Chordstruck Magazine

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club bassist, Robert Levon Been has been fined by a German court for harming a concert attendee back in May with a water bottle (Chart Attack). The €18,500 (that’s roughly $25,000 USD) incident all started when Been wanted to be responsible and cool by throwing a water bottle over his shoulder into [...]

Comin’ all the way from Eugene, Oregon, this Neon Trees fan wooed us with her grand story of theft and redemption. Her story is below. We’ll have more contests in the near future, and once this evil flu stops spreading, we’ll be a postin’ more! Alicia’s response: “I was riding with my friend to California [...]

Speaking to the Herald Scotland, singer Shirley Manson, revealed that the five-year hiatus for the band is now over. They’re recording a new album and hope to tour next year. Speaking to the Herald Scotland, Manson said: “I’m working on a record right now with the band. We’ve recorded quite a lot but it’s difficult [...]

We’d like to think the serendipitous story that led to the creation of The Hot Nothing had something to do with a mad scientist combining the DNA of Norah Jones and Fiona Apple to explain the how and why this band sounds as amazing as it does. Jazz is becoming a lost genre among our [...]

Ah, it’s another joyful Friday in the City of Angels and it’s Halloween weekend. Hello booze! Everyone must be all dressed up and ready to party because there’s hardly any news happening today. How slow is the news today? VH1 decided to discuss Katy Perry’s sex life. A mighty fine topic, if you ask me. [...]

When they’re not busy dedicating a 33-song setlist to the recently freed Chilean miners, The Pixies are busy pleasing other fans around the world. Today, the band announced that they are giving away their 20-song performance at the Empire Polo Fields. Click the widget below and enter your e-mail to get the free download. For [...]

Last night, A Perfect Circle broke their six-year hiatus to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Video is below. As you’ll notice, Maynard continued his trademark look with APC by wearing his wig. I went to this taping and as my friend pointed out, it was a relief to not see Maynard perform in a cowboy [...]

San Francisco ambient/Alt-rockers Dredg announced today that they are signing with Superball Music, the same label that …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead and Oceansize call home. They are working diligently on the follow-up to 2009′s The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion. Front man Gavin Hayes had this to say [...]

First he did the unthinkable: he killed Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” more than the drunk girl at the karaoke last Wednesday, but now he’s really fucking done it. He went and covered Metallica. Granted Metallica hasn’t been good since the Bush Sr. Administration, the fact that he would cross the foray into metal (actually, [...]

Alicia Bradway! Cue The Price Is Right theme music! Here’s the comment that won it all: “I was riding with my friend to California from Eugene, Oregon and we found out that Neon Trees were doing a free concert in San Francisco. We got so excited we had to stop and see them. We got [...]

Last night, Neon Trees played a free show at Universal Citywalk in front of a crowd of hundreds of rabid teenagers who sang along to just about everything that came out of front man, Tyler Glenn’s mouth. The Neon Trees performance kicked off Universal’s free concert series, Plugged In, where other bands will get a [...]

Holy mother of God. The grunge pioneers who brought you Electroretard, (A) Senile Animal and The Bride Screamed Murder announced today that they will be taking over Spaceland every Friday in January 2011. Tickets aren’t on sale just yet, but when they are, we’ll put out the good word. For more information, please visit This [...]

For all of you lucky people living in Los Angeles (or visiting for that matter) cruise on over to Universal Citywalk at 7:30pm when Neon Trees will put on a full show FOR FREE. That’s right, they’ll play until about 9:00pm at which time they’ll move on over to a signing tent and have a [...]

If you’ve been following this wacky saga, you’d notice that there technically isn’t a Hot Sauce Committee, Pt.1. It was last summer that Pt. 1 should have dropped, but instead, Adam “MCA” Yauch was diagnosed and subsequently cleared of throat cancer. The scare sent ripples across the music industry and fans alike put everything on [...]

When people speak of indulgent hedonism, they often attribute naughty behavior to “drugs, sex and rock ‘n roll.” By nature, rock music is inherently the cigarette smoking, leather jacket wearing, motorcycle riding, Jack Daniels chugging rebel that everyone fantasizes about.  Rock is for the cool kids, and the rest of us nerds are relinquished to [...]

It’s been a long bastard of a time since Pretty Hate Machine, the iconic debut album from Nine Inch Nails has been in the news. After many years of in-fighting between Trent Reznor and the various record labels and financial firms that owned the original mixes, today Reznor finally announced plans to re-release the album [...]

The dance-punk heroes are back with their second single off Strange Weather, Isn’t It? In case you missed our feature and album review, check them out. If you’re still on the fence about these guys, check out this badass new video as it’s sure to make you a convert.

Not since the glory days of KNAC-FM in Los Angeles, has the Sunset Strip felt the blare of Germany’s Accept in the streets. What might very well be the loudest concert I’ve ever attended, still leaves a souvenir this morning in the form of ringing ears and sore legs. Waiting three hours to see the [...]

We’ve got the new Neon Trees album, Habits, and to celebrate its release, the band gave us an autographed CD that we’d like to pass along to you. Here’s our contest: See that comments section below this post? We want you to show us how much you love the Neon Trees. Tell us your craziest [...]

Less than a year after being signed, Canadian thrash metallers, Baptized in Blood, drop their Roadrunner eponymous debut today. Addressing the dire need of shark-related album artwork, this Canadian quintet drops riffs and powerful vocals to backup that menacing shark eating their logo (designed by Mike D. from Killswitch Engage). Born out of boredom in [...]