Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead
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- Rock Ruled Music In 2008: Biggest Sellers Revealed
- CD REVIEWS: Fall ut Boy Metermaids Melissa Auf der Maur Andrew …
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- K-Rock Inaugural Ball brings Framing Hanley Innerpartysystem …
- Amabile’s glad to be back at G Rock
Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead
Detroit Free Press United States
The Stooges who reunited earlier this decade are widely recognized as one of the most important rock acts to have emerged from the Detroit scene. The group found little commercial or critical success during its initial run with Elektra Records. But by the time the Stooges disintegrated in the early ’70s amid infighting and drugs its primal sound with Asheton’s droning guttural riffs at the core had helped etch the template for punk rock. The band’s body of work later proved hugely influential during the alternative-rock revolution of the 1990s. Early Stooges classics such as “I Wanna Be Your Dog” were cited by guitarists as varied as Kurt Cobain Thurston Moore and fellow Michigan rocker Jack White who once called the Stooges’ 1969 album “Fun House” the greatest rock album ever. In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine named Asheton the 29th greatest rock guitarist of all time. He made the “Stooges’ music reek like a puddle of week-old biker sweat” the magazine wrote.
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Rock Ruled Music In 2008: Biggest Sellers Revealed
antiMUSIC.com CA
R&B which dominates Top 40 radio only managed sales of 77014 million (a drop of almost 20% from 2007). Country music was the worst hit in sales decline falling 24% in 2008 to end up BEHIND metal in sales at 47657 million. While all genres saw a drop in sales in 2008 it was the rock related ones that declined the least. Alternative CD sales fell -8. 7% with 80919 million units sold. 5% with 139666 units sold (interesting almost twice as much as R&B.
CD REVIEWS: Fall ut Boy Metermaids Melissa Auf der Maur Andrew …
McGill Tribune Canada
Although each track is woven together with loose single note melodies these three tracks are cohesive pieces of art that have a full sound. Melissa Auf der Maur’s newest release provides two new teaser tracks from the studio as well as an instrumental piece accompanied by a haunting spoken word loop from Tommy Douglas. Each song develops as a lush synthetic Indian-tinged soundscape lending the EP a more art rock than alternative rock sound. The new EP hints that her next album will triumph over her first which was filled with cameos from alternative rock’s most original musical talents-such as Josh Homme and James Iha-but failed to move copies push boundaries or receive airplay like the music of her previous bands which include Hole The Smashing Pumpkins and Black Sabbath cover band Hand of Doom. Melissa Auf der Maur is definitely a talent whose unique sound had not yet been captured. This Would be Paradise contains 11 minutes of originality dreamy melodies harsh chord progressions and nonstandard musical scales that will leave your ears both haunted and pleasured. -Ethan FeldmanAndrew Bird.
Downtown Alive! to be four 2-day festivals
Fox Valley Villages Sun IL
Moving all the concerts to Galena Boulevard will negate disruption for businesses on Downer Place she added. Blues on the Fox which last year featured Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Elvin Bishop will kick off the summer 2009 entertainment lineup on June 19 and 20. Summer Jam featuring alternative rock including the southern California band Eve 6 and local group Painkiller Hotel and other bands is set for July 10 and 11. Rock on the Fox which features classic rock is set for July 31 and Aug. Already booked for Friday night’s show is Foghat. The Dave Matthews tribute band Trippin Billies also will perform.
K-Rock Inaugural Ball brings Framing Hanley Innerpartysystem …
The Post-Standard – Syracuse.com NY
20 at the Westcott Theater. Central New York rock fans can vote with their feet on Jan. 20 by marching over to the Westcott Theater in Syracuse to attend the K-Rock Inaugural Ball.
Amabile’s glad to be back at G Rock
Asbury Park Press NJ
Some ask about the old jocks. “”A lot of the listeners are my age they’re listening while they’re driving their kids to karate soccer games or they’re just dancing around the kitchen with them. “The mix of people at the station all alternative rock fans also makes for a smooth work scene. Scott Lowe who hosts the “Radio Kaos All Request Party” on Saturday nights will pull from his own vinyl collection if Amabile needs something rare she says. Carr does an ’80s and ’90s “Mixed Retro Request Hour” daily at noon. And Matt Knight (Matt at Night 7-10 p.
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