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R. Kelly's streams increase following removal from Spotify playlists
[Photo by: Nicholas Ballasy/Wikimedia Commons] R. Kelly's streams have increased since Spotify made a move to remove his music from featured playlists. Read more: R. Kelly’s music removed from Spotify playlists after sexual misconduct allegations On May 10, Spotify announced it would remove material by Kelly from its playlists after the singer's long history of sexual misconduct allegations has again come to […]
Dave Grohl says he's ashamed of "massive jerk" Donald Trump
[Photos by: Wikimedia Commons] “I am ashamed of our president,” says Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl in a new interview with the British edition of GQ magazine. Calling the president a “massive jerk,” the musician speaks ruefully of the United States' current commander in chief. Read more below. Read more: Listen […]
Frank Iero hints at new band with "surprise" musicians
What is Frank Iero up to? The Frank Iero And The Patience frontman and former My Chemical Romance member took to Instagram to tease some sort of new music collaboration with “suprise” band members—check it out below. Read more: Frank Iero trolls fan with epic MCR joke On Tuesday, Iero shared some cryptic images online, […]
Silent Planet vocalist helps shut down creepy DMs on Twitter
Silent Planet fans are well versed in vocalist Garrett Russell's semi-trolling Twitter technique, in which he'll tweet at celebrities, politicians and others with humorous entreaties to listen to his band—often with a meaningful message attached. Now, his amazing Twitter game has an added bonus for users: you can use it to shut down creepy DMs! […]
Bleeding Through frontman offers harsh critique of modern metalcore
Bleeding Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati is no stranger to voicing his opinions, as evidenced in our recent interview with the frontman for the band's new album, Love Will Kill All. Now, the musician is airing his grievances with what he perceives as the stale state of modern metalcore, saying that “every record sounds exactly the […]
Instagram finally adds a mute button, and we're fully here for it
[Photos by: Pexels, shareicon.net] Instagram's always rolling out features that make users' lives easier, and this one may be the most useful yet: There's finally going to be a “mute button” to silence a user's posts without unfollowing them, according to BuzzFeed News. Read more: Share others' posts to your Instagram Story Yep, now you […]
Halsey defends her emo upbringing after My Chemical Romance tweet
[Photo by: Zoey Grossman] Halsey defended her emo past after a Twitter user claimed the singer was “appropriating emo culture” by repping a My Chemical Romance song when sharing a red carpet pic from the 2018 Billboard Music Awards—see it below. Read more: 19 memes that nailed emo culture It all started on Sunday night when […]
Rob Zombie's '3 From Hell' on hold for tour with Marilyn Manson
[Photos by: Encyclopaedia Metallum, Lionsgate] It looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer for the release of Rob Zombie's anticipated The Devil's Rejects sequel, 3 From Hell. While the horror film is finished shooting, editing is delayed until the musician and auteur completes his upcoming tour with Marilyn Manson—see the dates below. Read more: […]
Billy Corgan tells Lars Ulrich that metal is often "disrespected"
Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan commiserated with Metallica's Lars Ulrich on the often “disrespected” state of metal music during an appearance on the drummer's radio show on Apple Music Beats 1—check it out. Read more: Halsey defends her emo upbringing As pointed out by MetalSucks—which mentioned Corgan's early-aughts alt-rock supergroup Zwan and then posted an […]