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Nandi Bushell, the 13-year-old drummer who gained fame for her impressive drum covers, has released a new video of her playing along to Slipknot’s ‘Psychosocial’.The video, posted on her YouTube channel on October 31, shows Bushell dressed up as a devil as she launches into an enthusiastic cover of the 2008 metal anthem. “Being a Slipknot #maggot is not just for #halloween but for #life!”, Bushell wrote in the video description.Bushell, who shot to viral fame for her online drum battles with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, has been playing drums since she was five years old and has posted hundreds of videos of her covering songs by various artists including Nirvana, Metallica and Queen.

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Christopher Walken has made a surprise appearance on this year’s Saturday Night Live Halloween special.The 80-year-old actor appeared on the sketch show last night (October 28), his first time on the show since 2008. This week’s episode was hosted by Nate Bargatze with the Foo Fighters as musical guests.Walken’s character appeared to explain “the true meaning of Halloween” to Mikey Day’s President Joe Biden, who had decorated the Oval Office in time for Halloween weekend.“I’m the spirit of Halloween, the ghost of All Hallow’s past,” Walken said in the sketch.

Caroline Brew editor Timothée Chalamet will host the Nov. 11 “Saturday Night Live” episode, with Boygenius as the musical guest. In the most recent “SNL” episode, Nate Bargatze, who is currently touring the U.S.

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic have revealed that Nirvana once made producer Steve Albini prank call Eddie Vedder and KISS‘ Gene Simmons.While appearing on the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, the surviving members of the iconic grunge band and Albini shared that they would help pass the time while in the studio by prank-calling people.This was during their time spent at the Pachyderm Recording Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. They recalled how there wasn’t very much to do.”This was in February, in the dead of winter, in the middle of fucking nowhere,” said Grohl.

The Masked Singer is back for season 10!

Dave Grohl has joined Norah Jones to play some Foo Fighters rarities on her podcast – listen below.The Foo Fighters frontman has previously collaborated with the jazz singer on the song ‘Virginia Moon’, which appeared 2005 album ‘In Your Honour‘. The duo performed a cover of the song in the podcast below.

Dave Grohl has joined The Breeders as a special guest on stage to perform a cover of Pixies‘ hit track ‘Gigantic’.The Foo Fighters frontman joined Kim Deal and Co. at their official Austin City Limits late-night show on Friday, October 13. “We’ve been touring with him,” said Deal while Grohl appeared on stage.

Rick Astley has claimed that Ozzy Osbourne once attempted to recruit a backing band for him.The ‘80s star told Classic Rock magazine that the former Black Sabbath singer was chatting to him during the height of his success, and made the impromptu offer.“He said, ‘Are you over here playing?’, and I said, ‘No, we’re just doing promo,’” Astley recalled. “And then went, ‘If you want to put a band together, let me know.

Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Steve Albini have addressed claims that Nirvana‘s success conflicted with their punk roots.The trio are due to appear on Conan O’Brien’s podcast Conan Needs A Friend, where their episode will be released on Monday (October 23). In an exclusive preview clip from Billboard, they discussed the 30th anniversary of ‘In Utero‘, where O’Brien asked whether the band’s success went against their DIY punk background.In response, producer Albini said he had often encountered this criticism from people “outside the culture of punk”, saying: “I have never experienced that genuinely from anybody in the punk scene that wasn’t purely an expression of jealousy.” He continued: “on the whole, Nirvana’s fans wanted Nirvana to become successful and self-sustaining and beloved.”Grohl also chimed in to give his thoughts on navigating Nirvana’s success.

Thania Garcia Thirty years ago, in September of 1993, Nirvana released its final record, the Steve Albini-produced “In Utero.” Nirvana, comprised of Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, was considered the “it” group of the moment following the monumental commercial success of its influential sophomore effort “Nevermind.” “In Utero” was the response to their mounting fame. In honor of the three-decade milestone, O’Brien hosts Novoselic, Grohl and Albini for a new episode of “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” to talk about the recording process for the album.

Foo Fighters have been confirmed to perform for Saturday Night Live later this month.Last night (October 17), Saturday Night Live took to social media to confirm its guest host and musical guests for the October 28 episode, marking the Foo Fighters’ first performance on the show since November 2020.The October 28 episode will be hosted by comedian Nate Bargatze.October 28! Nate Bargatze hosts with musical guest Foo Fighters! pic.twitter.com/c9snDzWodj— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) October 17, 2023Foo Fighters’ October 28 performance on Saturday Night Live will mark their first time on the show since November 2020. The band were slated to perform in May, but had their episode cut due to the since-ended WGA Hollywood writers’ strike.Foo Fighters will be the third musical guest to perform on the show since its return post-strike last week.

Selome Hailu “Saturday Night Live” is back in full swing. After Pete Davidson returned to the late night comedy to open Season 49 alongside musical guest Ice Spice, with Bad Bunny pulling double duty the week after, “SNL” has set the lineup for the Oct.

