Check out the sneak peak of Pennywise filming their music video to the track "The Western World" scheduled to debut May 21st. The song is off their recent album, Reason to Believe, released in late March. If you like pretty girls and Pennywise, this should make you smile.
The new Queens Of The Stone Age music video, "3s & 7s," their second for the song, finds the band replaced by Rock Band avatars considerably more skinny and twirl-prone than their human counterparts. Oddly, the previous video for the song (below), which attempted to swipe the Grindhouse zeitgeist, didn't feature much of the actual band either. If you looked like Josh Homme, would you bother hiding behind such gimmicks? Not me, I'd be staring in the mirror. Flexing. Or maybe just dreamily eye-fucking the camera like he does in the "Make It Wit' Chu" clip.
A new reality TV show will see Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee team up with rapper Ludacris to build homes out of sustainable construction bamboo.
The TV show, 'Battleground Earth' will see the artists build small houses out of construction "kits".
As Jeffree Trudeau, President of Bamboo Technologies, the company behind the project says, "Our buildings range in size from a 120 sq ft tropical bungalow, like those assembled on Battleground Earth, to an over 3000 sq ft, fully insulated, 2 story Bamboo Mansion. The smaller kits assemble in a matter of days, and in the case of Tommy Lee and Ludacris, in a matter of hours, making them particularly attractive for disaster relief."
"These structures are the first of their kind to be built on the US Mainland and result from decades of testing non-toxic, sustainable treatments to get Structural Bamboo internationally certified for permitted residential and commercial buildings," explains Trudeau.
Tommy Lee has proven himself to be a familiar face on reality TV, also starring in 'Tommy Lee Goes To College' and 'Rock Star: Supernova'.
Ludacris has made appearances in 'Access Styles' and non-reality shows 'Crash', 'Law & Order SVU' and 'Hustle and Flow'.
"Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee." debuts August 3rd on Discovery Communication's new channel "Planet Green" (which itself launches on June 4).
Nirvana – The Roxy : August 15, 1991 *** Part five of a five-part series I’m doing this week, featuring shots that I took while being on the stage with bands. *** CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL OF KEVIN ESTRADA'S BLOGS
"As soon as the show started, it was mass chaos. It felt like 150 degrees in there and sopping wet, sweaty bodies were flying everywhere. It was incredible! As a fan, I love that kind of energy, but as a photographer, it was a nightmare. I was getting elbowed, kicked, kneed and slammed by flying bodies launching at me from every angle. Amazingly, Kurt not only saw this, but he reached down, grabbed me and helped me swing onto the stage next to him. Parked safely between Kurt and Dave, I was able to get to work. There is no doubt in my mind that this was THE greatest show I have ever been to - no other club show can compare, except maybe the Nirvana show at Raji’s."
Check out the steamy video "Turn Me On" featuring hard rockers Jacoby Shaddix from Papa Roach and Buckcherry's Josh Todd. Originally debuted at the Crue Fest press conference, it's now streaming around the world and suds-ing into your driveway.
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Metallica played its first show in quite a while last night in Los Angeles at the intimate Wiltern Theater. The show served as a benefit for the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, a nonprofit music school co-founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. However, Metallica did not premiere any new tunes. Instead, they chose to focus on the classics, giving fans nearly two hours of prime cuts like "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Sanitarium," "Master of Puppets," "Battery," "Fight Fire with Fire" (featuring Flea) and "Seek and Destroy."
“It feels good to play live again,” singer/guitarist James Hetfield told the packed audience in L.A., according to Billboard.com. “We haven’t played here in a long time.” Additionally, drummer Lars Ulrich announced that the band will follow the September release of its as-yet-untitled album with a tour in October.
Next up for Metallica is Tucson's KFMA Day (May 16), KROQ/Los Angeles' Weenie Roast (May 17) and the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee (June 13). The band also will play the one-day Ozzfest in Dallas, August 9.
As previously reported, Metallica just launched a new Web site, MissionMetallica.com, which offers fans an inside look at the making of the new album. The band has posted a teaser video of them working in the studio which offers clips of riffs and new music. The band also promises "fly on the wall" footage of writing and recording, unique live tracks, exclusive studio photos and the ability to win backstage passes for every show this summer.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Rock For Choice Benefit Hollywood Palladium April 4, 1992 * * * Part four of a five-part series I’m doing this week, featuring shots that I took while being on the stage with bands. Each day I will add a new band and a new photo. * * * CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL KEVIN ESTRADA BLOGS
"In 1991, feminist activists started the concert series Rock For Choice to promote abortion rights. Since then some big acts have shown up to lend their support. But to me, it was the 1992 lineup that featured some of the most exciting collection of bands in the history of the annual event. Besides that night’s headliners, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the bill featured The Beastie Boys and the debut of Perry Farrell’s Porno For Pyros. I was really amped up for this show, it is not everyday you get a chance to see A-Level bands like this in a smaller venue such as The Palladium."
Multimedia Iron Maiden have released a commercial today promoting the release of their new collection 'Somewhere Back In Time – The Best Of: 1980-1989', which features tracks from the veteran metal band's first seven studio albums and one live album in the initial decade of their career. The 15 track disc is out now on EMI.
