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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: More band name origins

September 12, 2022September 11, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Alien Ant Farm, Ayn Rand, Band Names, Collective Soul, MUMFORD AND SONS, Royal Blood, Yeay Yeah Yeahs

Time again to look at where various bands got their names. (1) The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ name is pure New

Random music news for Friday, March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alien Ant Farm, Bonnaroo, Drake, Instagram, Karaoke, Kevin Durant, Live Streaming, Sloan, Spotify, Stingray Digital, Streaming

Hey, we haven’t heard Rudy Giuliani run off at the mouth for weeks. Where did he go? I’ll start looking

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hard Time – Musicians Who Have Gone to Jail

June 29, 2018July 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alien Ant Farm, As I Lay Dying, Cake, Charlatans UK, Coheed and Cambria, Crime, Lostprophets, Sid Vicious, Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors: musicians

Time to “Make America Rock Again!”

August 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alien Ant Farm, Make America Rock Again, P.O.D., Saving Abel, Trapt

Here’s more evidence that alt-rock is moving away from the down-tempo introspective folky feel of the last couple of years.