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John Frusicante Says Red Hot Chili Peppers ‘Moving Ahead’ With New Music
Source: Spin @ 10/23/2020 3:55 pm
John Frusciante, who released his solo LP Maya today (Oct. 23), discussed his current work with the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a new interview with Australian radio station Double J.
In the conversation, the guitarist said that the Chili Peppers stopped their rehearsals for several months when Covid-19 hit, "then we went back…
SPIN Daybreaker: 16 New Songs You Should Know
Source: Spin @ 10/23/2020 2:30 pm
We’re back this week with another Daybreaker extravaganza and this week’s roster includes a group of songs that have the power to transport you to different realms. Take a journey through the sounds of modern psychedelic group, Bananagun, soul-wrenching songstress Baby Rose, rising songwriter/instrumentalist Olan, genre-bending icon, Gabriel Garzón-Montano and more. These artists define what…
Stone Gossard Reminisces About Pearl Jam’s Inception
Source: Spin @ 10/23/2020 2:17 pm
Pearl Jam's first show was 30 years ago on Thursday. Crazy, right? To mark the occasion, guitarist Stone Gossard looked back at those formative years in a lengthy conversation on Apple's Strombo show.
Gossard told the host that there were "than 60, 70 people. And at that time, we were really trying to be as spontaneously…
Ozzy Osbourne Says Eddie Van Halen Once Asked Him to Join Van Halen
Source: Spin @ 10/23/2020 1:01 pm
In a recent episode of his SiriusXM show, Ozzy Speaks, Ozzy Osbourne told a tale about Eddie Van Halen calling him with an offer to join Van Halen. A potential Oz Halen would have been a "shot in the dark," but the Black Sabbath icon in lieu of Diamond David Lee Roth or Red Rocker Sammy Hagar obviously did not come to pass.
Dave Hause and Tessa Violet Headline Next Week on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream
Source: Spin @ 10/23/2020 10:00 am
This week on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream was awesome. We had a Q&A with Mayday Parade, some Mario Kart action from Paper Jackets, a full-blown listening party with pluko (whose new EP is out now), and more.
But let's not live in the past (although you can still see those sets on our Twitch for a bit…