Perry Farrell will debut a new solo band, the Kind Heaven Orchestra, at a Los Angeles gig later this month. He’s named the ensemble after his upcoming album, Kind Heaven, which is due out in 2019 and will be the singer’s first solo material in 18 years.
The lineup includes former Pearl Jam and Soundgarden drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Chris Cheney and keyboardist Matt Rohde, both of whom plays with Farrell in Jane’s Addiction and guitarist Nick Maybury, as well as Farrell’s wife, Etty, on vocals. The...
The lineup includes former Pearl Jam and Soundgarden drummer Matt Chamberlain and bassist Chris Cheney and keyboardist Matt Rohde, both of whom plays with Farrell in Jane’s Addiction and guitarist Nick Maybury, as well as Farrell’s wife, Etty, on vocals. The...
- 11/6/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Now is the time to register for a weekend of philanthropy, music and fun hosted by Scott Medlock, an internationally renowned sports artist, and Robby Krieger, legendary guitarist for The Doors, from Oct. 27-29, in Malibu, California.
The eleventh annual Scott Medlock-Robby Krieger Golf Classic and All-Star Concert will kick off with a 20-mile Rock ‘n’ Ride on Saturday, Oct. 27, followed by the All-Star Concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, at Saddlerock Ranch and the Rock & Roll Golf Classic with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29.
Longtime friends Medlock and Krieger organized the events to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It has become one of the largest, single event fundraisers of the year for the hospital. Thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment,...
The eleventh annual Scott Medlock-Robby Krieger Golf Classic and All-Star Concert will kick off with a 20-mile Rock ‘n’ Ride on Saturday, Oct. 27, followed by the All-Star Concert at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 28, at Saddlerock Ranch and the Rock & Roll Golf Classic with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 29.
Longtime friends Medlock and Krieger organized the events to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. It has become one of the largest, single event fundraisers of the year for the hospital. Thanks to generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment,...
- 10/16/2018
- Look to the Stars
William Shatner, master of the theatrical spoken-word rock cover, is tackling the Yuletide with his first-ever holiday LP, Shatner Claus – The Christmas Album, out October 26th via Clepoatra Records. Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Zz Top’s Billy Gibbons, Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins and former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman all appear on the record, among other guests.
King Crimson woodwind specialist Mel Collins, former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle and the Cars guitarist Elliot Easton also appear on the album, which includes Shatner-ish spins...
King Crimson woodwind specialist Mel Collins, former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle and the Cars guitarist Elliot Easton also appear on the album, which includes Shatner-ish spins...
- 9/20/2018
- by Ryan Reed
- Rollingstone.com
Looks like it is just Interview Central around here these days, folks. Because following up on last week’s column, in which I briefly recapped my Awesome Con DC experience and posted my interview with the fantastic Phil Lamarr (go read/listen if you missed it last week! Good stuff!), I now get to share with you my Awesome Con DC interview with the excellent Billy West! Hooray!
Even if you somehow haven’t heard the name Billy West, before, I almost guarantee you’ve heard his voice. Voicing everything from classic cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Woody Woodpecker, and Popeye to four of the main characters on Futurama (Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan), Billy has voiced characters on a myriad of other shows as well, including title characters for Nickelodeon’s Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show; and is also...
Even if you somehow haven’t heard the name Billy West, before, I almost guarantee you’ve heard his voice. Voicing everything from classic cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Woody Woodpecker, and Popeye to four of the main characters on Futurama (Philip J. Fry, Professor Farnsworth, Dr. Zoidberg, and Zapp Brannigan), Billy has voiced characters on a myriad of other shows as well, including title characters for Nickelodeon’s Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show; and is also...
- 5/7/2013
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
The Cars, from left: David Robinson, Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton. By Mark SeligerNew Wave icons the Cars broke up just in time. Their deadpan lyrics and penchant for white sunglasses, striped shirts, and shag haircuts never could have survived the angst of the 90s. Frontman Ric Ocasek seemed content to produce some of that generation’s defining bands (Weezer, Hole, and No Doubt, among others). That is, until the announcement last fall that Ocasek and the other surviving original members (guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer Dave Robinson) were collaborating on their first new studio album since 1987. The new album, Move Like This, is classic Cars. The songs are full of handclaps, bright synth melodies, sunny chord progressions, and Ocasek’s faux-jaded, cool-nerd vocals. Here, Ocasek discusses his lyrics, his looks, and how life is strangely the same when you’re moving in stereo.
- 5/5/2011
- Vanity Fair
The Cars have announced a North American Spring tour in support of their new studio album .Move Like This. - which arrives May 10th from Hear Music/Concord Music Group. The tour will kick off on Tuesday, May 10th at Seattle's Showbox SoDo, and the set list will draw from the band's remarkable career and include songs from the new album. .Move Like This. was produced by Garret "Jacknife" Lee and The Cars, and finds the band - Ric Ocasek, Greg Hawkes, Elliot Easton and David Robinson - brimming with confidence and creative energy, in full charge of their considerable power and enduring influential artistry. The album.s inspiration came in the fall of 2009 as Ocasek considered how to...
- 4/4/2011
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
The Cars have regrouped to record a new album and are planning a tour. The forthcoming LP will mark the band's first in 23 years, reports Billboard. Singer Ric Ocasek, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes and drummer David Robinson have recorded a number of new songs for the record. Veteran engineer Paul Orofino, who is working on the release, confirmed the reunion in a message board post. A clip from a new track called 'Blue Tip' appeared on their Facebook page last week. Hawkes reportedly played the (more)...
- 10/22/2010
- by By Mike Moody
- Digital Spy
Rock supergroup The Cars are teasing fans about a possible reunion by posting a photo of the bandmates working together in the studio on their Facebook fan page. The "My Best Friend's Girl" hitmakers split 22 years ago, three years after enjoying a massive global hit with Live Aid theme "Drive".
Bandmates Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes reteamed for a mini-Cars reunion in 2005, but failed to convince frontman Ric Ocasek and David Robinson to join them. Instead, they hit the road as The New Cars with Utopia stars Todd Rundgren, Prairie Prince and Kasim Sulton.
The new photo features Ocasek and Robinson and an accompanying caption reads: "Anyone in the mood for a reunion by The Cars?" The fifth member of the band, bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr, died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.
Bandmates Elliot Easton and Greg Hawkes reteamed for a mini-Cars reunion in 2005, but failed to convince frontman Ric Ocasek and David Robinson to join them. Instead, they hit the road as The New Cars with Utopia stars Todd Rundgren, Prairie Prince and Kasim Sulton.
The new photo features Ocasek and Robinson and an accompanying caption reads: "Anyone in the mood for a reunion by The Cars?" The fifth member of the band, bassist/vocalist Benjamin Orr, died of pancreatic cancer in 2000.
- 7/27/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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