Monowhales have announced they’re breaking up
It’s been a tough couple of years when it comes to losing Canadian bands. Hollerado is gone. Tokyo Police Club is on a farewell tour. By this time next year, Sum 41 would
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Hoping to see finally see Rage Against the Machine live in 2024? I have some very bad news
Rage Against Machine’s live comeback had the potential to be one of the most explosive of the century. But then frontman Zach De La Rocha got injured and the whole reunion was thrown
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Ongoing History Daily: The Clash’s slow breakup accelerated with this music video
The Clash never really formally broke up. They just evaporated sometime after 1985. But those close to the band could see that the writing was on the wall. The trouble started while the
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Sum 41 call it quits after 27 years–and this may be why
Earlier this year, I met up with Deryck Whibley on a Sunday morning in Henderson, a nice spot southeast of The Strip and where Deryck and his family live after deciding that LA
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Four out of five members of this band quit all at once
How bad must it have been in Every Time I Die for four of the five members to quit at the same time? The only guy left is singer Keith Buckley. There’s a
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50 years ago, The Beatles broke up, this time for good.
The Beatles officially dissolved forever fifty years ago today when Paul McCartney announced that he was leaving the band. The word came out in the form of a written Q&A he sent out
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“Don’t Take Him Back, Cardi!”
Readers of Alan’s site know that it’s more of a blog than hardcore music news. We not much for gossip either, which is why you haven’t seen much about the whole Cardi B
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Weekly survey question: Which bands broke up at EXACTLY the right time?
All groups, whether they want to admit it or not, have a best-before date. Many of them struggle beyond that day with varying degrees of success and failure. But then there are the
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What to Do When the Band Breaks Up
This is a lovely pictorial story from Sarah Joy Shockey at Medium.com. What do you do when the band breaks up? See the whole thing here.
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The Vertical Video Breakup
Marc points us to this clever video. Once you start watching, you won’t be able to stop until it’s over. How will it all end?
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So Will Blink-182 Be at Travis Barker’s MUSINK Music & Tattoo Festival or Not?
This is from the email that arrived last night. Tom? You coming? It’s coming March 20-222 at the OC Fair Centre in Costa Mesa, California. Let’s see if Travis and Mark can
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