Random music news for Friday, September 19, 2025
Have you ever wanted to own your own TV station? Now you can! BONUS: I first thought that this was a documentary on New York’s psychobilly punk band, The Cramps.
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Random music news for Thursday, July 10, 2025
Wow. What a gruesome way to go. Let’s just move right into music news for July 10, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Hate your job? Imagine working here.
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Pearl Jam needs a new drummer. Matt Cameron has left.
Matt Cameron’s relationship with Pearl Jam goes back to the band’s earliest days. When Soundgarden split up in 1997, Matt immediately slipped into the Pearl Jam seat and he’s been
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And the new drummer of the Foo Fighters will NOT be…
…Pearl Jam/Soundgarden dude, Matt Cameron. He made a statement yesterday (March 26) denying he was going to replace Taylor Hawkins in the Foo Fighters. It was a short and sweet
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The Foo Fighters have a string of festival dates set for this summer, starting with a gig in Gilford, New Hampshire on May 24. If they’re back on the road,
Read MoreMatt Cameron tested positive for COVID so a fan was drafted to play drums for Pearl Jam.
Ever been in the crowd and wished you could be on stage performing for the crowd? Bands like U2, the Foo Fighters, and Green Day routinely bring fans up to
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3rd Secret is a Seattle supergroup featuring members of Nirvana and Soundgarden. They just released an album out of the blue.
You may have heard rumours back in February that Nirvana bass player Krist Novoselic was working on new music. Turns out that was true–very cool, to be sure–but the reality
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More than 100 drummers join Ringo Starr for a “Come Together”
That’s some lineup of drummers: Ringo Starr, Matt Cameron, Stewart Copeland, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner, Max Weinberg, Carmine Appice, Nicko McBain, John Fishman, and even 11-year-old Nandi Bushell all gathered
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Ongoing History Daily: Remembering Tina Bell (and why you should)
There are all sorts of sad examples of important people being left out of music history. For example, there’s Tina Bell a Black woman who fronted a very grunge-sounded band
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A new double drummer project from Matt Cameron and Taylor Hawkins
Drummers Matt Cameron (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam) and Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) found some time on their hands lately (hey, who hasn’t?) and decided to form a new group called Nighttime
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The black days of Vicky Cornell’s lawsuit against Soundgarden. The band responds.
Well this is a sad state of affairs. It’s been almost two years since Chris Cornell’s sudden and unexpected death, and his bandmates in Soundgarden haven’t made any indication of
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