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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]~~
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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 [...]
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MUSIC NEWS- After re-scheduling their first six gigs on the new North American tour, AC/DC has now added a few more cities to their "Black Ice" tour which resumed Friday, 10/16. The hard rock legends started their anticipated second leg two weeks later than the run's planned start after lead vocalist Brian Johnson needed time off as a result of an unspecified medical procedure."My insides
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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...
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Our weekly recap of veteran artists on the current British music charts. Chart highlights:Rod Stewart's latest covers album, Soulbook, debuts at number 10 on the British Album chart and is the highest charting album this week by a veteran artist. It's the highest Rod has been on the charts in three years. Last weeks leader, Bon Jovi, falls 2 to 13 while Michael Jackson's This is It goes 6 to...
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This was from the Stephen King movie "Who Made Who". The only movie Stevie tried to direct. Fun movie.
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This AC/DC grab bag is expensive, but you know you want it.With gross earnings topping an astronomical $105 million, to say that it's been a good year for AC/DC is a bit of an understatement. With a third generation discovering the band's music, they're now more popular than they've ever been, there's no venue too small for them to play, exorbitantly-priced shows are selling out left and right,...
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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...
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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...
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So, after an eight-year hiatus, AC/DC has released another album, and the most noteworthy fact about it is not the music it contains, but the manner in which it's being released: through Wal-Mart. The band presents this as a gesture of authenticity and dedication to their craft, a way of ensuring that their album is purchased in its entirety. Of course, the enormous financial advantage that sta...
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