The Shell Shock II festival in Florida made music and political news when they for some reason invited Kyle Rittenhouse to speak at the fest, and the headliner and some other bands on the bill dropped out in response. The festival could then only come up with a Slipknot cover band to headline instead, and in the meantime, the old headliner, Evergreen Terrace, and some of the other bands that left the bill are organizing their own event, as J.D. Davis and RFT write.
Things have been going from bad to worse for Jane’s Addiction recently. During the Boston show of the band’s tour last month, vocalist Perry Farrell had an unexplained outburst in which he shoved and took a swing at guitarist Dave Navarro before being pulled off stage by the band’s crew. Then Farrell and bassist Eric Avery argued backstage and Avery punched Farrell while putting him in a headlock. Mitchell Peters provides more details at Billboard. And then this month, one of Jane’s Addition’s techs shared audio online showing just how bad Farrell’s vocals were on that fateful night.
Lots of bands have taken legal action against politicians playing their songs without permission, but few are successful. One of those few is Eddy Grant, who, as Ashley King writes for Digital Music News, finally won a case against Donald Trump for using Grant’s “Electric Avenue” without permission.
Over at the Disc Makers Blog, Tony van Veen asks the question, “Can you make a profit selling vinyl and CDs?” and then goes through the numbers and financials of it.
Rest In Peace
Big Frank Harrison passed away in September. He managed Zed Records and ran Nemesis Records, played in Carry Nation, and was noted for among other things releasing the first The Offspring record. Andrew Sacher has more details at Brooklyn Vegan.
Paul Bakija of Reagan Youth died in September, the band announced on Instagram. He was a founding member and guitarist.
Roli Mosimann, a drummer of Swans who also worked with J.G. Thirwell in Wiseblood and was a producer, died in September in Poland. Thirlwell posted a tribute on Facebook.
Further reading: there’s more roundups here at the blog.
