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February 1st – February 7th
Turnstile
2/1 Turnstile Pick Up A Pair Of Grammys
Turnstile take home Grammys for Best Metal Performance (“Birds”) and Best Rock Album (“Never Enough”) during the ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
Ozzy Osbourne
2/1 Ozzy Osbourne Tribute At The Grammys
Post Malone, along with Guns N’ Roses members Slash and Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer Chad Smith, and producer Andrew Watt perform a special tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne at the Grammy Awards. They play a version of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” Ozzy’s widow Sharon and two of his kids, Kelly and Jack, are in the audience.
Megadeth
2/2 Megadeth Is #1… In Australia
Megadeth earns its first #1 album in Australia with the band’s final self-titled effort.
“Megadeth” debuts at #1 on the ARIA chart beating out Olivia Dean’s “The Art Of Loving.”
KISS
2/2 KISS Top A Billion
KISS announce on social media that “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” music video has surpassed a billion views on YouTube.
“The numbers speak for themselves. This one still dominates,” writes the band on social media.
Guns N’ Roses
2/2 Sweet Child O’ Mine” In Trailer
Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” serves as the ending theme song in the promotional trailer for the latest Gundam series film, “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery Of Nymph Circe.” “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway” premiered in theaters in Japan in 2021 and drew attention for its subtle dialogue and psychological portrayal of the characters.
Alkaline Trio
2/2 Atom Willard Leaves Alkaline Trio
Atom Willard announces his departure from Alkaline Trio less than three years after the drummer joined the band on a full-time basis.
“With everything going on, going wrong in the world right now, this may seem insignificant but it’s not for me,” Willard says.
Chuck Negron
2/2 Three Dog Night Vocalist Dies
Chuck Negron, Three Dog Night vocalist, passes away at his home in Studio City, CA at age 83.
Negron co-founded Three Dog Night with Danny Hutton and Cory Wells released 21 consecutive Top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975.
At the height of the band’s career, Negron’ struggled with drug abuse and heroin addiction.
The group disbanded in 1976 and reunited in 1982 before breaking up again in 1985 following Negron’s relapse.
After 37 stints in rehab and 13 years, Negron was able to get clean in 1991.
Brian Burkheiser
2/5 Ex-I Prevail Vocalist Is Free
Ex-I Prevail vocalist Brian Burkheiser releases a statement via social media: “I’m grateful to share that I am officially a free, independent artist.” Last year, he claimed that “an unresolved dispute” with his former band had prevented him from releasing his new solo music.
Shinedown
Kid Rock
2/6 Shinedown Ditch “Rock The Country”
After Shinedown drummer Barry Kerch calls Rapper Ludacris a “coward” for bailing on the Kid Rock headlined “Rock The Country” festival Shinedown decides to do the same.
Shinedown issue a statement on social media: “We feel that we have been given a platform to bring all people together through the power of music and song.”
“Our band’s purpose is to unite, not divide. We know this decision will create differences of opinion. But we do not want to participate in something we believe will create further division.”
This summer’s The Rock The Country festival will feature a rotating lineup of Rock and Country artists.
Jack White
2/6 Jack White Blasts “Racist” Trump
After the White House posts a video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife and former first lady Michelle, as apes draws widespread bipartisan backlash, former White Stripes frontman Jack White addresses the video at length in an Instagram post:
“This post would basically get anyone, at any job fired immediately… except for arguably the most important position in the world. That’s right, trump (sic) is a racist, a r*pist, a felon, a grifter and a full on dementia sufferer, and yet he has the power to send in gestapo ICE soldiers to kill our citizens.”
The White House subsequently takes down the Obama post.
Green Day
Counting Crows
2/6 Green Day/Counting Crows Play Pre-Super Bowl Bash
Two bands with Bay Area roots — Green Day and Counting Crowes — team up for a special Super Bowl related concert on San Francisco’s Pier 29 on the Embarcadero.
The invite only event marks the third year FanDuel and Spotify have teamed up for a bash celebrating music, community, and the spirit of the Bay Area two days prior to Super Bowl LX.
Hailing from the East Bay, Green Day has been loyal to their hometown, performing in the Bay Area frequently in recent years. To date, they have issued fourteen studio albums.
Counting Crows are from Berkeley, CA and formed in 1991. The band has released eight studio albums.
Mammoth
2/7 Mammoth Returns To #1
Mammoth (led by Wolfgang Van Halen) returns to the top spot on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Airplay chart with “The Spell.”
Mammoth have now sent four songs (“Distance,” “Don’t Back Down,” “The End” and “The Spell”) to #1 on Mainstream Rock.
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