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Watch Jesse Michaels Join Tim Armstrong Onstage for Mini Operation Ivy Reunion

Operation Ivy fans have been waiting a long time for a reunion. The influential ska band hasn’t played together since breaking up in 1989, and its members have frequently shot down any hope for a revival; however, that all changed last night. Tim Armstrong (under the name Tim Timebomb) and his band the Interrupters backed the Specials […]

February 6, 2022
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RIAA Threatens Legal Action Against NFT Platform HitPiece, Calls It ‘Outright Theft’

A new NFT platform called HitPiece launched a beta site this week. The site was selling thousands of song and album artwork NFTs; however, created them using information from Spotify’s API without permission from the artists or their record labels. Unsurprisingly, this caused outrage in the music community, and now the RIAA is threatening legal […]

February 5, 2022
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Nikki Sixx Hits Back at Pearl Jam After Eddie Vedder’s Criticism of Mötley Crüe: ‘They’re One of the Most Boring Bands in History’

There hasn’t been a good rock band spat in…forever? Well, that has certainly changed! Eddie Vedder gave a lengthy interview to the New York Times last weekend (which was very interesting and wide-ranging) ahead of his new solo album, Earthling. In the interview, Vedder described working at a club in San Diego during the late ’80s where […]

February 5, 2022
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Watch Eddie Vedder Dust Off Pearl Jam Deep Cut ‘Dirty Frank’ During Solo Show

Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings are only two dates into their intimate U.S. tour, and they’ve already managed to pack their setlists full of gems. After treating fans to Beatles and Bob Dylan covers, along with Pearl Jam classics, on opening night at New York’s Beacon Theater, Vedder and his band performed a collection of […]

February 5, 2022
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