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With the recent news of biopics about N.W.A. and Aaliyah, I started thinking about some musicians whose lives I'd like to see dramatized in a film. Here are eight musical biopics that I'd love to see. -
5 Singers With Little (Or No) Experience With Instruments: Morrissey, Ozzy Osbourne, and more
If someone wants to become a musician, the very first step most people take is learning an instrument. However, these five singers found incredible fame and success, despite the fact that they have very little experience (or in some cases, no experience at all) playing a musical instrument. -
6 Pairs of Artists Who Were Childhood Friends: Daft Punk & Phoenix, Ian MacKaye & Henry Rollins, and more
Musicians often become friends through their professional lives, whether they're recording together or playing together, but some famous musicians were actually friends back before they ever became famous. Here are six pairs of artists who were childhood friends. -
8 Musicians Who Switched Their Instruments: Paul McCartney, Joey Ramone, and more
It's not uncommon for members of a band to switch around the instruments they play every once in a while, but what is uncommon is for someone to permanently take up a different instrument than the one they originally played. Here are eight musicians who changed the instrument they played for their band. -
6 Artists Whose Debut Songs Were Their Best: The B-52's, Black Flag, and more
It's not uncommon for an artist's debut album to be its best work, but some artists have debut singles that are so unequivocally excellent that they never again write anything that good. Here are six artists who's debut song was their best. -
8 Great Punk Covers of Classic Songs: Minor Threat, Big Black, and more
If an artist does a cover version of a song, but doesn't really change anything about it, then there's not really a point in doing it at all (listen to Seal's version of "Let's Stay Together" and tell me why it had to be made). However, these eight bands took songs by non-punk bands and put their own noisy punk spin of them. -
Black Flag announces summer tour with new singer Mike Vallely [FULL SCHEDULE]
It’s been kind of a messy year for the legendary hardcore punk outfit Black Flag. Its faced lawsuits and the band fired singer Ron Reyes during a show and replaced him with professional skateboarder Mike Vallely and there are all sorts of inner tensions within the group. But, regardless of all that, the show must go on. Today (March 18), it was announced that Black Flag will be going on tour this summer. -
Weasel Walter's Defunct ugEXPLODE Label Posting Brilliant Older Titles to Bandcamp for Discount Prices
Weasel Walter's ugEXPLODE Records hit the scene in 1991, built upon his wiley notion that extreme metal, noise rock and free jazz could exist peacefully on one man's mail-order imprint. Albert Ayler, Captain Beefheart, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, The Residents, Deicide... -
Ron Reyes fired from Black Flag, replaced by professional skateboarder Mike Vallely
Lead singer Ron Reyes has been fired from Black Flag, Consequence of Sound reports. He announced his departure in a letter posted to Facebook (it has been removed) saying that he was fired on stage during a concert in Australia. He alleges that his bandmate Greg Ginn's friend and professional skateboarder Mike Vallely came on stage with two songs left in the set, took the mic and said "You're done, party's over get off it's over." -
Black Flag back with 'What The...' 28 years after last release
Classic punk fans are in for a treat when most of the original Black Flag lineup releases 'What The...' on November 5. It will be the "official" band's first original LP since 1985's 'In My Head.' -
Black Flag's Greg Ginn Loses Suit To Stop Former Bandmates from Using Logo
One of the world's deepest philosophical wars was deepened further on Thursday: A judge has ruled that Greg Ginn and his record label, SST, has no right to prevent former Black Flag members Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski from using the band's four black-bar logo and playing the band's music under the name FLAG. -
Greg Ginn, Original Guitarist and Founder of Black Flag, Sues Former Members and Their Punk Icon Spinoff Group
Nothing says hardcore punk like a class-action lawsuit. Although admittedly Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn isn't suing the former members of the band he founded for any money, he is asking for an injunction on spinoff band Flag's upcoming tour.
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