Good morning Radicals! Hope everyone had a kick-ass weekend!
Disturbed has shared the official music video for the song “A Reason To Fight,” the second single from the band’s new album, Evolution. The clip was directed by Matt Mahurin, who previously helmed the video for Disturbed’s Grammy-nominated cover of Simon & Garfunkel‘s “The Sound Of Silence.”
Singer David Draiman said, “The message behind ‘A Reason To Fight’ is a personal one. We’ve all seen people that we care about fall victim to addiction. Dan (Donegan, guitarist) sent me a rough idea for the song and it hit home particularly hard.”
Donegan added, “I know people who’ve battled addiction and have seen it in their face — the shame they have — feeling they’ve let themselves and others down. We wanted to write a song with a positive message for people in that situation to stay hopeful and not give up the fight, as challenging as it may be.”
The band intended to widen the range of its sound on Evolution, a move that Donegan told us was dictated solely by the members of the group: “Our record label has never heard any of our music until we were done recording it. They never have a say-so. We don’t get them involved. They don’t get involved — they just let us do what we do, so we have that luxury.”
Evolution is due out in stores on October 19th and follows up Disturbed’s 2015 album, Immortalized, which became the fifth Disturbed LP in a row to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl told Los Angeles radio station KROQ in a new interview that he has met with representatives for the Super Bowl in the past, although the Foos have yet to land the coveted halftime show gig. Maroon 5 has reportedly been tapped to headline the event for Super Bowl LIII, although that has yet to be officially confirmed by the NFL.
Grohl revealed, “I’ve had multiple conversations over the years with them where they say, ‘We want to have a rock and roll band. Do you think you could do it? Do you think you could do a stadium?’ I was like, ‘Yeah man, we do it all the time.’ We’re like, ‘Oh my God, I think we’re gonna do the Super Bowl!’ And then it’ll be like, Madonna or Katy Perry or somebody like that.”
Grohl continued, “I actually got really hammered at this party in France once, and got to meet the dude that does the Super Bowl thing, and I was like, ‘I don’t even want to do the Super Bowl! I used to want to do it. Now I don’t want to do it anymore!’”
Drummer Taylor Hawkins joked, “Not to be negative on Maroon 5, but (the Super Bowl) always seems to be the final chapter in your career,” to which Grohl added, “We’re just trying to come up with excuses why we haven’t done it.”
Foo Fighters will next headline the 2nd annual Cal Jam in San Bernardino, California on October 6th, with Garbage, Greta Van Fleet, Silversun Pickups and many more.
Slash confirmed in a new interview with USA Today that singer Axl Rose reached out to him first, a move that eventually led to the two musicians repairing their relationship and performing together again in Guns N’ Roses for the first time in more than two decades.
Slash recalled, “It was nice that it happened. I don’t know if I would have had the wherewithal to call him, just because I’m introverted and it might have been hard for me. Not during that initial phone call, but after that, it was really good to be able to get rid of some of the negative baggage that we’d been carrying around for a long time.”
Asked if he regretted that it took 19 years for him and Axl to speak again, Slash said, “Things happen as they happen. I make it a point of not having any regrets.”
On whether Guns N’ Roses will make a new album, Slash answered, “It’s something that we would love to do. We just need to come together and start working that out, so it could definitely happen.”
Metallica‘s 1991 self-titled album, a.k.a. “the Black Album,” has just hit a milestone, spending 500 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. While the weeks were not tracked consecutively, the album is one of only four to spend 500 weeks on the chart. The other three are Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side Of The Moon at 937 weeks, Bob Marley And The Wailers‘ Legend: The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers at 539 weeks and Journey‘s Greatest Hits, also at 539 weeks.
The standings are pulled from chart data that goes back to 1956. As for the sales of “the Black Album,” it currently sits at 16.83 million copies sold in the United States alone. It was certified 16 times platinum on December 13th, 2012, the first album to sell more than 16 million copies in the U.S. since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991.
The album in 2009 surpassed Shania Twain‘s 1997 record, Come On Over, as the best-selling CD of the SoundScan era.
“The Black Album” was Metallica’s biggest commercial breakthrough, producing five singles and making them into one of the most popular rock bands in the world.
Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi said in an interview with The List that he doesn’t know what Ozzy Osbourne meant when he said that he “didn’t have a great time” on Sabbath’s final tour.
Ozzy recently told the Philadelphia Inquirer that his last tour with Sabbath — the band’s farewell trek which ended in February 2017 — was not a pleasant experience for him. He explained, “I didn’t have a great time. I spent nine or 10 years in Sabbath, but I’d been away from them for over 30 years. With them, I’m just a singer. With me, I get to do what I want to do. I was getting bad vibes from them for being Ozzy. I don’t know — what the f**k else can I be?”
Asked for a response to Ozzy’s comments, Iommi said, “I saw that, but I don’t know what he meant. I had a great time on the last tour playing with the guys, and Ozzy never mentioned anything to me. He seemed to enjoy it and we had a laugh, so I don’t know. So I think possibly that quote was taken out of context.”
Iommi also confirmed that he is still involved in music, even though it’s been nearly two years since Sabbath played its last concert. He noted, “I couldn’t stop playing, but the thing is now I can do it in my own time . . . I still love being on stage, I love playing and I love seeing the fans.”
Iommi told us not long ago that determination has always been the key to his success and longevity: “I’ve always been the same. I always have to try to get over that barrier, whatever it may be, and do it, you know. And that’s continued in what I do with the music. Because I’m determined to do it, I’m determined to carry on. And it’s been with everything like that.”
Greta Van Fleet has shared a new song called “Lover, Leaver” from the band’s upcoming debut full-length LP, Anthem Of The Peaceful Army. The quartet has played the song live frequently over the past year, but this is the official studio version. It follows “When The Curtain Falls” and “Watching Over,” the first two tracks released from the album, which arrives October 19th.
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor said on The Jasta Show podcast that the band’s six-year-old annual Knotfest event could expand into a tour. Taylor explained, “It’s definitely something we’re thinking about and it’s one of the reasons why we built it the way we have. For us it was about the foundation of the brand itself . . . So, it’s something that we’re definitely thinking about — certain spots in America — making Knotfest dates. And, this is important, we’re not afraid to take it away for a year and then bring it back.” Knotfest is actually skipping its North American slot this year, heading to Bogota, Colombia instead for its sole 2018 date.
Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer has confirmed that he is recording something new with former Pearl Jam/Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. The pair are working at Northern California’s legendary Prairie Sun Recording Studios, although Klinghoffer did not provide many other details on the project. Klinghoffer and the Chili Peppers will regroup soon to begin work on the follow-up to the band’s 2016 LP The Getaway.
Finally, we’d like to wish a Happy Birthday to Slipknot percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan! Have a great day!
