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Spinal Tap, the sequel is coming. But who will be the drummer?

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Rob Reiner, Sequel, Spinal Tap

Forty years after Rob Reiner created the best parody of rock (and especially metal) culture comes news that there’s going

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Tom DeLonge of blink-182 fame has released the trailer to his feature film directorial debut

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Horror Films, Monsters of California, Sci-Fi, To the Stars, Tom DeLonge

Between his books, his UFO research, and other musical musings, Tom DeLonge is Dave Grohl-esque when it comes to creative

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Today’s trailers, part 1: A peek at the new Weird Al biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Biopic, Roku, Weird Al

Come this fall (we don’t have an exact date yet), we’ll get a new biopic about Weird Al Yankovic starring

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Documentary Movies 

If you’re into vinyl then you’ll need to see this new doc called Vinyl Nation

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Collecting, Records, Vinyl, Vinyl Nation

There’s no sign that interest in vinyl records is going to end soon, let alone plateau. Why? That’s the central

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Movies Music History 

Here’s another trailer for the upcoming documentary on Lowest of the Low

April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Documentary, Lowest of the Low

Lowest of the Low was one of Toronto’s great indie bands of the 90s. They started with a tremendous amount

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Movies Music News 

Nirvana is on the cusp of having a top 40 hit (UPDATE: It’s already happened in Canada)

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Batman, Billboard, Nevermind, Nirvana, Soundtrack

If you’ve been to see The Batman, you’ll know that Nirvana’s “Something in the Way,” an album track from Nirvana’s

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Movies Television 

JJ Abrams is working on a scripted bio of U2 for Netflix

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, JJ Abrams, U2

There’s a lot to unpack in that headline, isn’t there? And there’s more. JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has

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Ongoing History Daily: Could this be the weirdest concert video of all time?

March 18, 2022March 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Film, Cramps, Mental Hospital, Napa

Most of us have seen concert videos, either on TV, online or on DVD.  It seems that every band has

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Here’s the trailer for Tom Morello’s movie, Metal Lords

March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment DB Weiss, Metal Lords, Tom Morello

Tom Morello is probably the closest anyone has come to Dave Grohl‘s workaholicness. Not only does he participate in a

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Foo Fighters’ Studio 666 disappoints at the box office

February 27, 2022February 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Box Office, Foo Fighters, Studio 666

Despite a long lead-up and the obvious popularity of the Foo Fighters, the band’s horror-comedy, Studio 666, didn’t light up

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Reviews of the Foo Fighters’ horror movie, Studio 666, are in. And the critics say…

February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Foo Fighters, Horror Movie, Reviews, Studio 666

The Foo Fighters are probably collecting having more fun than any other band in the history of rock. Their horror/comedy

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