Perry Farrell from Jane’s Addiction called me today to talk about the new Jane’s album ‘The Great Escape Artist’, the bands reunion, the upcomming tour, baseball, and so much more! Click below to listen to the interview!

Perry Farrell interview

Evanescence headed to Jimmy Kimmel last night to perform in support of their latest album ‘Evanescence’.

Check out ‘What You Want’ and ‘Going Under’ below!

WAAF presents Evanescence at the Palladuim on October 28.

Click here for all of the tick info!

It’s got to be nice for Conan, to welcome fellow Bostonians on his show! If you’ve ever spent any time in LA, you know that it’s a different world compared to Boston! The Dropkick Murphy’s brought a little ass kicking, Boston style, to Team COCO last night, playing the title track from their latest album ‘Goin’ Out In Style’!

BTW, I love the BRUINS drum head!

Is there ANYTHING that he can’t do? He’s like a Rock ‘N’ Roll crime fighter! Waiting in the shadows for a band in distress, and up in the sky appears an illuminated DG light that the mayor of Gotham has lit, meaning that there is a band in need of  a KICK ASS drummer… NOW!

And Dave is off, to save the gig!

According to SPIN: 

Cage the Elephant’s Jared Champion’s appendix burst Monday night. Luckily, Dave Grohl was nearby. The always awesome Foo Fighters leader didn’t actually perform surgery on the Kentucky rocker, but he offered to fill in for the drummer at the band’s show at Salt Lake City, Utah’s Maverick Center (Cage are currently the opening act on the Foos’ tour supporting Wasting Light). “He had an ulcer for a couple days, then at 1 A.M. it was just unbearable, so he went to the emergency room,” guitarist Lincoln Parish tells SPIN. “He was rushed straight into surgery.”

Enter Grohl. “Dave somehow heard what had happened and called our tour manager. He said, ‘Hey, so do you think the guys would go for it?’ ” Parish says. “Our manager was like… ‘Um, yeah!!!”

While he currently fronts the Foo Fighters, Grohl has a little experience behind the kit, as you may recall, and he agreed to join Cage the Elephant on the six or seven songs he’s most familiar with, including “In One Ear,” “Shake Me Down,” “Sell Yourself,” and “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.” Cage the Elephant kicked off their set with a fill-in sticksman (the monitor engineer for the tour), and then Grohl joined for the last five songs of their set. The crowd, understandably, went berserk when he stormed the stage.

“I had to pinch myself,” says Parish. “I turned around and Dave Grohl is playing the drums. It’s an amazing, once-in-lifetime experience. Nobody can replace Jared. But… it’s Dave fucking Grohl. If you’re going to be replaced by anybody, it might as well be the best.”

Actually, it’s a twice-in-a-lifetime experience: Grohl has agreed to again join the Cage boys for a portion of their set at the Forum in Los Angeles on October 13. It’s a move indicative of the two bands’ friendship, says Parish. “I’ve never met a group of more humble musicians,” he explains. “We sat down and had dinner with Dave last night. He’s like a friend you’ve had for 20 years. It’s like you’re talking to your old buddy from high school. The first night of the tour, as soon as we got offstage, Dave had shots of whiskey. Last night he came into the dressing room with moonshine.”

The two bands met at KROQ’s Weenie Roast in L.A. last June. “Jared ran into him backstage before the show and said, ‘Come check us out!’ He did. Dave saw the last two songs of our set, and afterwards told [frontman] Matt [Shultz] that we should do some shows together. Two weeks later we got the call offering the opening spot on their tour!”

But what about Jared and that appendix? “He’s getting released from the hospital today,” says Parish. “He’ll stay in Salt Lake tonight and then fly into L.A. tomorrow, when he’ll jump back on the bus with us. He’ll probably be back onstage by San Diego [on October 17]. He’s a trooper.”

Jimmy Fallon continues to impress me with his musical guests and cameo appearances! On Friday, Pearl Jam finished ‘Pink Floyd Week’ by covering ‘Mother’. With all of the amazing cover songs that Pearl jam has done over their 20 year career, this is one of my favorites! Check it out below! What is you favorite Pearl Jam cover?

Don’t forget to tune into Under The Covers every weeknight at 10pm!

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Here is the list of the nominees, for the Class of 2012!

Ballots will be sent to more than 500 voters, who will select the artists to be inducted at the Rock Hall’s 27th annual induction ceremony on April 14th in Cleveland. To be eligible, an artist or band must have released its first single or album at least 25 years prior to the year of nomination.

• The Beastie Boys, Laura Nyro and Donna Summer are each on the ballot for the third time.
• Donovan, Red Hot Chili Peppers and War are each making their second appearance on the ballot.
• The rest are first-timers — The Cure, Eric B. and Rakim, Guns n’ Roses, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Freddie King, Rufus with Chaka Khan, The Small Faces/The Faces and The Spinners.

What do you think? Who did they miss? Will the Beastie Boys and RHCP finally get in? Will AXL reunite with Slash if GNR get in?

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