Tag Archives: Rick Nielsen

Dave Grohl Brings Sound City Players To New York

Posted by on February 14, 2013

There are few current  musicians that could direct a documentary, make an album with some of their musical idols, and then get them play shows to promote the film and subsequent soundtrack: Jay Z. His wife. Taylor Swift. Mumford. His Sons. And of course Dave Grohl, who brought his Sound City Players to New York’s Hammerstein […]

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Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players Announce NYC Show

Posted by on February 2, 2013

When we saw the first NYC screening of Sound City, a rep from Variance Films (who was on hand to introduce the film) joked how disappointed we likely were that Dave Grohl wasn’t there. In fact, Grohl was in L.A. for both a separate screening and for a show with his “Sound City Players,” who […]

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Dave Grohl Enlists Members Of Slipknot And Rage Against The Machine For “Sound City Players” Show

Posted by on January 9, 2013

Last month, Dave Grohl revealed plans to perform at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18 with a band of “Sound City Players” in support of his new documentary. It was already a safe bet that the band and guest appearances would be made up of appear in the film and soundtrack. But now we […]

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What Has Eight Necks And Is Awkward?

Posted by on March 22, 2012

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txUTl54lAjk[/youtube] To Biohazard’s credit, they did their best. Last month on Fuse, the band were invited to play the Rock Ock, the world’s largest multi-necked stringed instrument. The 40-pound monstrosity was designed by DGN Custom Guitars after being commissioned by the National Guitar Museum for their traveling exhibit, “Guitar: The Instrument That Rocked The World.” It […]

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Corey Taylor Reveals More About Collaboration With Dave Grohl, Says Track Also Includes Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen

Posted by on February 1, 2012

Back in mid-January, Corey Taylor let it slip that he had recorded a song with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl. This came shortly after it was revealed that Grohl was also working on a song with Ratt’s Stephen Pearcy and Warren DiMartini. While both collaborations sounded awesome, it was still unclear what exactly Grohl had […]

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