face
Show Me The Way
Georgia On My Mind
All I Wanna Be (Is By Your Side)
(I’ll Give You) Money
Baby, I Love Your Way
Do You Feel Like We Do?
PETER FRAMPTON LIVE
July 15—Wind Creek Event Center—Bethlehem, PA
July 16—Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena—Atlantic City, NJ
July 18—MGM Music Hall at Fenway—Boston, MA
July 20—The Theater at MGM National Harbor—Oxon Hill, MD
July 22—Foxwoods Resort Casino, Premier Theater—Mashantucket, CT
July 23—The Capitol Theatre—Port Chester, NY
July 25—The Capitol Theatre—Port Chester, NY
July 26—The Paramount—Huntington, NY
July 28—Turning Stone Resort Casino, Event Center—Verona, NY
July 29—Fallsview Casino Resort—Niagara Falls, ON
August 10—Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn—Troutdale, OR
August 12—Thunder Valley Casino—Lincoln, CA
August 13—Yaamava’ Theater—Highland, CA
August 15—The Masonic—San Francisco, CA
August 16—Arlington Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA
August 18—The Pearl—Las Vegas, NV
August 19—Sandy Amphitheater—Sandy, UT
Trailblazing Punjabi Artist Karan Aujla Announces Warner Music Canada & Warner Music India Signing
Punjabi singer, rapper and lyricist Karan Aujla announces his signing to Warner Music Canada and Warner Music India. Karan Aujla is a groundbreaking artist who is committed to bridging the gap between Punjabi music and the rest of the world.
“I want to take my talents to the next level and WM Canada and WM India will help me push my music to the people,” Karan says on joining the Warner Music roster.
Karan Aujla was born in Ghurala, India before he moved to Vancouver, Canada at the age of 17. He began songwriting to express his emotions following the tragic passing of his parents. Having written hundreds of songs for emerging Indian artists, Karan began recording songs of his own leading to his first major hit that was 2018’s “Don’t Worry.” As he continued to record, write and collaborate with producers, honing in on his unique sonic offering, he released his debut album B.T.F.U. that landed #6 on Spotify’s Global Chart.
Followed was his Way Ahead EP that boasted a YG collaboration and his next massive hit, “Don’t Look” that surpassed 170+ million views on YouTube alone.
Karan is approaching 3 billion views on YouTube, has garnered over one billion audio streams, 7.5 million Spotify monthly listeners and 8 million followers across his social media channels.
“We are privileged to be a part of Karan’s team and look forward to building on the incredible foundation he’s formed for himself as a leading Punjabi artist,” Warner Music Canada President Kristen Burke says.
“Karan embodies the essence of new age Punjabi music and we’re excited to take his sound global with this partnership,” Jay Mehta, Managing Director, Warner Music India & SAARC says.
Karan is releasing his second studio album Making Memories on August 18th, executive produced by Warner Music Canada & 4N Records’ artist and producer Ikky (Diljit Dosanjh, Sidhu Moose Wala, Shubh) – pre-save the release here. The first single “Admirin’ You” arrives August 4th and was the initial song Karan and Ikky recorded for the album that formed over the course of a year.
“Making Memories is the beginning of a new era for Punjabi music. Showcasing true artistry, this album is a sonic representation of summer growing up in the Punjabi community. Karan and I want people to make memories of their own and remember where they were when they first heard the album,” Ikky says.
The album’s title is a testament to the artistic journey undertaken by both artists to create a distinct, unparalleled offering. Making Memories demonstrates the universal appeal of music by seamlessly blending the melodious essence of Punjabi language with hip hop and pop production, captivating listeners regardless of their spoken language.
Making Memories Tracklist:
1. Girl, I Love You (Euro’s Intro)
2. What…?
3. Admirin’ You ft. Preston Pablo
4. Jee Ni Lagda
5. Try Me
6. Champion’s Anthem
7. Softly
8. You
9. Bachke Bachke
My Next Read: “‘The Beach Boys” by The Beach Boys with Thom Yorke, Lindsey Buckingham, and more
The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys features new text drawn from extensive interviews with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston exclusively for this edition, and archive text from band members Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson. You can get it here from Genesis Publications.
The band members describe their story from the beginning: signing their first recording contract with Capitol Records and creating some of the most flawless, sun-soaked singles of all time – ‘Surfer Girl’ / ‘Little Deuce Coupe’, ‘I Get Around’ / ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ and ‘California Girls’ / ‘Let Him Run Wild’, to name a few – as well as sharing their memories of making revered albums such as Pet Sounds, and fan-favourites Wild Honey, Friends, Sunflower and Holland. The story follows their journey around the world, from school fundraisers to global tours and landmark shows such as Prague when, in 1969, they were the first Western band to visit Czechoslovakia, and New York’s Carnegie Hall in 1972. Throughout, the band reflects on the making of the songs.
Joining them are a host of contributors who have been involved with or inspired by the band’s music, including Peter Blake, Lindsey Buckingham, Eric Clapton, Elvis Costello, Ray Davies, Bob Dylan, Def Leppard, the Flaming Lips, Bobby Gillespie, David Lee Roth, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Jim Kerr, Roger McGuinn, Graham Nash, Jimmy Page, Carly Simon, Pete Townshend, Rufus Wainwright, Thom Yorke, and many more yet to be announced.
With unlimited access to the Capitol Records archive, the Beach Boys band archive and their personal archives, The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys has been carefully curated from these unique sources to create an exciting visual journey, combining never-before-seen negatives with iconic images.
Outtakes from legendary album sessions are featured, such as Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) and Pet Sounds, as well as behind-the-scenes recording photographs from Smile, 20/20 and more. An abundance of live shots includes the band’s first European tour and rehearsals for the first live performance of ‘Good Vibrations’, which Brian Wilson travelled over 2,000 miles to oversee.
These photographs are accompanied by ephemera from across the years, including tape boxes, tour posters and programmes, handwritten notes and lyrics, newspaper clippings, album advertisements, chord sheets and studio documents – all of which assist in illustrating their remarkable story.
The Beach Boys manage to defy decade, genre and form. They cannot be limited to songs about surfing, girls, California, or hot rods. Everything strove to go beyond – perhaps key to the Beach Boys’ durability; their ability to go further, to keep going until they reached a place that had not previously been reached in rock and pop music. The band’s longevity, experimentation and continuation of influence are without equal.
One of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful and influential bands of all time, the band are embedded within the cultural landscape of America and loved throughout the world. The Beach Boys spearheaded numerous genres, helped to legitimise popular music, and have had the most Billboard Top 40 hits from any US band (thirty-seven), and today their music continues to be revisited, reassessed, and reimagined.
A Folk Band Explains The New Zip Codes With This PSA From 1967
Are you tired of living in a world where zip codes define us? Well, get ready to swing into a new era (well, back in 1967, so pretend with me) with The Swingin’ Six, a folk band that’s here to spread the message of unity and break down the barriers imposed by zip codes.