Music News
New Order's Bernard Sumner prefers his group's music over "this put together shit that is inflicted on us these days". [NME]
Barney going off during the New Order gig:
— Will (@WilliamD1123) November 7, 2021
‘It’s good to hear real music rather than this put together shit that’s inflicted on all of us these days.’
I feel so fucking vindicated right now pic.twitter.com/jJuNAmDF4C
Radiohead detail virtual Kid A Mnesia Exhibition, share new trailer. It’s available as a free download on November 18 via PlayStation 5, PC, and Mac. [Pitchfork]
It's time to put an end to Greatest Hits snobbery. As Franz Ferdinand release their singles collection, our columnist argues that it's time to stop sneering... [NME]
Travis Scott went to Dave and Buster's following Astroworld tragedy; claims he "didn't know the severity of the situation". [Consequence of Sound] And...Ninth person dies from that day. [Stereogum]
Presidents Of The United States Of America Respond To Larry David’s Gripe About “Idiotic” ‘90s Song “Peaches”. [Stereogum]
Screaming Trees founding member, Mark Lanegan, details near fatal Covid-19 experience in new memoir Devil in a Coma. [Brooklyn Vegan]
Jarvis Cocker announces memoir Good Pop, Bad Pop. "The book covers “Jarvis’ unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times, and the mistakes he’d rather forget”. [Consequence of Sound]
Måneskin get Mick Jagger’s seal of approval after supporting The Rolling Stones. [NME]
Foo Fighters to star in new horror-comedy film, Studio 666. It is expected to arrive February 25 and sounds, um, interesting. [Loudwire]
NPR at 50: The thunder that opens Led Zepelin's 'When the Levy Breaks". [NPR]
Moody Blues co-founder and drummer, Graeme Edge, dies at 80. [NPR]
Music History
[Courtesy of Marqueemag.com, on-this-day.com, calendar.songfacts.com ]
November 8
1986: Metallica performed their first live concert with Jason Newsted.
November 9
1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone was published in San Francisco. John Lennon was on the cover.
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| [Via Ultimate Classic Rock] |
November 10
1967: The Moody Blues released "Nights in White Satin."
November 11
1999: A teenaged Britney Spears wins for Best Female, Best Pop, Breakthrough Artist and Best Song ("Baby One More Time") at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Dublin.
November 12
1976: Queen's single "Somebody To Love" was released in the U.K.
November 13
2020: Kylie Minogue's album Disco goes to #1 in the UK, making her the only woman to top the chart in five consecutive decades.
November 14
1970: Santana's "Black Magic Woman" was released.
2021 'Easy on Me' by Adele
2019 'Lose You to Love Me' by Selena Gomez
2009 'Whatcha Say' by Jason Derulo
1999 'Smooth' by Santana featuring Rob Thomas
1989 'When I See You Smile' by Bad English
1979 'Heartache Tonight' by Eagles
1969 'The Wedding Bell Blues' by The 5th Dimension
A snippet about...
CBGB
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| Courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery |
CBGB, considered the birthplace of punk, was a New York City club that opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal. CBGB stands for coutntry, bluegrass, and blues, which was Kristal's original musical vision of the club, however, it soon became known for the punk and new wave bands that frequented the venue. When asked what "OMFUG" stood for on the marquee, Kristal said it meant "other music for uplifting Gormandizers". He noted that gormandizer here means 'a voracious eater of music'.
There were 2 rules
at CGBG. First, bands had to move their own equipment. Second, bands
had to play all original music, no covers, because the club didn't have
money to cover the royalty fees. Some credit the second rule in
fostering a more creative environment that forced bands to be original
and develop new and innovative sounds.
Some bands who got their start at CGBG:
Agnostic Front, 1982
Richard Hell and the Voidoids, 1976
Beastie Boys, 1982
Misfits, 1977
The Dead Boys, 1977
Patti Smith Group, 1975
Blondie, 1975
Television, 1974
Talking Heads, 1975
Ramones, 1974
The club closed October 15, 2006 over a rental disagreement. Krsital was paying $19,000 a month while the landlord wanted to raise it to $55,000. After a compromise could not be reached, the final concerts were booked. There were several weeks of bands returning to the famous stage once more, partly in hopes of saving it, and partly to bid farewell. The final show was played by Patti Smith with help from Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Richard Lloyd (Television). Smith and band played "Gloria" alternated the chorus with echos of "Blitzkrieg Bop"—by the Ramones—Hey! Ho! Let's go!. During "Elegie", her final encore, Smith named musicians and other music figures who had died since playing at CBGB.
Hilly Kristal died the following year of lung cancer.
In 2013, the former location of CBGB was added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Bowery Historic District. The National Park Service nomination form describes the significance of the site: "CBGB was founded in 1973 on the Bowery, in a former nineteenth-century saloon on the first floor of the Palace Lodging House."
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| A view from the stage. Photo by: Corrine May Botz |
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