Thursday, August 14, 2008

Quick News

While one of the heaviest bands to emerge from Australia begin to prep for a massive world tour next year - that being AC/DC of course. One of the other heaviest bands to emerge from Australia is calling it quits - that being Wolfmother. The power trio is splitting up after the release of one record, the band has currently been working with Rick Rubin on their sophomore effort when the split occurred.

Bruce Springsteen can now add his name to the roster of Superbowl Half Time All Stars. The Boss has been picked to play this season's Half Time show at the big game in Tampa.

Euro electro-rock poppers The Sounds are currently in the studio working on their third record. The follow up to their sophomore breakthrough, Dying to Say This to You, will be out sometime next year.

Fresh off of causing a ruckus at Lollapalooza, Rage Against the Machine will be performing free concerts outside this years Democratic National Convention. Followed by a week later at the Republican National Convention. Rage will be joined by MC5 singer Wayne Kramer, who famously shook up the '68 DNC in Chicago. This of course is not the first time Rage has guerrilla played the DNC, they had famously done so back in 2000 before the band's first breakup.