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rock music stories: 43 news summaries

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 Blink-182 Makes Up 
 After Travis' Close Call 

No onstage reunion yet, but they don't rule it out

Nov 20, 08 11:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The Blink-182 boys are hanging out again, ending a nearly 4-year hiatus after drummer Travis Barker dodged death in a fiery plane crash, E! reports. The trio met up for what vocalist Mark Hoppus calls “positive conversations,” deciding recent events trump the past. As for a reunion, “... More »

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plane crash • survivors • reunion • rock bands • rock music • Travis Barker • DJ AM • Blink-182 • Mark Hoppus • Tom Delonge • Adam Goldstein • Angels & Airwaves

REVIEW

 At Long Last, 
 Chinese Democracy 

15-year wait is over for GN'R fans

Nov 11, 08 12:53 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s been 15 years since the last Guns N’ Roses album, but loyal fans can rest assured, Chinese Democracy “sounds a lot like the Guns n' Roses you know,” writes David Fricke for Rolling Stone. Axl Rose and his army of supporting players, from Buckethead to Nine... More »

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Rolling Stone • rock and roll • reviews • Guns N' Roses • rock music • Axl Rose • Chinese Democracy

Founding Member of Pink Floyd Dead at 65

Wright gave the band
its signature moody keyboard sound

Sep 15, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Founding Pink Floyd member Richard Wright died today of cancer in London at age 65, the London Times reports. A keyboardist who gave the group its moody, dreamy sound, Wright co-authored many Floyd songs including ones on their masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon. He left after The Wall... More »

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cancer • obituary • Pink Floyd • rock music • Richard Wright • keyboard

 Twist Is Top All-Time Hit 

Billboard's top songs of past 50 years including other twists, like no Elvis in top 10

Sep 12, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Billboard has produced its definitive list of the top 100 songs of the past 50 years—and it's full of surprises. One is that neither Elvis nor the Beatles made the top five. They were beaten out by Santana, Bobby Darin, and even Los Del Rio's Macarena. Another twist—Chubby... More »

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music industry • Chubby Checker • Billboard charts • rock music • Nielsen SoundScan • Hot 100 • Geoff Mayfield • Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems

 You Are Your Music: Study

Study says music reflects our personalities

Sep 6, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Our favorite music speaks volumes about who we are, according to a new psychological study. It turns out that Indie fans are miserable, and metal heads act a lot like classical music lovers. The Independent breaks down personalities by genre:  
  • Indie: Low self-esteem and lazy, not to
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music • classical music • list • psychology • country music • rap music • reggae • heavy metal • blues • rock music • survey • dance music • indie rock

Great White to Pay $1M
Over Deadly R.I. Stage Fire

Latest legal development in nightclub fire tragedy

Sep 2, 08 5:18 PM CDT
(AP) - The 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people in Rhode Island has agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims' relatives. The settlement offer from Great White was revealed in court papers today. Roughly $175 million has now been offered by dozens of... More »

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courts • accident • nightclub • settlement • accidental death • rock music • fire

Athletes Got Nothin' on
Rock 'n Roll Drummers

Sports scientists say they're like Olympians

Jul 23, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, the lead singer gets all the attention, but how about a little respect for the drummer? Sports scientists are taking up the cause with a new study that says the rockers are as fit as Olympic athletes, the Times of London reports. The best of them lose 2 quarts... More »

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health • athlete • drums • musician • rock music

Chief Justice Ain't Got a Bob Dylan Quote

Roberts almost cites singer correctly in dissenting decision

Jun 29, 08 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Supreme Court decision was livened up this week by a quote from 1960s thinker, Robert Dylan—known to his fans as Bob. Regarding a stand-off between phone companies, Chief Justice John Roberts quoted, "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose," from Bob Dylan's 1965 hit... More »

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John Roberts • Bob Dylan • pop music • US Supreme Court • rock music

Rock Band Indeed: Beatles Pursuing Game Deals

Fab Four reps in talks with Guitar Hero and Rock Band makers

Jun 23, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Representatives of the Beatles' companies are meeting with video-game outfits to hash out the rights for possible Beatles-themed games. The reps are holding discussions with the makers of Guitar Hero and of Rock Band, the Financial Times reports. Analysts say that a deal might lead to more licensing of Beatles... More »

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Beatles • Guitar Hero • Rock Band • rock music • video games

Steaming Coldplay Denies Stealing Song

Brooklyn band claims Brit rockers lifted
Viva la Vida tune

Jun 19, 08 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Coldplay is hotly denying allegations of plagiarism from a Brooklyn-based indie band, the Independent reports. Members of the Creaky Boards say the melody of the British band's new album's title track Viva la Vida was lifted from a tune of theirs called The Songs I Didn't Write. Coldplay members insist... More »

