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Eric Burdon Patti Smith photo by Yee Fan Chu

Eric Burdon Cake Sets Patti Smith’s Hair On Fire

Patti Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to Eric Burdon at his City winery show in New York on Friday night and accidentally set her hair on fire.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Eric Burdon, Patti Smith, punk, rock, the Animals, USA

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Patti Smith To Release Horses: Patti Smith and her Band Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

Patti Smith has documented the 40th anniversary of the 70s masterpiece ‘Horses’ with the upcoming documentary ‘Horses: Patti Smith and her Band’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, alternative, Patti Smith, punk, rock, USA

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Fishbone Reunite 80s and 90s Lineup

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Legendary Ska/Punk band, Fishbone is red hot…again, as the group’s early members have made their way back home.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, 90s, Fishbone, punk, ska, USA

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Lucy Spazzy Surfaces As Lucy and the Rats In London

by Paul Cashmere

Lucy Spazzy, formerly of Melbourne’s The Spazzys, is creating a ripple as Lucy and the Rats in London.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, Australia, Lucy and the Rats, Lucy Spazzy, punk, the spazzys, UK

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The Damned Release First Album In 10 Years

by Paul Cashmere

The Damned are back with their first album in a decade ‘Evil Spirits’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, punk, The Damned, UK

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The Shire’s Fripps & Fripps Flip Fans New Song Pest Control

by Paul Cashmere

Cronulla’s own Fripps & Fripps started bubbling out of Cronulla after some early action via Triple J Unearthed.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, Fripps & Fripps, punk, rock

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L7 To Crowdfund Next Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

L7 have been doing the slow build back to the top for a couple of years.

Tagged as: 90s, alternative, L7, metal, punk, rock, USA

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Wayne Kramer Announces First MC5 Dates

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Wayne Kramer recently announced that he had assembled a new band to tour the MC5 album Kick Out The Jams for its 50th anniversary with Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil, Fugazi’s Brendan Canty, King’s X’s Dug Pinnick, and vocalist Marcus Durant of Zen Guerrilla.

Tagged as: 60s, Kim Thyail, MC5, punk, Soundgarden, USA, Wayne Kramer

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Amyl and the Sniffers Take To The MCG For Cup Of Destiny Video

by Noise11.com

Amyl and the Sniffers new video shot around the hallowed grounds of the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the world to see.

Tagged as: 10s, Amyl and the Sniffers, Australia, punk

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US X To Tour Again

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

After celebrating their 40th Anniversary in style last year, X are setting their sights on the next decade with a slew of new tour dates, quickly filling their 41st year. Stops will be up down the west coast and many more places beyond, all to be announced soon!

Tagged as: 70s, Los Angeles, punk, USA, X

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Blink-182 Book In For A Vegas Residency

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Palms Casino Resort and Live Nation present Grammy-nominated trio blink-182’s first-ever Las Vegas rock residency “Kings of the Weekend” at the newly renovated Pearl Concert Theater.

Tagged as: 90s, Blink-182, pop, punk, rock, USA

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Jane Gazzo is Reforming Her Old 90s Punk Band Rubher

by Paul Cashmere

Jane Gazzo’s old band Rubher is getting back together.

Tagged as: 90s, Australia, Jane Gazzo, punk, Rubher

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Amyl and the Sniffers Have A New King Gizzard and the Lizard Produced Song

by Paul Cashmere

Amyl and the Sniffers latest song ‘Cup of Destiny’ was produced by Joey Walker of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, during what must have been some rare from his own projects.

Tagged as: 10s, Amyl and the Sniffers, Australia, punk

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Evelyn Ida Morris Debuts ‘The Body Appears’

by Paul Cashmere

Evelyn Ida Morris, the artist formerly known as Pikelet, has a new song ‘The Body Appears.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, Evelyn Ida Morris, hardcore, punk

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Billy Idol Is Preparing Classic Idol Reissues

by Paul Cashmere

Billy Idol has remastered classic Idol albums for a reissue role-out as well as a compilation of his first band Generation X.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Billy Idol, Generation X, punk, rock, UK

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Wayne Kramer Has Put Together A 50th Anniversary MC5

by Paul Cashmere

MC5 founder and guitarist Wayne Kramer has recruited some of his famous friends for a 50th anniversary MC5 tour he is calling MC50.

