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Weekend Rock List: Jimi Hendrix

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty This week brought a ton of Jimi Hendrix excitement: news arrived that the Greatest Guitarist of All Time — who just so happens to be on the cover of Rolling Stone — will be coming soon to Rock Band, and Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister sat down to recall his days working as Jimi’s roadie. So let’s break out the Hendrix canon this weekend: name your favorite Jimi tracks and we’ll tally up the votes Monday. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gypsys and all those post

Published: 2010-03-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Jimi Hendrix, Rock News

Jimi Hendrix Coming to “Rock Band” With Full “Axis” Album, More Exclusives to Follow

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time and current Rolling Stone cover star, and now RS can reveal that his legendary albums are coming exclusively to Rock Band with a wave of downloadable content thanks to Harmonix, MTV Games and Experience Hendrix. The guitarist’s entire second LP Axis: Bold as Love will be unleashed as DLC starting March 30th, along with the unearthed Jimi single “Valleys of Neptune” from the new disc of the same name. Jimi Hendr

Published: 2010-03-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Jimi Hendrix, Rock News, Video Games

Rob Sheffield Remembers Ultimate Indie Cult Hero Alex Chilton

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Classic Alex Chilton live moment: 1987, long after midnight, a sleazy rock bar in Roanoke, Virginia. When the man strikes up his best-loved song, the Big Star classic “September Gurls,” some drunk idiot celebrates by throwing a bottle that hits the guitar. Chilton cuts the song dead right at the syllable “Sep—” and snarls, “If I catch the motherfucker who threw that bottle, I’m gonna kill him.” Then, to the band: “OK, on D. One. Two.” They pick it up without m

Published: 2010-03-18 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Pink Floyd Win Battle to Halt Single-Song Download Sales

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Pink Floyd have won their lawsuit over single-song downloads against EMI, effectively halting the digital sale of the band’s individual tracks. As Rolling Stone reported yesterday, under the terms of a 1999 contract that predated iTunes and other digital-music retailers, the band mandated its songs could not be offered outside the context of their original albums. EMI argued that the contract only covered physical and not digital releases. In the end, the judge

Published: 2010-03-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Digital Music, Pink Floyd, Rock News

Genesis Prep “The Movie Box,” Featuring Collins-Era Concert Films

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Genesis will wrap up a year’s worth of reissues and box sets with The Movie Box, a five-DVD collection spotlighting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-nominated band’s live performances while Phil Collins was at the helm. Included in The Movie Box, which will be released November 24th, are the DVD debuts of Three Sides Live, a 1981 concert film from New York’s Nassau Coliseum, and 1984’s Genesis Live – The Mama Tour. The fifth DVD in the set will feature an updated

Published: 2009-10-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

News Ticker: Bee Gees, Public Image Ltd., Wycliffe Johnson

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive Robin Gibb tells the BBC the Bee Gees will reunite for live shows in the near future. Gibb says he and Barry have “got through the breakwater of emotions” after the 2003 death of their bandmate and brother Maurice. John Lydon is bringing back his post-Pistols band Public Image Ltd. for a series of pre-Christmas shows, the Guardian reports. The band now consists of guitarist Lu Edmonds, drummer Bruce Smith and multi-instrumentalist Scott Firth. Reggae producer Wycliff

Published: 2009-09-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

News Ticker: The Beatles, Echo and the Bunnymen, Mastodon, Rihanna

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty So many Fab Four fanatics have pre-ordered The Beatles in Mono, EMI has upped its order of the box set, Variety reports. Hit our Beatles hub for more on the band and their 9/9/09 reissues. Echo and the Bunnymen’s keyboard player Jake Brockman died in a motorbike accident at age 53, just a month before the release of the band’s new album The Fountain, the BBC reports. A statement on the band’s Website reads, “Our thoughts are with his wife, family & friends.” Ma

Published: 2009-09-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Weekend Rock List: Animal Bands

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty We’re going to the SXSW Festival next week, where bands like An Horse, Department of Eagles, Kittens Ablaze and countless more acts are playing, so we’re dedicating this week’s Rock List to bands that looked to the animal kingdom for inspiration when it came to time to name their group. Tell us your favorite Animal Bands, and on Monday we’ll count up the votes and reveal the king of the rock jungle. And just to keep this from being a landslide for one certain band — cough, the Beatles — bugs don’t count, but birds do. So set your TVs on Animal Planet and check out our picks below: • Eagles • Snoop Dogg • Modest Mouse • Fleet Foxes • Phish

Published: 2009-03-13 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Self-Titled Albums

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Last week, to celebrate all those eponymous LPs out there, we asked the Rock Daily readers to tell us their favorite Self-Titled Album. We counted the votes and, to nobody’s surprise, The Beatles, or the White Album as it’s lovingly referred to, stormed to the top spot, passing a pair of punk albums along the way. To see where Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and the blue Weezer landed, check out the full list below: 1. The Beatles 2. The Clash 3. The Ramones 4. Weezer 5. Led Zeppelin 6. The Doors 7. The Velvet Underground 8. Black Sabbath 9. Van Halen 10. Metallica 11. Rage Against the Machine 12. The Band 13. Sublime 14. The B-52’s 15. Franz Ferdinand

Published: 2009-03-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty In memory of Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell, the musician responsible for the famous introduction to the band’s “Free Bird” (and to honor last night’s great effort by the Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl), this weekend’s Rock List was dedicated to Bird Songs. It was a heated battle between two former Super Bowl Halftime Show performers, but in the end Paul McCartney and the Beatles’ White Album classic “Blackbird” edged out Prince and his Purple Rain gem “When Doves Cry” for the prize. To see where Alice in Chains, the Misfits and Wilco all nested, check out our Readers’ Rock List: Bird Songs below: 1. The Beatles – “Blackbird” 2. Prince – “When Doves Cry” 3. Alice In Chains – “Rooster” 4. The Beatles – “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” 5. Bob Marley – “Three Little Bird” 6. The Trashmen – “Surfin’ Bird” 7. The Beatles – “And Your Bird Can Sing” 8. The Grateful Dead – “Bird Song” 9. Steve Miller Band – “Fly Like An Eagle” 10. Phish – “Birds of a Feather” 11. The Misfits – “Where Eagles Dare” 12. Nelly Furtado – “Like A Bird” 13. Fleetwood Mac – “Songbird” 14. Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Free Bird” 15. Wilco – “Hummingbird”

Published: 2009-02-02 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock Lists

Group Hopes to Make The Smiths’ “How Soon Is Now?” Number One

Photo: Huan/Michael Ochs Archive/GettyFacebook helped Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the Name” upset The X Factor as the U.K.’s Christmas Number One. Now, another group on the social network has launched asking fans to purchase the Smiths’ hit “How Soon Is Now?” between January 28th and February 6th to make the single Number One on the British charts to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the band’s Meat is Murder, TwentyFourBit reports. While the “Rage Against The X Factor” group that

Published: 2010-01-11 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Velvet Underground Tell Tales About Warhol, Nico at NY Library

Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty As the Velvet Underground’s “Heroin” blared through the loudspeakers at the New York Public Library on 42nd Street last night, a spotlight focused on a lone turntable and the band’s Lou Reed, Maureen “Moe” Tucker and Doug Yule took seats alongside Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. The special occasion: a rare discussion of everything from the Velvets’ first paying gig at Summit High School in New Jersey ($80 for the night) to their success with Andy Warhol. “Warhol

Published: 2009-12-09 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News