Scott Shetler
Watch Dave Navarro Get Suspended by Flesh Hooks
If you’re not familiar with the act of flesh hook suspension, allow Dave Navarro to educate you on this most extreme of body modification techniques. A new video (thanks to our friends at Loudwire for the tip) shows the Jane’s Addiction guitarist being suspended in the air by hooks inside his skin.
Adam Yauch’s Birthday Celebrated With Beastie Boys Party and Walking Tour in New York
New Yorkers continue to remember Adam ‘MCA’ Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who passed away of cancer in May. To celebrate what would have been Yauch’s 48th birthday this weekend, fans have organized an MCA party and walking tour throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Chad Smith Can’t Understand Anthony Kiedis’ Singing
Evidently “Weird Al” Yankovic was on to something years ago when he parodied the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ ‘Give It Away’ with a “yabba dabba doo” chorus in ‘Bedrock Anthem.’ Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith says that Anthony Kiedis’ singing often sounds like Flintstones gibberish to him.
Soundgarden Holding On to 15 Unreleased Songs From Band’s Early Days
Chris Cornell says that the first 15 songs Soundgarden ever wrote were preserved on cassette tape. Though the recordings have never been made public, their mere existence may be enough to get fans excited about the possibility of hearing them someday.
Jack White: ‘The Whole Experience of Vinyl is What We’re After, the Romance of It’
It’s probably no surprise that Jack White prefers vinyl to digital. In fact, the rocker just elaborated on his feelings about the very different music formats in a video interview with the BBC, in which he bemoaned the lack of “romance” with digital music.
Courtney Love Sued by Former Law Firm
It can’t be easy being Courtney Love‘s attorney. Her former lawyers, Keith A. Fink & Associates, are suing the troubled singer, claiming she stiffed them on more than $466,029.41 for work they performed for her in 2009.
Beck to Release New Song ‘I Just Started Hating Some People Today’ on Third Man Records
Beck is set to release a country music-flavored single called ‘I Just Started Hating Some People Today,’ his first song for Jack White‘s Third Man Records. The new song arrives on May 28 via the Third Man website and retailers across the country.
Red Hot Chili Peppers Fans Assaulted After New Jersey Concert
Violence broke out after Saturday night’s Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Newark, N.J., where at least five people were assaulted leaving the venue by what a police director called a group of teenage “thugs.”
The Prodigy Discuss Upcoming ‘Heavier, Darker’ Album
U.K. electronic band the Prodigy are prepping their follow-up to 2009′s ‘Invaders Must Die.’ Band member Liam Howlett spoke to NME about the new record, whose working title is ‘How to Steal a Jet Fighter.’
Kevin Shields Reveals New My Bloody Valentine Album to be Released in 2012
My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields says that remastering the group’s old albums led him to decide to release a new album later this year.
Soundgarden to Release Box Set of Classic Albums
While Soundgarden continue working on their first new album since 1996, the band will release a box set of their most popular albums next month.
Read Chris Rock’s Complete Rock Hall Induction Speech for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Comedian Chris Rock was gracious and funny in his expletive-laden speech on Saturday as he welcomed the Red Hot Chili Peppers into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though he may have seemed like an odd choice to induct the band, Rock is friends with the Peppers and directed their 2006 music video ‘Hump de Bump.’