Best of Riot Fest 2024 Photo Gallery + 3-Day Recap Video
So many great pictures, it’ll probably crash your tabsRiot Fest is over, and yeah, we’re bummed too. But don’t worry, the memories live on (and so do the porta-potty lines). There were crowdsurfing newlyweds, reunions, anniversaries, and of course, you beautiful maniacs. We’ll have a few more galleries, videos, and cool shit to share in the coming weeks, and we can’t wait until…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Thursday, November 16th, 2017https://riotfest.org/2017/11/one-time-johnny-cash-asked-bruce-dickinson-autograph/ That one time Johnny Cash asked Bruce Dickinson for an autograph. https://riotfest.org/2017/11/december-1st-will-big-day-neil-young-fans/ December 1st will be a great day for Neil Young fans. https://riotfest.org/2017/11/ill-tour-die-looking-back-two-decades-swingin-utters-records-darius-koski/ “I’ll tour until I die.” TONIGHT! THE HOTELIER with OSO OSO and ALEX NAPPING! Help Vic out if you can! healthy restaurants in charlotte north carolina? — vino the agitator…
“I’ll tour until I die”: Looking back at two decades of the Swingin’ Utters with Darius Koski
On December 8, melodic-punk tastemaker Fat Wreck Chords will release a mammoth 33-song compilation from Bay Area punk band Swingin’ Utters called Drowning in the Sea, Rising With the Sun. The tracks on the double LP will stretch back to the group’s mid-90s days of yore up to and through its most recent full-length, 2014’s…
December 1st Will Be A Big Day For Neil Young Fans
December 1st is going to be a big day for Neil Young and Neil Young fans. Not only will Neil release his new album, The Visitor, but he’ll also unveil his complete archives for free on his new website the NeilYoungArchives.com. Neil Young announced his new website on Facebook, “December 1st will be a big…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017https://riotfest.org/2017/11/2018-will-final-year-vans-warped-tour/ RIP Warped Tour https://riotfest.org/2017/11/lou-reed-heard-ramones-first-time/ “They’re crazy. That is without a doubt, the most fantastic thing you’ve ever played for me, bar none.” https://riotfest.org/2017/11/stone-temple-pilots-have-a-new-song-and-a-new-lead-singer/ Stone Temple Pilots have a new song and a new lead singer. TOMORROW NIGHT! THE HOTELIER with OSO OSO and ALEX NAPPING! You can do this too – tonight at Concord…
When Lou Reed Heard the Ramones For The First Time
A documentary about New York rock music publicist, Ramones manager, and “one of the godfathers of punk” called ‘Danny Says’, released a few years ago, is filled with amazing footage and interviews including a 1975 recorded conversation Fields had with Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed. On November 7, 1975, Danny Fields introduced Lou Reed to the…
2018 Will Be The Final Year For Vans Warped Tour
Kevin Lyman, who founded the Vans Warped Tour in 1995 — and has produced it every year since — has announced that 2018 will be the final, full cross-country run for the popular traveling summer festival. While not the end of the brand — something “historic” is being planned for Warped’s 25th anniversary in 2019 — it seems the…
Stone Temple Pilots Have A New Song And A New Lead Singer
Former X-Factor contestant and Dry Cell member Jeff Gutt is the new lead singer of the Stone Temple Pilots. There were 15,000 submissions to fill the position after Scott Weiland’s death in 2015. Guitarist Dean DeLeo told Rolling Stone, “We were not willing to settle. I mean, dude, think of the criteria that had to be…