After a successful theatrical bow last month, LED ZEPPELIN will bring their new concert film, CELEBRATION DAY, back into theaters for an encore performance tomorrow night - Tuesday, November 13, 2012. For a list of participating theaters, visit this page of the Led Zeppelin website. You can also check out a performance of "Kashmir" below, along with full info...
Sometimes I get some surprising news landing here at Rock Father HQ, and with my normal daily "Daddy" duties and prepping family-friendly content for the main site, I often miss some interesting things to post here in the "For Grownups" section. That said, an email from Friday revealed that UK New Wave duo WANG CHUNG (Nick Feldman and Jack...
After making a triumphant return with their first new album in sixteen years, THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO (Capitol/Brother Records), THE BEACH BOYS hit the road for their 50th Anniversary Tour. With the surviving members of the band performing huge sets of fifty songs on their 75-date trek around the world, a selection of those tracks will appear...
I was working on the retail side of the music business at the height of the "boy band" craze in the late 90's/early 00's, and the BACKSTREET BOYS were a staple of that era. Now that they're literally "back," the 'Boys have crafted an original holiday song for 2012 entitled "It's Christmas Time Again." Listen to the song below,...
They're the self-proclaimed "originators of humorcore," and now PSYCHOSTICK is serving up a tasty FREE ALBUM DOWNLOAD through Thanksgiving. Their holiday record, THE FLESH EATING ROLLERSKATE HOLIDAY JOYRIDE can be downloaded in it's entirety from this location. The free offering comes in celebration of their forthoming Christmas Tour, which kicks off in Peoria, Illinois on the 20th. Check out...
Queens, New York-based band BAYSIDE are offering a limited-edition, specially-designed t-shirt to benefit relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Proceeds from each shirt will benefit the Greater New York American Red Cross as they continue to assist families struggling in the aftermath of the storm. The band issued the following statement...
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HALESTORM might not exactly be a band you'd associate with Halloween, but that's not stopping them from celebrating "Hale-a-ween" with The Warner Sound. The rockers sat down for a six-song set today in The Live Room, and the entire thing can be viewed below, along with an intro from the band. Check it out!
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Last night, CELEBRATION DAY, a concert film documenting LED ZEPPELIN's 2007 concert at London's O2 Arena made it's U.S. debut at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. Prior to the premiere, founding members John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant along with Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, held a press conference at New...
TOMAHAWK, the band featuring Mike Patton (FAITH NO MORE, FANTOMAS, MR. BUNGLE, a bunch of other cool bands), Duane Denison (JESUS LIZARD), John Stainer (ex-HELMET, BATTLES), and Trevor Dunn (MELVINS LITE, MR. BUNGLE, FANTOMAS) have set free the first sample of their forthcoming album, ODDFELLOWS (out January 29, 2013 via Ipecac).
"Stone Letter" is the first single, and...
I'm still not 100% sure what to think about THE GORBURGER SHOW. In a lot of ways, the new show from The Warner Sound and Funny Or Die reminds me of the old VHS GWAR videos from the early 1990s. What's it about? "Gorburger - an alien from outer space - has invaded and taken a Japanese news network...