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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 044: The East Coast-West Coast hip-hop war

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

It was just after midnight on March 9, 1997, when one of the greatest rappers of all time got ready to leave for a party in the Hollywood Hills. At 12:30 am, he

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Controversy

Let’s get to the bottom of this Velvet Sundown fake band controversy [UPDATE]

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] We’ve been acquainted with fake bands for years, animated proxies for real-life human meat bags who compose and perform the songs: The Archies, Prozzak, and

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Music News

Pearl Jam needs a new drummer. Matt Cameron has left.

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Matt Cameron’s relationship with Pearl Jam goes back to the band’s earliest days. When Soundgarden split up in 1997, Matt immediately slipped into the Pearl Jam seat and he’s been there ever since.

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Movies

Here are some teasing clips for Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

More than 40 years after the original film, Spinal Tap returns this fall with a sequel. Its premiere is set for the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Expect cameos by Paul McCartney,

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Concerts

The Oasis reunion is special and important. Here’s why.

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Oasis has always been a polarizing band, prompting equal amounts of undying love and burning hate along with those who dismiss them as inconsequential and over-hyped. But regardless of your position, this reunion

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The Ramones meet The Flintstones

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

If you’re old enough—or if you have a thing for vintage cartoons—you’ll remember The Flintstones, an animated series that debuted on ABC in September 1960 and ran for 166 original episodes. It’s been

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Tuesday, July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

I want one of these: An actual laser defense system for mosquitoes. I want this. You’ll probably want music news for July, 8, 2025, too. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Al Jourgensen

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Concerts

With four Coldplay shows between now and Saturday, the new Rogers Stadium is making adjustments

July 7, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Rogers Stadium, the new 50,000-person venue in YZD (formerly known as Downsview Park) in Toronto, is having some expected growing pains. Built in just nine months, it has just one show under its

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Funny/Weird

Türkiye is going after Spotify because of a remark about golden toilets

July 7, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Türkiye has launched an investigation into Spotify, accusing the company of “engaging in practices that complicate the operations of its rivals in the online music streaming services market and/or affect the distribution of

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Concerts

It was Ozzy and Black Sabbath, one more time in Birmingham. I’m not crying. You’re crying.

July 7, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Who would have bet that the original lineup of Black Sabbath would be alive to play together in 2025? Jeezus, Ozzy should have died fifty times over but instead developed some king of

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Recommended Music

MAGA isn’t going to love this new music video

July 7, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

MAGA is going apoplectic over this music video featuring…well, just look. I wonder if any of these people will end up in that concentration camp in the Everglades? "We Are MAGA" [Music Video]

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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music. OUT NOW!

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