David Crosby on Punk Rock: ‘Pretty Much All Dumb Stuff…No Musical Value At All And Mostly Childish Lyrics’
David Crosby, a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and star of such films as Backdraft and Thunderheart has a Twitter account. He uses his Twitter fairly regularly, and yesterday, he shared his opinions on punk rock, and let’s just say I don’t think he’ll ever be coming to Riot…
DIO Returns (In Hologram Form For World Tour)
After debuting at Germany’s Wacken Open Air Festival in 2016, and then “performing” alongside Dio Disciples at Pollstar Awards in February of 2017, DIO is back! Again! In hologram form! A nine city European tour is planned for the end of 2017 with a U.S. tour planned for spring of 2018 and as well as…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, July 26th, 2017Rolling Stone just premiered a gruesome new video from Dead Cross. It’s called “Obedience School,” and it’s a doozy. Graphically taking the viewer into the fucked up world of cockfighting, this video requires a major trigger warning. WARNING: trigger. Speaking of Rolling Stone premiering things, we have a new Dave Hause video. Check out “The…
Clown Motel Next To Cemetery Filled With Victims Of Mysterious 1902 Plague Is For Sale
If you have an extra $900,000 lying around, you can be the new owner of the Clown Motel, a 31-room clown themed destination motel in Nevada. Located in Tonopah, just three hours northeast of Las Vegas and four hours southeast of Reno, the Clown Motel has been owned by Bob Perchetti since he opened it…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Tuesday, July 25th, 2017Buckle up: Circa Survive and Thrice have just announced a fall co-headline tour that kicks off in LA in November. The pair will metaphorically burn down Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom on Thursday, December 7th, with support from Balance & Composure. Presale for the Chicago show is this Thursday, July 27th at 10AM CDT, password will be…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
7/24/17Nadya Tolokonnikova from Pussy Riot is teaming up on a seemingly awesome new immersive theater project alongside Les Enfants Terribles, a London-based theater company. Inside Pussy Riot will “take the audience into the journey [that] the rad-but-persecuted Russian punk band endured during their epic 2012 ordeal, when they were unjustly arrested for some straight-up bullshit, forced…
Why DIY? Vol IV: How To Write Your Own Press Release
Anyone with news can write a press release. As a DIY band, your job is to communicate upcoming tours, releases, and music videos to journalists who have the power to amplify your message to an even larger audience. While a hired publicist can be a pipeline to a valuable network of public relations, many bands…
Not Allowed At Arcade Fire Show: Cellphones, Shorts, Flip Flops, Tank Tops, Crop Tops, Baseball Hats
UPDATE: Band announces, “Wear whatever you want to any show.” This has been an actual band announcement. Statement faxed in from Tannis Wright, social media strategist for @EverythingNowCo re: Brooklyn “rules.” If you’re planning on attending the intimate Arcade Fire record release show at Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn on Thursday, make sure you dress…
