Who the heck is Andrew W.K.?

Monday, January 4th, 2010

Look at that face to the left. That bloody visage is the man who has been telling us for years to party hard and party til you puke. That man is Andrew W.K...or is it?
Over the past few days, Andrew has been tweeting up a storm about a conspiracy as to how he's a real boy but he works with a lot of people to create Andrew W.K. but he's still a real artist. Frankly, us RiO!B staffers were a bit perplexed as to exactly… Read More

Soundgarden reuniting in 2010

Friday, January 1st, 2010

What a way to kick off the new year! A recent twitter post from Chris Cornell read the following:
The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com
So for anyone who was hoping and praying and wishing for Chris Cornell to come to his senses and return to his rock roots has gotten… Read More

Avenged Sevenfold drummer found dead

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Sad news for all fans of Avenged Sevenfold as its been reported that drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan was found dead at his home in Huntington Beach on Monday December 28th.
So far it's being reported that he died of natural causes. Rev was only 28-years old. In addition to being the drummer and an original member of A7X, Rev was also the lead vocalist of… Read More

New Nine Inch Nails in 2010?

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Just when you think we would end 2K9 without any news on Trent Reznor the man rears his head and gives bloggers something to write about.
On the NIN website, the dark one posted a message two days before Christmas that read the following:
Sorry I haven't been around much lately, I've been working on not working for a couple of months, which for me is hard work. 2010 has a number of things planned including new material… Read More

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club reveal tracklisting of new album

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Just a quick update for all fans of the band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. They've just released the tracklisting for their new album Beat The Devil's Tattoo which comes out on March 9, 2010.
If you've needed a BRMC fix this past year, you could have gotten it one of two ways. Either by getting the New Moon soundtrack where the band contributed the new song "Done All Wrong" or by going… Read More

Julian Casablancas – I Wish It Was Christmas Today

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

One of the more memorable songs to come from Saturday Night Live was "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" with Horatio Sanz, Jimmy Fallon, Chris Kattan and Tracy Morgan. Up top you can see a performance of the song with a now skinny Horatio… Read More

Radiohead back in the studio in January

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

In news that I must cover since I'm clearly biased towards Radiohead, Thom Yorke and the Oxford boys will be heading into the studio in January to start recording, according to a post from guitarist Ed O'Brien on their website.
O'Brien was commenting on Thom Yorke's recent… Read More

Rage Against The Machine are number one!

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

Never was there more of a Christmas miracle then what has just occured in the U.K. After an online facebook group that amassed almost a million people and over half a million sales of the song "Killing in the Name", Rage Against The Machine has beaten X-Factor winner Joe McElderry for the number one spot on the charts.
NME has reported that RATM beat out McElderry with 500,000 purchases… Read More

Paul McCartney backs RATM for number one record

Friday, December 18th, 2009

In a somewhat surprising, yet interesting, turn of events, Paul McCartney has weighed in on the Rage Against The Machine/X-Factor battle for the number one record in the U.K.
NME reports that Sir Paul is actually pulling for RATM to take the number one Christmastime chart position. The reason it's surprising is because McCartney actually performed on X-Factor with the winner Joe McElderry.… Read More

Thom Yorke attends climate meeting in Copenhagen

Friday, December 18th, 2009

It's almost like that film Mr. Smith Goes To Washington...except it's Copenhagen and Jimmy Stewart has been replaced by Thom Yorke (imagine Jimmy Stewart with Thom's haircut?)
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference and he got in with the use of a press pass. He did so since the meetings are not open to the public and Yorke is a massive advocate for the environment. He… Read More