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Artists Lend Voices to Obama Campaign

The night Barack Obama clinched the Democratic nomination for president, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong found himself experiencing an unfamiliar emotion: hope. "After his acceptance speech, I have to admit, it took me an hour to get the lump out of my throat," says Armstrong, whose band's American Idiot was the defining protest album of the Bush years. "Obama inspires people, and this country needs inspiration. People are jaded, pissed off and embarrassed."

Published: 2008-07-21 Provider: Rolling Stone

PROUD FOGERTY NOT TOO OLD TO FIGHT ANOTHER WAR

ROCK icon John Fogerty is madder than a hoodoo- chasin' hound dog at the fortunate sons who send others to war. His righteous anger toward the Bush administration and the war in Iraq comes through forcefully in the song "I Can't Take It No More,"...

Published: 2007-10-02 Provider: New York Post Keywords: Fogerty, Revival, make, song, Creedence, band, feel, happy, rock, songs, music

International Report: Live Earth Hamburg

WHO PLAYED: Shakira, Snoop Dogg, Chris Cornell, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Enrique Iglesias, Roger Cicero, MIA, Sasha, Mando Diao and more. HIGHLIGHTS: Chris Cornell playing an acoustic version of “Right Away” for the victims of Hurricane Katrina; Yusuf Islam, who was added to the lineup at the very last minute, singing “Wild World” accompanied by a large band that included a horn section. MOST UNEXPECTED MOMENTS: German comedian Michael Mittermeier saying, “George Bush still believes that ‘El Nino’ is a guerilla leader in Nicaragua”; Bianca Jagger awkwardly singing along with 130 children from Hamburg.

Published: 2007-07-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Earth, Live Earth International Report

Hype Monitor: Fever Ray, New Villager and Ghost Hunter

Every week, Hype Monitor wades through the most buzzed-about bands all across the Internet to find the ones you need to hear now. The Band: Fever Ray The Buzz: Solo outing of Karin Andersson of Swedish electro-Gothers the Knife. Sounds kind of like the Knife. Listen If: Grey is your favorite color, or grim is your favorite mood. Key Track: “If I Had a Heart,” a bleak, pulsing funeral march where Andersson’s wisp-of-smoke voice curls around fat blue bands of synth. The Band: New Villager The Buzz: Bi-coastal duo bang out brawny indie pop. Listen If: You wish Animal Collective’s fangs were a bit sharper. Key Track: “Rich Doors,” a thumping combo of mantra-like vocals, tribal percussion and cascading keyboards — it’s “Life in a Northern Town” writ very, very small. The Band: Ghost Hunter The Buzz: It’s all eerie: weird wind chimes, whistling keyboards and thudding percussion combine to create the sound of the woods at night. Listen If: You’re looking for a good accompaniment for your next bout of hypnosis. Key Track: “Through the Haze of the Green Glasses,” which is nothing but weird soprano synthesizers and off-kilter percussion — like a Kate Bush song without Kate Bush.

Published: 2009-01-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Breaking

Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

• AC/DC revealed some Black Ice details by announcing the new album’s track list and release date. The Aussie rockers even hung out in the Smoking Section. Meanwhile, some fans’ interpretations of the first single “Rock N’ Roll Train” left us, well, thunderstruck. If you want blood bad performances, you’ve got it. • We inched closer to the release of Metallica’s Death Magnetic with a pair of song snippets, a pair of cheap European concert dates and the premiere of first single “The Day That Never Comes.” But can Death and a bunch of other big autumn albums help save the music industry? • The music world was saddened by the passing of Dave Matthews Band saxophonist LeRoi Moore. The band started a memorial fund in his honor, Blues Traveler’s John Popper and Crash producer Steve Lillywhite paid their respects, and we dedicated a Rock List to his music. • Nestled within our Bush-bashing new issue, Ra Ra Riot, Lykke Li and Low Vs Diamond were named among the up-and-coming acts in this year’s crop of Artists to Watch.

