'Guitar Hero' rocks on Sep 2, 2009
The GH 5 set list boasts more than 25 artists never heard in a music game before including Arctic Monkeys, A Perfect Circle, Brand New, Eagles of Death Metal, Gorillaz, Gov't Mule, Grand Funk Railroad, King Crimson, Peter Frampton, Spacehog, Sunny Day Real Estate and The Derek Trucks Band. (A personal favorite: Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing. (USA Today -- Tech)
Tuesday Trivia: Songs About Mastu... Aug 18, 2009
"My Ding-A-Ling" by Chuck Berry "Darling Nikki" by Prince "Icicle" by "Orgasm Addict" by The Buzzcocks "Pictures of Lily" by The Who "I'm a Wanker" by Ivor Biggun and the Winkers "St. Swithin's Day" by Billy Bragg "Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol "The Keys to Her Ferrari" by Thomas Dolby "Blister in the Sun" by The Violent Femmes "Praying Hands" by Devo "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors "She Bop" by "I Touch Myself by DiVinyls "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello "The Stroke" by Billy Squire "I'm... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Receiving due recognition Aug 8, 2009
And like most Dikir Barat groups in the old days, they formed a perfect circle. (Its only when RTM started filming them that they sat in a row, Pak Daud pointed out). (The Star Online, Malaysia)
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A Perfect Circle - "Judith". AFI - "Medicate". (IGN PS2)
A Perfect Circle: The Pain Of Perfection Jul 5, 2009
" It's that devastated sensation, the feeling of being beaten when you're down, that A Perfect Circle convey in their second full album, Thirteenth Step. Throughout, the band funnels obsession, loneliness, agitation and despair into its songs, raising difficult issues relating to addiction, manipulation and personal limitations. On "The Package," frontman Maynard James Keenan sings from the perspective of a junkie desperate for a fix: "Comfort is a mystery crawling out of my own skin/ Just give... (VHI.com -- MTV.com Music News)
Full Guitar Hero 5 Band ... Jun 2, 2009
IGN: Full Guitar Hero 5 Artist List Announced. SECTIONS CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. (IGN PS2)
Kris Allen's 'What's Going On': The Story Behind The Cover May 20, 2009
"The song came to Gaye from songwriters Al Cleveland and the Four Tops' Renaldo "Obie" Benson at a time when the Motown star was contemplating giving up music following the 1970 death of his longtime singing and romantic partner, Tammi Terrell. Gaye, not known for writing his own songs, helped the duo complete the tune. He was going to give it away to a Motown act named the Originals, but he was persuaded to keep it by Cleveland and Benson. Initially rejected by Motown boss Berry Gordy Jr.... (VHI.com -- Music News)
James Iha & Taylor Hanson Feb 26, 2009
Iha, on the other hand, has been working with the now-defunct A Perfect Circle and more recently Marilyn Manson. For the most part, the now grey-haired Iha has stayed out of the spotlight ever since the band's final performance at Chicago's historic Metro on Dec. 2, 2000. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