Foo Fighters were joined for a performance of ‘Best Of You’ with Shania Twain during their show at Austin City Limits last night – check out the moment below.After playing her own set at the festival earlier in the evening, Twain later joined Dave Grohl and co for a surprise appearance during the band’s set.The Foos have been joined by several special guests on their current tour, including the likes of Billy Idol, Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Alanis MorissetteCheck out the moment with Twain here:Shania Twain performed "Best of You" with Foo Fighters at Austin City Limits pic.twitter.com/gdLBVl4BKQ— RYAN-SUIT (@ryanw_ww) October 8, 2023The fact Shania Twain left her set and was able to get on stage with the Foo Fighters is soooo iconic. Wow! #ACLFest pic.twitter.com/5NlmkDjpRr— Taylor Kamnetz (@Taylor_Kamn) October 8, 2023Earlier this week, Foo Fighters announced a 2024 US stadium leg for their ‘Everything Or Nothing’ tour, set to take place next summer.Last week, the band teased that they had something in the works for 2024, sharing a cryptic message and clip to their social media channels.

Foo Fighters have performed a short, impromptu cover of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Stairway To Heaven’ at Ohana Music Festival – watch fan-shot footage of the cover below.While performing at the Ohana Music Festival on October 1, Dave Grohl and co. whipped out a short cover of the Led Zeppelin classic during a break in the set as a member of the audience was receiving medical attention in the pit.Grohl said to the medical staff attending to the audience member as he played the song’s opening riff: “Did you figure that shit out, or do I have to play ‘Stairway To Heaven’? ‘Cause I’ll fucking play this motherfucker, you know that right?”The band went on to play the song’s first verse, before they were notified that the audience member was cleared and that they could get back to their set.

Foo Fighters are taking off on a proper headlining North American tour next summer.Starting in mid-July, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers embark on their ‘Everything or Nothing At All Tour’ with special guests The Pretenders, The Hives, Mammoth WVH, Amyl and The Sniffers, Alex G and L7 on select dates.New York-based Foo fans are in luck, too.The tour is scheduled to kick off at Flushing’s Citi Field with back to back concerts on Wednesday, July 17 and Friday, July 19.Want to hear Grohl and co. perform hits like “My Hero,” “Learning To Fly,” “Everlong,” “The Pretender,” “Best Of You” and tracks from their 2023 album “But Here We Are” live?We’re here to help you find tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Oct.

Foo Fighters are teasing something for 2024, sharing a cryptic message and clip to their social media channels earlier today (September 29).The band made their return with their 11th studio album ‘But Here We Are’ in June, marking their first record since the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins in 2022.They also returned to the road for an extensive run of shows and festival headline sets, as well as an emotional secret performance at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.Now, Foo Fighters are teasing some activity for next year. “2024: Everything Or Nothing At All,” they captioned a short visualiser on their social media accounts.

Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad has claimed that Kurt Cobain was “jealous” of his bandmate Dave Grohl.The author recently appeared on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast to talk about an expanded version of his 1993 book about the band, Come As You Are: The Story Of Nirvana.In the original release, Cobain described a guitar part written by Grohl on ‘In Utero’ track ‘Scentless Apprentice’ as “boneheaded”.When asked about the quote on the podcast, Azerrad responded (via Loudwire): “I thought that was a little condescending, frankly.”Elsewhere in the Come As You Are book, Cobain is quoted as calling Grohl “the most well-adjusted boy in the whole world”. The writer claimed that the late frontman was jealous of the drummer who would go on to form Foo Fighters because of this.“I think Kurt partly was mocking Dave for being fairly together and normal,” Azerrad explained.

Foo Fighters dedicated their performance of ‘Everlong’ at Louder Than Life Festival to Kent Stax, the late drummer of Dave Grohl‘s former band Scream.“I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for Scream, and the man whose place I took in that band, Mr. Kent Stax,” Grohl said during the performance earlier this week. “One of the best punk rock drummers of all time.

Red Hot Chili Peppers do his wrestling theme song.Alternative music within the pro-wrestling was very common within the height of the sport in the early 00s. For example, Disturbed recorded a version of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin’s entrance theme and bands such as Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Motörhead and Drowning Pool performed at WWE’s biggest event, Wrestlemania.Speaking to Chris Van Vliet in a new interview, X-Pac – real name Sean Waltman – opened up about how he turned down having the rock aristocrats create a theme song for X-Factor, his professional wrestling stable he founded in early 2001 with fellow WWE wrestlers Justin Credible and Albert.“Shane McMahon comes up to me and goes, ‘Hey, we’re thinking about having Red Hot Chili Peppers do your new theme music,'” he told Van Vliet, “and I go, ‘No, I want Uncle Kracker!'”After being asked if the Red Hot Chili Peppers were really “in line” to record the track, X-Pac replied: “When they say something like that, and especially at that point that where WWE was, we were pretty hot.”He continued: “I was the one that picked Uncle Kracker, because I knew him, and that’s kinda how I was at the time.”X-Factor would go on to be a short lived group within WWE.

Scream, has died aged 61.The news comes just one day after the hardcore punk band announced their first new album since 1993.Stax’s death was announced yesterday (September 20) when bandmates Pete and Franz Stahl shared an update with fans and posted a heartfelt tribute to the musician.“We are heartbroken to share that our drummer Bennett Kent Stacks passed away this morning after a bout with metastatic cancer. Kent is the original heartbeat of Scream.