Published: 2008-08-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Deryck Whibley Claims He Was Nearly Deported, Lily Allen Aims at Courtney Love, R. Kelly’s Lawyers Start Their Ignitions

Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley claims that an item in Rock Daily about the band’s anti-Bush track “March of the Dogs” nearly got the Canadian rocker deported (to clarify: Rolling Stone asked a Congressman for comment on the song, not for the government to remove Avril Lavigne’s hubby from the country). Lily Allen’s latest incendiary comment is directed at Courtney Love: “One night with [her] made me realize why Kurt Cobain killed himself.” R. Kelly’s sex trial is approaching a start date, as lawyers for both sides are preparing for jury selection. Husband and wife team Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will embark on their first-ever joint tour this fall. Carlos Santana will release Ultimate Santana this fall, featuring the original version of “Game of Love” with Tina Turner on lead female vocals. Photo: Agostini/Getty

Published: 2007-07-25 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup

Evanescence Return to the Stage at “Secret” New York Gig

Photo: Noam GalaiIt was a chant that hadn’t been heard in Manhattan in more than two years, and it started a little after 9 p.m., as the anxious crowd who packed out the Manhattan Center Grand Ballroom started growing more and more impatient: “EVAN-ES-SCENTS, EVAN-ES-SCENTS.” And though the last time Amy Lee floated across a stage George W. Bush was in office, you wouldn’t have been able to tell from the band’s adept, hard-charging performance. But as the Evanescence frontwoman explained to the

Published: 2009-11-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Live Shows, Rock News

No Doubt Sue Activision Over Use of “Band Hero” Avatars

Photo: Winter/Getty In September, Nirvana fans were shocked to learn that the Kurt Cobain avatar in Guitar Hero 5 could be used to sing any other song on the game’s track list, from Bon Jovi to Bush. Now No Doubt have made a similar discovery about their own avatars in Band Hero — and they’re taking swift legal action. The band filed a lawsuit against the game’s maker, Activision, today, for fraudulent inducement and breach of contract, among other complaints, in which they argue the group was t

Published: 2009-11-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: No Doubt, Rock News, Video Games

Pearl Jam Break Out New Songs, Rarities, Ronnie Wood in London

Photo: Dyson/WireImage Last night in London Pearl Jam broke out rarities, brand new songs and even the Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood. Playing in the legendary Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Eddie Vedder and Co. kicked off the evening with “Sometimes” from No Code before briefly visiting Pink Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive,” which served as a segue into “Corduroy.” The band then introduced “The Fixer,” the first single from their upcoming Backspacer, to the 2,000 stoked fans packed inside the tiny venue

Published: 2009-08-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows

Video: Behind the Scenes As Chickenfoot Invade London

Chickenfoot, rock’s newest supergroup, recently completed their first European tour, and Rock Daily has exclusive footage from behind the scenes as ex-Van Halen vets Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith invaded London for a sold-out concert at the city’s Shepherd Bush. Click above to go backstage with the band as Chickenfoot partake in a dressing room jam, with Smith on guitar and Hagar singing with martini glass in hand, plu

Published: 2009-07-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Videos

Gavin Rossdale Makes an Unlikely Comeback to Rock Radio

Photo: Gallay/Getty A recent glance at the radio charts reveals a guest nobody thought would ever be back: Gavin Rossdale, formerly of oft-attacked ’90s band Bush, currently has a hit with the keyboard-heavy ballad “Love Remains the Same.” “David Bowie once told me, ‘Outlive your critics,’” says Rossdale. “I’ve done well so far.” Click below for more from Rossdale, including what his regrets are and what other seminal ’90s band he almost joined. • The Unlikeliest Comeback: Gavin Rossdale Returns to Rock Radio Related Stories: • Album Review: Gavin Rossdale, Wanderlust • Gavin Rossdale Opens Institute • Bush: Nirvanawannabes

Published: 2008-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

The Unlikeliest Comeback: Gavin Rossdale Returns to Rock Radio

What happened to Institute? That was my first solo record, but beause it had such a band feel, I thought it'd be cooler to give the group a name. And then the irony of it is that it would have be much better choice — it's either Bush or Gavin Rossdale, because it's just too much to start a new fucking thing. Marketing disaster. So that's my Tin Machine period.

Published: 2008-10-30 Provider: Rolling Stone