Random music news for Monday, October 7, 2019
It was on this day in 2001 when the US invaded Afghanistan. They thought it would be a quick war. Moving to music news for October 7, 2019…
- Did Tom DeLonge’s company get taken when they acquired “exotic UFO material?” Maybe. But maybe not.
- The 50th anniversary edition of The Beatles’ Abbey Road finished in the top three on the Billboard album charts.
- Is this the worst solo ever committed to record?
- Here’s a great question: Did punk rock actually start in Canada?
- A very good question: Are rock stars doomed to suffer?
- No one knows who’ll play the 50th anniversary of Glastonbury next year, but tickets sold out out in 34 minutes.
- Youngest Hanson brother got into a crash. He’ll be fine.
- Elton John was apparently 24 hours from death with a terrible infection. (Here’s more on that.)
- And so it begins again…
- …but this might be a good antidote to that.
- Late Prodigy man Keith Flint is having his possessions sold off to settle the debts at the time of his death.
- Here’s a good story on the guy who designed the Rolling Stones’ lips-and-tongue logo.
- Green Day has been making good coin on “Wake Me When September Ends” whenever September ends.
- Metallica has finally won a trademark battle in Chile.
- The show must go on. Right, Lil John?
- What’s this countdown clock on Metallica’s website all about? It’ll hit zero on Thursday.
- Looking for some of the most explicit song titles in the history of rock? Of course you are.
