Tag Archives: U2

Amy Lee covers classic Led Zeppelin

Posted by on December 2, 2015

Following her covers of U2’s “With or Without You” and Portishead’s “It’s A Fire,” Amy Lee of Evanescence has now covered “Going to California” by Led Zeppelin. She performed the song live on their recent three-date tour, and has now released a proper music video for her rendition of the Led Zeppelin classic. Said Amy Lee via Facebook: “This song […]

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Chris Cornell mashes up Metallica’s and U2’s “One”

Posted by on December 1, 2015

[youtube]https://youtu.be/rBjyl1LvBF4[/youtube] If there’s a Venn diagram of people that want to hear U2’s “One” mashed up with Metallica’s “One,” it probably consists of not that many people. Also, it’s probably not anything anyone’s wanted to hear since, oh, about 1993. However, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell was inspired by the fact that both songs have the same […]

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Find out how much U2, Alice in Chains, Shinedown and more made on the road

Posted by on August 12, 2015

If you keep wondering how much your favorite bands make when they head out on the road, Billboard‘s Boxscore released their latest batch of earnings and attendance from many artists, including rock and metal ones, and we’ve summarized them here for you. This week, we have a short but sweet list of bands you may […]

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A Record Store Day miracle gives U2 fans Tool

Posted by on April 21, 2015

Remember when you had iTunes and wound up getting the U2 album, Songs of Innocence whether you wanted it or not? That was certainly a debacle. If you were a U2 fan, then you might have been happy, but if you weren’t, having the album show up on your computer was extremely unwelcome, whether it […]

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Study finds KISS are nearly illiterate, Metallica do better

Posted by on December 18, 2014

Earlier this year, a data analyst decided to find out who the most literate rapper was by taking the first 35,000 words of artists’ lyrics, figuring out how many unique words they used, and extrapolating that data. It found Aesop Rock the most literate and DMX  the least. So another data analyst decided to do […]

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U2 present recovering alcoholic Slash with case of beer

Posted by on November 14, 2014

When Slash arrived to play a show in Dublin, Ireland, he was presented with a gift of the town’s most famous export from the town’s most famous band. U2 sent the guitarist a case of Guinness. Nice gesture, eh? Not really. See, Slash is a recovering alcoholic, so much like millions of iTunes users, he […]

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System of a Down playing KROQ holiday show

Posted by on November 10, 2014

Nine years. In a week and a half, it will have been that long since System of a Down have released an album. And while there’s no plans for the band to head back in the studio any time soon, they’re going to be playing at least one show before year’s end. It’s been announced […]

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Ozzy: U2 made it difficult for younger bands

Posted by on October 10, 2014

Ozzy Osbourne spoke his mind on U2’s latest marketing methods, giving every registered iTunes user a copy of their latest album (whether they wanted it or not). Speaking to Shortlist, the iconic metal singer weighed in: “I think it’s good in one way, and bad in another. People got so p*ssed off with it, it was terrific. […]

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Sharon Osbourne could do without U2

Posted by on September 18, 2014

Sharon Osbourne took to Twitter recently to call out U2 and their album “give-away” through iTunes. She slammed the group, saying they’re “business moguls not musicians anymore,” and asking, “how much you making?” “Jimmy Iovine, iTunes, U2, you’re a bunch of megalomaniacs. FUCK YOU!” Osbourne, manager of husband Ozzy Osbourne, is no fan of Bono, nor […]

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Live Nation taking over management companies now

Posted by on November 13, 2013

When you think of hugely successful metal management companies, not a ton spring immediately to mind (we can think of about five off the top of our heads), so while this might not have too much relevance in the metal world just yet, it’s long-term implications might be worth keeping an eye on. According to […]

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