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The Week In Rock: September 6th – September 13th
Slayer
9/6 Slayer Frontman Renews Vows
Slayer frontman Tom Araya and his wife Sandra renew their vows in a ceremony in their home state of Texas officiated by Slayer guitarist Gary Holt, who is ordained.
“I had the great honor of having been asked to renew the vows for my dear friends Tom and Sandra Araya,” writes Holt.
Rick Davies
9/6 Supertramp Founder Dies
Singer-songwriter Rick Davies, a founding member of Supertramp passes away at age 81 in his Long Island home after a long battle with cancer.Supertramp’s “Breakfast In America” album, released in ’79, was certified for selling more than four million copies in the U.S.
Ozzy Osbourne
9/7 Ozzy Osbourne Honored
Ozzy receives an all-star tribute during the MTV Video Music Awards. Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt and Punk’s Yungblud honor the recently departed Metal legend.
The musicians join forces for a “once-in-a-lifetime: medley of Ozzy’s greatest hits.
Perry Farrell
9/8 Perry Farrell Responds To Lawsuit
Perry Farrell responds to a lawsuit filed by his Jane’s Addiction bandmates Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins over the singer’s onstage altercation last year (9/13/24) with Navarro that led the cancelation of Jane’s Additions reunion tour.
Farrell says he acted in “good faith and without malice” toward the guitarist. He’s seeking attorney fees and legal costs related to the case.
The band’s claims against Farrell include intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract, while claims from Navarro include allegations of assault and battery.
Spinal Tap
9/8 Spinal Tap On TV
Spinal Tap are on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, their first late-night television appearance in more than 15 years. Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) sit for an in-character interview with a performance of “Big Bottom,”, just days before the theatrical release of the sequel, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues.”
Shock To The System
9/12 Daughtry: Shock To The System (Part Two)
“”Shock To The System’ is about facing the things we’ve ignored and confronting the wake-up calls that force us to go deeper and get honest,” relayed band leader Chris Daughtry. “These songs unlocked something in me as a writer and a human being. ‘Part Two’ is the result of that journey.”‘
Daughtry has released six albums. “Shock To The System (Part Two)” is the band’s third EP.
The Blue Nowhere
9/12 Between The Buried And Me: The Blue Nowhere
The band’s eleventh studio album is their first release through InsideOut music. It is also their first album without Dustie Waring since “The Silence Circus” and their first as a four-piece band.
“I like to think it takes the listener on an unexpected journey, with ear candy waiting around every corner,” offered vocalist Tommy Rogers. “It’s a deeper dive into all of the dynamic places you’re taken within ‘The Blue Nowhere’!”
Spinal Tap: The End Continues
9/12 “Spinal Tap: The End Continues” Is In Theaters
The mockumentary comedy, the follow-up to the 1984 classic “This Is Spinal Tap,” is in theaters.
Directed by Rob Reiner, the sequel features Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer reprising their roles as members of Spinal Tap, a fictional Heavy Metal Band.
Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks make cameo appearances as themselves. Fran Drescher reprises her role as Bobbi Flekman, with Paul Shaffer returning as the inept promo man Artie Fufkin.
Like the original film, the production was only loosely scripted so as to be largely improvised by the actors.
We Are The Fallen
9/12 We Are The Fallen Returns
The long-defunct band featuring original Evanescence members Ben Moody (guitar) and John LeCompt (guitar), along with vocalist Carly Smithson (pictured front and center), give their first live performance in 14 years. They reunite to for one song at Gamesymphonic (a compilation of video games set to live, fully orchestrated music) in Nashville.
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