Good morning Rock and Roll fans! Here’s what’s up today in the music world:
— Korn (@Korn) July 24, 2020
Korn‘s cryptic tweet last Thursday (July 24th) had fans scrambling to figure out its meaning. The tweet was a picture of a roadside sign with a jumble of letters that fans finally unscrambled to read “THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA.”
There are a number of fan guesses for exactly what this means. Some think it’s paying homage to the late Charlie Daniels, who made the song famous and died earlier this month. Another theory is that Korn has talked about doing a covers album in recent years and this may be one of the timely covers. The band could also be part of a Charlie Daniels tribute album, or it might mean Korn is going to do a show in Georgia.
Any other guesses?
Eddie Vedder took time out to look back at his birth father whom he barely knew, and recounted some performing advice handed down to him by Bruce Springsteen. Spin.com reported Vedder, whose parents divorced when he was a toddler, only met his father once in the early-1980’s — and only then believed him to be a friend of his parents. His natural father soon died of Multiple Sclerosis before the two could form any form of relationship.
During his appearance on the Daddy Issues podcast, hosted by sportscaster Joe Buck and actor Oliver Hudson, Vedder explained, “I have this image, this spiritual energy up there somewhere where I can feel him look after me. Sometimes I’d feel I’m playing certain songs or certain places and I’d feel like his energy — like, ‘I think he’s watching his kid right now.'”
He went on to talk about the “what-ifs” regarding the father he never knew: “Who knows where his trajectory was headed? He could have turned into a complete knucklehead. He could have been an a***hole drunk who tried to pick up groupies backstage. Who knows? So in a weird way, he died young enough to not f*** me over personally. He kinda gets to be on a pedestal, (and) I’m happy for him for that.”
Vedder also discussed how one of his primary heroes, Bruce Springsteen, prepped him for performing as a solo artist, prior to his own one-man gigs in support of his Into The Wild project: “(He said) ‘There’s a real power when it’s just one person up there. It’s terrifying — for the audience even. It’s a tight-wire act. There’s just something, an intimacy in it, and there’s a power in it.” That was one of the greatest things to hear because suddenly (I) didn’t feel as vulnerable.”
More bad news on the festival front: The Aftershock Festival will be pushed to October 2021. The event, originally scheduled for October 9th thru 11th, 2020 at Sacramento’s Discovery park, will now be moved to October 7th thru 10th, 2021. A post on the festival’s Facebook page confirmed that Metallica and My Chemical Romance, the original 2020 headliners, are confirmed for 2021. The remaining lineup is expected to be revealed this October.
It appears that there will be new music coming from Marilyn Manson and A$AP Ferg. Both of them posted photos with each other on Instagram over the weekend. According to Manson’s post, the two were in the studio together on Saturday night, July 25th.
Corey Taylor will release music from his debut solo album on Wednesday, July 29th. Blabbermouth reports that the first two singles, “Black Eyes Blue” and “CMFT Must Be Stopped” will be available on Spotify. The Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman’s album is tentatively due in September via Roadrunner.
Finally, let’s wish a Happy Birthday to Pantera bassist Rex Brown and Deftones drummer Abe Cunningham! Have a great day!
