Matchbox Twenty Pulls Out Of Wyoming Rodeo Concert Out Of Concern For AnimalsCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ Matchbox Twenty has canceled a performance at a large rodeo event out of concern for the animals. Lead singer Rob Thomas confirmed that the band is pulling out of its July 18 show[...] Read more!
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Published: 2008-04-13
Provider: StarPulse
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Five Great Music Moments in “Pot Culture” April 20 is a national stoner holiday, and the best way to celebrate getting high on the wacky tobacky is by reading. Pot Culture: The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language & Life (by Shirley Halperin & Steve Bloom, out April 20 on Abrams Image) is the ultimate reference book for being a professional stoner. Musicians are not strangers to the devil’s weed, so check out the five best music-related moments from the book. • Rob Thomas Is the King of Advice: In a section called “The Art of Scoring,” Matchbox Twenty frontman Thomas says, “The absolute last thing you want to do is walk down to the corner of Stab Me Avenue and Beat Me Street and start asking shady people if they know where you can find some really good stuff.” • Buy Vinyl: The book endorses a number of classic albums that contained stonerriffic gatefolds, including Black Sabbath’s Paranoid, Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy and Earth, Wind & Fire’s Gratitude. • Like His Band, Adam Levine is Totally Predictable: The Maroon 5 singer writes a section called “Music to Smoke To,” and it’s got all the usual trappings: Phish, Bob Marley and Miles Davis (though he does throw a curveball with Notorious B.I.G. — a truly underrated MC for smokers). • Bob Dylan Was Also Good At Math: Sure, everybody knows that “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ has a fantastically smoke friendly chorus, but did you know that when you multiply 12 by 35, you get 420? • Don’t Smoke With Bob Pollard: The prolific genius behind Guided By Voices has some sure fire buzzkills in his “Music to Smoke To” page, including a track that he describes as “a guy who somehow screams and whispers simultaneously for four minutes.”
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Published: 2008-04-07
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Rob Thomas on Annie Lennox: “She’s Down and Dirty”Photo: Getty “Anybody my age turning on MTV and seeing Annie Lennox sing ‘Sweet Dreams,’ that was enough right there,” says Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas of the former singer of the Eurythmics. Thomas cites her vocal variety as the key to her greatness. “When she does stuff like ‘No More I Love Yous,’ she gets this ethereal Sarah McLachlan-esque kind of thing that just sounds like a beautiful angel. And then she can switch over the sound of her voice and make it sound like she’s gargling glass. And so many people can’t do that,” he says. Click below for more from Thomas on Lennox and for more from Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. • 100 Greatest Singers: Annie Lennox, by Rob Thomas Related Stories: • The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time • What Makes a Great Singer? By Jonathan Lethem • Behind the Cover Video: Alan Light on the 100 Greatest Singers Selection Process • 100 Greatest Singers: Janis Joplin, by Stevie Nicks • 100 Greatest Singers: James Taylor, by David Crosby
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Published: 2008-11-19
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Guilty Musical Pleasures: Barry Manilow vs. Matchbox TwentyBy Whitney Pastorek The next battle in our quest to ID the artist most of you secretly adore -- even if it costs you ''cool points''
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Published: 2009-08-18
Provider: Entertainment Weekly
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