Tagged as: 60s, Kim Thyail, MC5, punk, Soundgarden, USA, Wayne Kramer

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Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson Team For US Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Once again, shock rockers Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson are joining forces for a major tour. They last were on the road together in 2012 with the “Twins of Evil Tour”.

Tagged as: 90s, Electronic, industrial, Marilyn Manson, punk, Rob Zombie, rock, USA

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Brisbane Names Ed Kuepper Park After A True Saint

by Paul Cashmere

The City of Brisbane has recognised the achievements of punk pioneer Ed Kuepper by naming a park after him.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Australia, Ed Kuepper, punk, rock

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The Ruminaters Have Their Own Tour To Do

by Noise11.com

After you see The Ruminaters with Grouplove you can see them on their own tour.

Tagged as: 00s, Australia, punk, rock, The Ruminaters

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R.I.P. Mark E. Smith of The Fall 1957-2018

by Paul Cashmere

The Fall frontman Mark E. Smith is dead at age 60.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Mark E. Smith, punk, The Fall, UK

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Lindsay McDougall Given The ‘Gong For New Radio Gig

by Paul Cashmere

Frenzal Rhomb guitarist and former Triple J breakfast jock Lindsay McDougall will return to the airwaves at ABC Illawarra later this month.

Tagged as: 90s, ABC, Australia, Frenzal Rhomb, Illawarra, Lindsay McDougall, punk

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Smith Street Band Have A Very Big Tour With A Real Lot Of Dates

by Paul Cashmere

The members of The Smith Street Band will be gainfully employed doing what they are trained to do, play as musicians, throughout March, April and May.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, punk, The Smith Street Band

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Billie Joe Armstrong Tells Trump Supporters ‘Go Fuck Yourself”

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Once again, a music artist has told a fan to stop supporting them if they are a fan of Donald Trump.

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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The Original Misfits Played A Gig Over Christmas

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

For the second time in recent years, the original Misfits, Jerry Only and Glenn Danzig, along with longtime member Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein and fill-in drummer Dave Lombardo, have played a show together.

Tagged as: 80s, Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only, punk, The Misfits, USA

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Morrissey Responds Out of Context Kevin Spacey and Trump Comments

by Paul Cashmere

Morrissey has slammed back at German newspaper Der Spielgel for what he claims were his comments taken completely out of context.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, alternative, Morrissey, punk, rock, The Smiths, UK

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Morrissey Says He Is Done With Print Interviews

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey has told a group of concertgoers that he will never do another print interview.

Tagged as: 80s, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Morrissey, punk, rock, UK

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LCD Soundsystem To Play Australian and New Zealand Dates In February

by Paul Cashmere

LCD Soundsystem will be back in Australia and New Zealand for shows in 2018.

Tagged as: 00s, alternative, dance, Electronic, LCD Soundsystem, punk, USA

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Iggy Pop Is Happy To Check Out Now

by Music-News.com

Iggy Pop would rather live a shorter life than “sit around” until he’s 90 years old.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Iggy Pop, punk, rock, USA

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Morrissey, Festival Hall, Melbourne, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo

Oh Dear Morrissey Tries To Justify What Spacey and Weinstein Did

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Morrissey, who normally is very anti-establishment, has taken a fairly odd and, in some ways, shocking, position on the current sexual abuse scandals.

Tagged as: 80s, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Morrissey, punk, rock, UK

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Green Day Slam Trump In Scathing New ‘Back In The USA’ Video

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day have a new American Idiot and his name is Donald Trump.

Tagged as: 90s, Green Day, punk, rock, USA

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