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Kansas Bassist Departs After Nearly 40 Years in the Band

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Kansas Bassist Departs After Nearly 40 Years in the Band

Billy Greer, the bassist and co-lead vocalist for Kansas, has retired after nearly 40 years in the band.In a message announcing his departure, Kansas thanked Greer for his decades of service.“For 39 years, Billy has been a loyal, dedicated, and immensely talented bandmate. He’s traveled around the world with us including USO tours,” drummer Phil Ehart wrote.Guitarist Richard Williams added that Greer “stood shoulder to shoulder with us through both […]

todaySeptember 6, 2024 1

Co-Founder Quits Death Metal Band Mid-Tour, Group Comments

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Co-Founder Quits Death Metal Band Mid-Tour, Group Comments

Vitriol are looking a little different than they did at the beginning of their tour, currently working as a two-piece after the exit of founding bassist and co-vocalist Adam Roethlisberger.The group, who earlier in the year had been a four-piece, has apparently shed half their ranks with guitarist Daniel Martinez exiting the band as well. That leaves guitarist-vocalist Kyle Rasmussen and drummer Matt Kilner to carry on as the group […]

todaySeptember 6, 2024 5

Inimical Drive’s Joel Colby Says Band Is Focused on Singles

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Inimical Drive’s Joel Colby Says Band Is Focused on Singles

"I think if we're being realistic, we're in a singles game."Inimical Drive frontman Joel Colby recently joined Loudwire Nights to celebrate the band's latest single, "Victim," as well as look ahead to what's next."We've got a bunch in the bank. [And] we've locked in more work with DL, super excited about that and then we actually just tossed around another, newer idea. We've got a lot on the horizon."DL is […]

todaySeptember 5, 2024 3

Green Day Singer Takes Pop-Punk Back to the ’90s With Side Band

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Green Day Singer Takes Pop-Punk Back to the ’90s With Side Band

After over a decade, Green Day side project Pinhead Gunpowder has returned with their first new music since 2008.If there’s one objective truth about Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong, it’s that he stays busy. Outside of fronting arguably the world’s biggest pop-punk band, he’s played in multiple other projects, including Pinhead Gunpowder.The band formed back in 1991 and has been an on-again, off-again group for Armstrong and fellow members […]

todaySeptember 5, 2024 4

Guess Who Has Settled Bitter Legal Issues Over Band Name

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Guess Who Has Settled Bitter Legal Issues Over Band Name

It took more than a year – and one extraordinarily drastic legal measure – but the Guess Who has settled an argument over control of the band. Classic-era frontman Burton Cummings and co-founding guitarist Randy Bachman filed suit in 2023 against original members Jim Kale and Garry Peterson over false advertising claims. Kale and Peterson had continued to tour as the Guess Who even after Bachman and then Cummings departed […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 4

Are Spiritbox Teasing New Music? Band Launches Online Puzzle

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Are Spiritbox Teasing New Music? Band Launches Online Puzzle

Are Spiritbox teasing new music? A new puzzle on their website seems to suggest that something is coming from the band soon.Spiritbox shared a link to their website yesterday (Sept. 3) on X with a note to have the volume turned on upon visiting it. Fans have to click the pre-save button for either Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music, depending on which streaming service they use, in order to […]

todaySeptember 4, 2024 2

How Brian Wilson’s Band Might Tour Again Without Brian Wilson

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How Brian Wilson’s Band Might Tour Again Without Brian Wilson

Could the Brian Wilson Band return without its namesake? Fellow Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine, a long-time solo touring partner, is considering dates. "Brian has agreed to allow me to use the name of his band to resurrect that incredible Brian band that we worked with so wonderfully for the last 20 or 30 years," Jardine tells Rolling Stone. "I'm looking forward to meeting up with him shortly and working […]

todaySeptember 3, 2024

VOTE: Better ’90s Punk Revival Band

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VOTE: Better ’90s Punk Revival Band

Who is the better of the '90s punk revival bands - Green Day or The Offspring? That's the debate this week on Loudwire Nights' Chuck's Fight Club.Punk was not just a '70s phenomenon, but by the time the '90s arrived it had mostly fallen out of rock favor. But in 1994, at the height of the grunge era, two California bands put it right front and center on the musical […]

todaySeptember 2, 2024 3

Study Reveals the Most Searched Tribute Band Over the Last Year

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Study Reveals the Most Searched Tribute Band Over the Last Year

The most searched tribute band over a year-long period (July 2023 - July 2024) has been determined by a new Slingo study — and it's a rock act!  In fact, two rock tribute groups top the list.The study itself is quite simple as Slingo compiled search data into a Top 10 table that also compares the search volume for each tribute act with the search volume for the original artist.Brit […]

todayAugust 29, 2024 1

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