The Stories Behind Five Banned Album Covers
In 1985, Tipper Gore, her husband Al, and a handful of their fellow human buzzkills that made up the Parents Music Resource Center declared a handful of current pop songs the Filthy Fifteen, because they were simply too lewd for radio airplay. In addition to demonizing such occult anthems as “She Bop” by Cyndi Lauper and…
Geeking Out with Albüquerque’s Metalhead Mayor
Tim Keller claims to listen to metal four hours a day. This is one politician who’s not lying.In one regard, it doesn’t matter who holds the most powerful elected office in the country—we’ll always need all the good politicians we can get on the federal, state, and local level. Short of that, we’ll settle for someone who shares our stupid taste in music! Kidding! Especially kidding when it comes to newly elected…
Riot Fest Adoptable Puppy of the Week: ALL OF THE PUPPIES
Usually we only feature one Riot Fest Puppy of the week, but the shelter is very full, and all of these good boys and girls need to find their forever homes. The best breed of puppy is adopted and rescuing a puppy will literally change your life, and literally save the life of a puppy.…
The Interrupters Fight the Good Fight to Keep Ska Exciting with New Album
Check out “She’s Kerosene” from ‘Fight the Good Fight’, coming June 29 via HellcatThe Interrupters are back, and they’re playing with fire. Yesterday, it was revealed that Fight the Good Fight, the always-fun LA-based power quartet’s first album since 2015’s Say It Out Loud, is coming our way June 29 via Hellcat Records. The new record was produced live to tape by longtime collaborator and friend Tim Armstrong from Rancid,…
Listen to the New EP from Dead Cross
The supergroup’s new release leaves fans super surprised.Since playing Riot Fest late last year, Dead Cross—the supergroup featuring Dave Lombardo (Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits), Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox), and Michael Crain (Retox)—has been hard at work. The result? A previously-unannounced new release that dropped today. This self-titled EP builds upon the the self-titled LP…
Happy Cinco de Cuatro! Season Four of ‘Arrested Development’ has Been Remixed
Apparently they made a huge mistake when editing the most recent season of Arrested Development. Creator Mitch Hurwitz just announced on Twitter that this Friday, May 4, “a premature holiday the Bluth family know as ‘Cinco de Cuatro’, Netflix will be releasing a remix of season 4 of Arrested Development.” Why do a new edit now?…
Five Absolutely Berserk Bootlegs
Back in the dinosaur days of the record industry, bootleg albums played a unique and underappreciated role in popular music. On one hand, they pioneered formats—such as the live album, the odds-and-sods rarities compilation, and the box set—that would become lucrative staples for legit labels. On the other hand, bootlegs let fans get around carefully-planned…
The Most Nü-Metal Pop Song Covers in Nü-Metal History
Around the turn of the Willennium, America couldn’t seem to get enough of nü-metal bands taking familiar pop songs and making them heavier, crazier, more rockin’, and more rappin’. The novelty of hearing Limp Bizkit reimagining George Michael as mosh pit material, or Orgy turning New Order into strip club synth rock, is what turned nü-metal into…
