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The Week In Rock: August 2nd – 9th
Mammoth
8/2 Mammoth On Top For The Third Time
Wolfgang Van Halen‘s band Mammoth is #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart with “The End.”
Mammoth (once known as Mammoth WVH) has now logged three #1s following “Distance” and “Don’t Back Down.”
Qzzy Osbourne
8/2 Ozzy Returns To The Charts
Ozzy Osbourne’s “Crazy Train” lands on Billboard Hot 100 (#46) the for the first time, while “Mama, I’m Coming Home” returns to the ranking (#49) after 33 years.
“Crazy Train” from Osbourne’s 1980 debut solo album “Blizzard Of Ozz,” did not make the Hot 100 despite becoming one of his signature songs.
“Mama, I’m Coming Home” is a single from Osbourne’s sixth solo album “No More Tears.”
Wembley Stadium
8/2 Man Falls To His Death At Oasis Concert
“A man – aged in his 40s – was found with injuries consistent with a fall,” a Metropolitain Police statement said. The man fell from the upper tier of London’s Wembley Stadium toward the end of the Oasis show.
Metallica (The Black Album)
8/4 Metallica Have Staying Power
Metallica’s 1991 self-titled album (aka “The Black Album”) is the fourth record to spend 800 weeks (over 15 years) on the Billboard 200. The album originally peaked at #1 on August 31st, 1991.
Only Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” (1973), Bob Marley And The Wailers “Legend” (1984) and Journey’s “Greatest Hits” (1988) have surpassed the 800-week mark.
Metallica and Pink Floyd are the only ones with studio albums that have reached 800 weeks. The Bob Marley and Journey entries were compilations.
Shinedown
8/5 Shinedown Hot Sauce
Smokey Bones, an Eastern casual dining chain, carries Shinedown’s Devour Pineapple Jerk Sauce for a one-of-a-kind wing experience.
Shinedown have two other hot sauces that are named after their songs: Symptom Chipotle Garlic Sauce and Attention Attention This Is Hot!!! Mango Habanero Sauce.
Volbeat
8/6 Volbeat Drummer To Miss Shows
Volbeat announces that drummer Jon Larsen (pictured far left) will miss four shows on the band’s ongoing North American tour due to “a family commitment” in Denmark.
Filling in for him once again will be Jon Dette (Testament), who previously stepped in for the Volbeat drummer in ’22 after Larsen tested positive for COVID-19.
March Hudson (Dragonforce)
8/7 Dragonforce Singer On “Dan Da Dan”
Dragonforce frontman Marc Hudson is the voice of Hayashi in the English dub of the Netflix show “Dan Da Dan.”
“I had the incredible opportunity to be a voice actor in ‘Dan Da Dan’ and getting to perform the exorcism song as part of the character was an absolute blast.
Everest
8/8 Halestorm: Everest
“Our album ‘Everest’ is a story of our journey as a band, full of beautiful endings and new beginnings,” commented frontwoman Lzzy Hale. “We weave a tangled web of melancholy, frustration, anger, and the vast purgatory of love and love lost. It is a rollercoaster of epic musical detours, great songwriting and completely unhinged twists and turns.”
The album was produced by Grammy winner Dave Cobb.
Nothing More
8/9 Nothing More’s “Freefall”
Nothing More is #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Airplay chart with “Freefall.” featuring Chris Daughtry. The song is the fourth #1 from the band’s “Carnal” album.
“We wrote an anthem for the people who find themselves in an uncertain and chaotic phase of their life,” explained singer Jonny Hawkins.”
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