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People who know me are well aware of my contempt for Psy. I should be the one enjoying Internet fame. It seems I'm not the only one who has a negative opinion about the South Korean viral star. Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has called the "Gangnam Style" leader an STD of the music industry.
3 weeks ago The biggest names in hard rock and heavy metal gathered in Los Angeles, Calif. for the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards last night (May 2). Artists who took trophies home included metal titans Metallica, Deftones, and Device among others.
3 weeks ago Florida punk rockers Against Me! are down a member as bassist Andrew Seward has decided to quit the band.
3 weeks ago Just hours after hearing of the death of Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of the 90's rap duo Kris Kross, Deftones paid tribute to the late rapper during their concert last night in St. Louis by mashing up their song "Engine No
3 weeks ago Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, one half of the rap group Kris Kross, has died at the age of 34.
4 weeks ago Metal heads Five Finger Death Punch announced plans today (May 1) to release their fourth studio album in two installments this year.
4 weeks ago Fans itching for new Escape The Fate music have been waiting patiently for their new album Ungrateful to be released May 14. The metalcore rockers have made the wait a little more bearable by premiering another track from Ungrateful entitled "Until We Die," which you can listen to below.
4 weeks ago 97.9 GRD is proud to bring one of our favorite new bands, Long Beach, Calif. rockers Rival Sons, to Grand Rapids next month!
4 weeks ago Independent record stores enjoyed another successful Record Store Day this year. The annual event, which was celebrated worldwide April 20, showed that music fans will still come out of the house to buy offerings from their favorite artists.
Metallica have their hands full with a number of various projects, and now the band has unveiled 'huge' details about the release of their 3D film 'Metallica Through the Never.' The band has announced that the film will open in theaters Sept. 27, playing on IMAX screens across the U.S. for a full week.
5 weeks ago Last Sunday closed out the second weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. Big name acts like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blur, Modest Mouse and Social Distortion shared the bill with bands that aren't as well known. Late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel decided to have some fun with festival attendees that should have probably thought better than to pretend to be a music know-it-all.
April 22, 2013 The Intersection in downtown Grand Rapids has been booking great concerts in 2013. That trend continues with their latest show as Los Angeles alt-rockers Silversun Pickups will perform at the venue in June.
