A couple of weeks back I wrote about music biz guru Bob Lefsetz's anger over the fact that AC/DC's new album, Back in Black Part Nine Black Ice, is being released as a Wal-Mart exclusive. At that time, Lefsetz wrote "The joke is illegal acquisition will dwarf CD sales. Whatever is sold legitimately will [...]
I think it's officially safe to say that this crosses the line in terms of having wwwwaaaayyyy too much free time on one's hands… If you have Excel and would like to view this video in all its Microsoftian glory, you can download the original here. Thanks to MetalSucks Maniac Jesse for sending this in. -AR Related posts: FOR THOSE [...]
So the new AC/DC single, "Rock N' Roll Train," has been unleashed upon the world, and, shocking though it may be, it sounds more or less like every other song AC/DC has released since Back in Black (I tend to feel like the Bon Scott years had some more variance in them; I'm sure someone [...]~~
It made headlines recently when AC/DC guitarist Angus Young told the Telegraph that the band's music isn't on iTunes because "We don't make singles, we make albums." Other bands have expressed a similar attitude towards the single-friendly digital music store - Tool springs to mind - but in this day and age of iPods, creating [...]
MUSIC NEWS - AC/DC has announced it will postponed six of the band's USA tour dates due to the ill health of front man Brian Johnson. Confirmed postponement are - Des Moines, Iowa, Kansas City, Mo., Las Vegas, Lousiville, Milwaukee and Phoenix as Johnson has been advised by doctors to rest as the singer recently underwent an unspecified medial procedure.AC/DC started the current North
Word's already out that AC/DC will be releasing their new album this fall via Wal-mart. We also know that they will be heading out on a massive 18 month tour to support it. Now, I'll give you the release date: October 20th. I'll even give you the title of the first single: "Rock'n'Roll Train."But you are going to have to do some multiple choice critical thinking for the title to the follow-up o...
AC/DC bringing back their Black Ice tour to the good ol' U.S. of A. The band have added a bunch of tour dates starting with one night in Foxborough, MA at Gillette Stadium on July 28. These summer stops are hitting major stops like Giants Stadium in New Jersey and the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Ahhh summer. Best time of the year for Angus Young to get use out of those shorts. Most of the ea...
Mp3tagas someone with a digital library approaching 137,000 songs.I have spent COUNTLESS hours frickin tagging files,mostly manually typing and editing files adding lp etc. Usually one file at a time.Cause i'm O.C.D. like that.Never found a tag editor that was easy to use,or maybe i was too damned stupid to understand how to use it.well today i have had my eyes openedlet there be lightand the w...
AC/DC's song Highway To Hell is becoming one of the mot requested funeral songs in their home country, according to the the Telegraph. Funeral managers at Centennial Park, the largest cemetery and crematorium in the city, said only two hymns still rank among its top 10 most popular funeral songs: Amazing Grace and Abide With Me.Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's classic hit My...
Columbia Music only likes Wal-Mart-shopping-Americans. Columbia announced this week that the new AC/DC album, the band's first since 2000, will be exclusively available from Wal-Mart stores in the US. Of course, this may be the band's decision, as they have been highly resistant to adopting the online music distro models that are so popular today. AC/DC music still cannot be purchased on iTu...