Category: Music

Music news primarily focusing on Goth, Metal, and Industrial genres.

New music from Mick Mars!

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The Alien Goth God himself has given us a Halloween present. Clearly Motley was holding him back because this was amazing on every single level. Mind blown 🤯 Look at the aesthetics of the video. And the song itself. I literally cannot wait to hear the rest of the album!

Evanescence Palette

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Evanescence partnered with HipDot to release the most amazing makeup palette to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Fallen and its already sold out. Even I didn’t get my hands on one! And for good reason. Look at it!

Its perfect for what I like to call the Winter Girl aesthetic. And the cd packaging is a nostalgic bonus for many.

According to the website they are planning a restocked and you can sign up to be notified here.

RIP Jeff Beck

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Just found out from Mick Mars on Twitter that his hero Jeff Beck has passed away.

It was confirmed on his official Twitter account that the legendary guitarist died yesterday at age 78 from bacterial meningitis.

My heart goes out to his family and friends at this difficult time.

I can’t help but notice a certain irony in the news breaking today as it’s the last day of Bowiemas, and the anniversary of when the news broke about Bowie’s passing in 2016, also the day after.

Jeff was the special guest at Bowie’s July 3rd, 1973 show. The show was filmed but none of the versions below included these songs with Beck. But was found on a bootlegged early (possibly Italian) version and you can watch it below:

They’re back!!!!!! **Official Update**

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They just announced on Twitter and they’re officially website that Mötley Crüe is back from the dead!!!

omg get all the details here:

https://www.motley.com/news/motleycrueisback

Maybe it’s more than a rumor?

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While it had seemed it was all said and done when Vince said the rumors were just that, rumors. It has now moved on from click-bait tabloids to big sources like Rolling Stone confirming that Mötley is coming back in 2020.

(Rolling Stone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/motley-crue-def-leppard-poison-set-2020-stadium-tour-913823/)

But the band has now been silent on this evolving topic. Vince was the only one to say anything about it. Still nothing from Nikki, Tommy, or Mick, and nothing from the band’s official accounts.

Just days ago they shared a link to a petition (that yes, yours truly most definitely signed) asking for them to tear up the contract and tour again, saying the petition it was “interesting”. But since then they have deleted the post!

Nikki was teasing about big news during the spring saying he’d tell us in July, but no announcement ever came. He’s still teasing us about something big saying that in 2021 since the band will be 40 we should have a big party (by party does he mean tour?)

So while I am maintaining that it is just a rumor until such time as the band or one of it’s members makes an announcement, I have heard from a source connected to the band that the tour is legitimately happening. And I at least will begin setting money aside for a ticket.

That said, despite what Rolling Stone has to say, there is NO official word from Mötley on this and I will update if that changes!!!

New song collaborationS for Mick Mars

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All I’m saying is that 2 song collaborations with Mick Mars being released within 2 days is simply proof that the rock gods love us.

The first song is “The way I’m wired” with band Black Smoke Trigger. The band posted this photo back in July on their Facebook page so we had an inkling something was coming.

Their album was released yesterday but was not up on Spotify until today. You can buy the album here.

But waking up to the news of Mick having another collab out today was the best thing ever.

Mick has a guest solo featured on a track by Cory Mars which also features Travis Tritt and Ivan Moody which you can find here. This track is a lot different from the type of music we normally expect to hear Mick in. It’s country! But it’s an amazing song and made me think fondly of my own country roots. It also brought to mind Mick’s son Les Paul’s band Van Waylon which plays “everything from Van Halen to Waylon Jennings” and are damn good at it too.

Now for your convenience I have the songs from Spotify here for your listening pleasure:

Vince Neil squashes Crüe reunion rumors

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Amidst rampant rumors that a Mötley Crüe reunion was in the works the band members were eerily silent. While silence from Vince and even mystery man Mick Mars is fairly normal, Nikki Sixx and Tommy Lee are usually quick to kill weird rumors that pop up in clickbait internet tabloids. So when they stayed quiet fans began to wonder if there was any truth to the rumors. Articles began popping up earlier this week claiming a source close to Tommy Lee had “leaked” the news that the band had been offered $150 million to reunite and tour again despite the 2015 cessation of touring contract the band signed. The contract would not permit any of the members (even all of them together) to tour under the name Mötley Crüe. Of course if all four members agreed, they could make the contract void. According to the rumors the bandmates were considering the offer, but only if Vince Neil went to rehab and lost 40lbs and, at Vince’s request, Tommy Lee also went to rehab.

But last night Vince broke the silence (and broke my heart) saying that not only was there no reunion tour in the works, but that he hadn’t even spoke to any of his band mates since The Dirt premiered last spring!

It’s super disappointing but we’re all happy to finally have some clarification. Of course For myself, I’ll still be praying for a “Back from the Dead” tour.