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plagiarism • song • Coldplay • rock music • bands • Chris Martin

OPINION

 'Rock Band'  
 Reinvents the
 Cover Band 

Video game may spell end of bad cover acts

Jun 17, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The hugely popular "Rock Band" is more than just a video game—it's a musical revolution, Brett McCallon writes in More Intelligent Life. The game, which expands "Guitar Hero" to two axes, a drum kit and a singer, finally realizes “the democratizing dreams of the punk movement.... More »

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Guitar Hero • Rock Band • rock music • video games

Johnny McCain No Goode for Chuck Berry

Rock 'n' roll legend is rooting for Obama to win the White House 

Jun 10, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chuck Berry hopes Barack Obama will rock his way to victory in November—even though it's John McCain who used Berry's classic Johnny B. Goode as a theme song in the early days of the campaign. The McCain camp has since switched to Abba's Take a Chance On Me. Berry,... More »

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John McCain • rock stars • guitarist • rock music • Chuck Berry

How an Amateur Made Classical Cool in NYC

Chamber rock series invites young fans to hear old masters

Jun 7, 08 4:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ronen Givony is no musician, he can’t read music, and had never organized a concert—until recently. Now the 28-year-old is considered one of New York’s top impresarios, thanks to his “Wordless Music” series, which puts top indie rock and electronica bands on the same bill as... More »

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New York City • classical music • concert • Lincoln Center • indie pop • rock music

 Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback 

Hair we go again: '80s nostalgia brings monsters of rock  back to life

May 24, 08 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned... More »

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rock stars • Kiss • Metallica • Guitar Hero • heavy metal • rock music • concert tour • Def Leppard • Judas Priest

E Street Rocker
Danny Federici Is Dead at 58

Keyboardist played
on decades of
Springsteen hits

Apr 18, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Longtime Bruce Springsteen keyboardist Danny Federici died yesterday at the age of 58 in New York after a three-year battle with melanoma. As a member of the Boss’ E Street Band, he performed on hit records for decades and helped bring Springsteen into the spotlight after jamming in New Jersey... More »

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music • rock stars • obituary • Bruce Springsteen • E Street Band • rock bands • rock music

MUSIC REVIEW

 Portishead Better with Age 

More than dinner music, Third could 'utterly pulverize boredom'

Apr 16, 08 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Portishead’s new album comes off as cheesy, it’s only because it’s easily digestible, Sasha Frere-Jones writes in the New Yorker. While the album, Third, is “delightfully abrasive,” the Brits have “accepted that being soothing, despite their perverse streak, is part of what they... More »

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music • New Yorker magazine • album release • rock music • Portishead

 B-52s Shimmy Again 

Wacky New Wave band releases its first new album in 16 years

Apr 14, 08 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sixteen years after the release of their last album, the B-52s are still rocking the cosmic party, this time with the all-new album Funplex. The Georgia band still performs regularly, but "if we're going to keep doing this, we need new material," guitarist Keith Strickland told NPR. "... More »

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music • album release • rock bands • rock music • dance music • B-52s • Kate Pierson • Keith Strickland

 Protest Songs Get Tuned Out 

Downloading, disconnection leaving generation without a soundtrack

Mar 29, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - So where are all the anti-war anthems? Opposition to the Vietnam War spawned a genre of classic counterculture songs, but not so the Iraqi war, despite widespread opposition. The main reason, Politico notes, is the narrowed scope of the music industry today. Singers still sing protests songs, but only their... More »

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music • protests • song • Eddie Vedder • soundtrack • Neil Young • rock music • Iraq war • Tomas Young

Poison Drummer Arrested on Rape Charge

'80s rocker nabbed at LAX customs for Miss. casino incident

Mar 29, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The drummer for '80s hair band Poison was hit with a rape warrant upon returning from New Zealand, E! Online reports. Richard Ream, 46, better known as Rikki Rockett, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a Mississippi casino resort where he was staying. Officials arrested him at customs... More »

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rock stars • rape • Mississippi • Poison • rock music • sexual assault • Rikki Rockett

Smiles All
Round as
Beach Boys Settle Lawsuit

Good vibrations could lead to a band reunion

Mar 21, 08 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The three surviving original members of the Beach Boys have smoothed out a years-long legal disagreement, Reuters reports. Mike Love and the record company part-owned by Brian Wilson had sued founding member Al Jardine over his unauthorized use of the Beach Boys name for tours. With good vibrations now flowing... More »

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California • rock stars • surfing • Brian Wilson • court cases • rock music • Beach Boys • Mike Love • Al Jardine

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