Metallica, The Stooges, Run-DMC Lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Metallica, Run-DMC and The Stooges are among the nominees for the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class. For the first time in 12 years, the ceremony will be held April 4th in Cleveland, home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Other nominees include Jeff Beck, Chic, Wanda Jackson, War, Little Anthony and the Imperials and Bobby Womack. If Run-DMC get voted in, they will be the second hip-hop group behind 2008 inductees Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. First-time nominees Metallica hav

Run-DMC Nominated To Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame
According to Rolling Stone, Run DMC was nominated alongside Bobby Womack, Metallica, Wanda Jackson, The Stooges, Jeff Beck, War, Little Anthony and the Imperials. If Run-DMC get voted in, they will be the second hip-hop group behind 2008 inductees Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. The 2009 ceremony is slated to take place at Cleveland

Run-DMC Up for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Filed under: Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Legendary hip-hop act Run-DMC are among the nine nominees vying for a chance to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The '80s rap trio will battle it out with Metallica, the Stooges, Bobby Womack, Jeff Beck, Chic, Little Anthony and the... Read more

HARLOW: 'Now And Then' CD Out Now
Reunited '80s glam band HARLOW has just released its new album, "Now and Then", on Retrospect Records, The CD was mixed by Rae DiLeo (FILTER, Henry Rollins, Grandmaster Flash) and includes seven songs from the 1986 Greenworld Records release "We Do What We Wanna Do" and five new songs. The first single, "Fear on the Radio", features back-up vocals by Cherie Currie from THE RUNAWAYS. The limited-edition CD also includes the 1986 single "Rock The Box" which Cleopatra Records re-released in 2005 on the box set

Concert Review: Midnight Juggernauts at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York, NY
Initially brought into the limelight by opening for Parisian DJ-duo Justice on their late 2007 tour, dance-rock trio Midnight Juggernauts have been busy the last year securing an American following. Following the May 27 U.S. release of their debut full-length, Dystopia, their Saturday night appearance at New York

FOXY BROWN CONTINUES TO DISAPPOINT!
Last Saturday Foxy Brown was set to make her return to the stage after her prison stint, but didn’t show up. Now Foxy is letting everyone know what exactly happened, saying “We got there at 11,” she added. “I want people to know, we have a contractual agreement with B.B. King’s that my time to be on stage, my time to perform was 11:30. I arrive at the venue at 11:05. When I arrive they told me they shut everything down. Melle Mel was on stage. Grandmaster Flash was on stage. Michael Bivins was

'Guitar Hero' Maker Working on 'DJ Hero'
Filed under: Hip-Hop, Say What!The Boombox Music Blog: Thanks to 'Guitar Hero,' teenagers, and adults alike, can act out their childhood dream of being a rock star by banging on plastic drums and strumming a toy guitar while attempting to follow along to their favorite tune. Now, amateur DJs will have a... Read more

Ex-Sex Pistol Lydon turns to butter
Former Sex Pistols singer John Lydon is now advertising butter - in stark contrast to his punk rock days when he proclaimed: "I am an antichrist, I am an anarchist." Decked out in an English gentleman-style tweed outfit, Lydon - whose used the stage name Johnny Rotten - features in adverts for Country Life butter which will hit screens in October. As part of his first television advertising campaign, Lydon gallivants around various British locations as he tries to decide why he thinks Country Lif

Pioneering '80s Female Punk Rock Movie Finally Gets Video Release
Filed under: News, ExclusiveSpinner.com: You remember the female punk band the Stains from the early '80s -- a trio of girls in their teens who ran away to tour with the bands the Metal Corpses and the Looters? The Stains were best known for songs such as 'Waste of Time' and... Read more

Butter Punks [Advertising]
"We don't think enough people know Country Life is the only major British butter brand and John gets the message through loud and clear." Which is to say, The Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten is the new face of Country Life Butter. Really. [NME] Read More: 1 2 3 4 Don't Let A Blow Job Compromis

Interview: Lou Adler on "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains"
By Nick Schager Most film fans have never seen 1981's "Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains," the hard-charging, potent tale of an all-girl punk band's meteoric rise and fall, which featured supporting performances by members of the Sex Pistols and The Clash (and a young Ray Winstone, who played the lead singer of the Stains' tourmates The Looters). That's because Paramount Pictures never saw fit -- save for a couple of random screenings -- to give the film any sort of theatrical release, or even put i

'Rotten' Rocker Turns Butter Spokesperson
Filed under: Wacked NewsSpinner.com: We're not certain we see the wisdom in a dairy company going out of its way to associate the word "rotten" with one of its products, but that's exactly the tack being taken by Country Life -- a British firm that's decided to hire Sex Pistols' John... Read more

Lydon becomes face of Country Life butter
John Lydon of the Sex Pistols is named as the new face of butter brand Country Life.