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Weekly survey: Are Red Hot Chili Peppers albums too long?

April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Long Albums, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Unlimited Love, the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, is long. Again. This is a trend that goes back to

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There’s been a survey of the greatest guitar riffs of all time. Thoughts?

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Best Riffs, Electric Guitar, Guitars, Survey

A British company called Muse Group (it deals in music content and software) conducted a survey of 1500 people throughout

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Weekly survey: Will Taylor Hawkins’ death mean the end of the Foo Fighters?

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Death, Foo Fighters, Future, Taylor Hawkins

The tragic death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins has hit very, very hard. Next to Dave Grohl, he was

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Weekly survey: Is it time for U2 to get the biopic treatment?

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Robot, Biopic, Survey, U2

News from The Hollywood Reporter last week says that JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot production company has committed to a scripted

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Weekly survey: How far (or how long) are you willing to travel to see a concert?

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concerts, Festivals, Survey, Travel

Here’s another question designed to gauge your appetite for seeing concerts and festivals in a year when COVID will hopefully

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Can you separate a musician’s art from their bad behavior IRL?

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cancel Culture, Music

Cancel culture continues to be a contentious thing. What’s your opinion when a musician does (or is at least accused

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Weekly survey: Have you bought any concert tickets for 2022 yet?

March 7, 2022March 7, 2022 Alan Cross 4 Comments Concerts, Coronaphobia, Covid, Festivals

Some friends were over for dinner on the weekend. At one point in the evening, the conversation turned to a

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Weekly survey: Are the Foo Fighters in danger of serious overexposure?

February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Overexposure

There are two views about how to manage a music career these days. You can be like U2 and launch

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Weekly survey: If COVID restrictions were dropped today, how long would it be before you’d feel safe going to a concert?

February 14, 2022February 15, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Concerts, Covid, Festivals

COVID restrictions are not only being dropped in other countries around the world but in a rag-tag way in provinces

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Weekly survey: How do you feel about the current Spotify/Joe Rogan controversy?

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment India.Arie, Joe Rogan, Neil Young, Spotify

The blowup over some of the content on the Joe Rogan show began a couple of weeks ago when Neil

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Weekly survey: Is it time for a full-on emo revival?

January 31, 2022January 29, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Emo, Revival, Screamo, When We Were Young Festival

If you’ve been following the world of music festivals, you’ll have heard of the When We Were Young festival coming

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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