Whatever Happened to Rock and Roll was the beginning of MusicFilter.com. MusicFilter.com was the beginning of MusicFilter Tumblr. MusicFilter Tumblr began Whatever Happened to Rock and Roll Tumblr. Lots of people love all of the above. That is cool but mostly I like it the best. Lots of good stuff out there.
updated for my BMF on his birthday – August 5, 2017 ~mc~
BMF Birthday 2013 Playlist
Read a ton of reviews here of the Pistols multiple night gig in London. Apparently they have had a film crew at each show so far with Johnny even making the comment “Don’t mind if we film you do ya?’, so hopefully we will get to see these shows at some point.
At the press conference before the shows Lydon was apparently on his game giving lots of great quotes, one of which was when asked about a US tour he said “probably so, yeah”. Another favorite was when a reported asked a question and Lydon responded. Then the reporter said “finish the question” and Lydon responded by snapping “YOU FINISH IT” and threw the mic at the reporter.
The Sex Pistols played a one off gig at the Roxy in LA yesterday performing for about 500 invited guests. Apparently a few people snuck in evidenced by Johnny getting hit in the face with a drink. Read more about the show and the ‘sneaker inner’ here. The Orange County register interviewed Lydon about the bands upcoming gigs in England. Read it here. The Sex Pistol’s recently re-recorded “Anarchy in the U.K and Pretty Vacant” for the upcoming Guitar Hero release.
Van Halen footage from Greensboro.
Van Halen is officially back. See some fan shot footage of “I’m the One” here.
10/7/20 – this post updated by ~mc~ . The guitar god Eddie Van Halen passed away yesterday at the age of 65 after a long battle with throat cancer. BMF’s teenage band was Van Halen and I need to get all his Van Halen posts updated pronto.
I’m not sure if BMF ever saw Van Halen in his younger days but we got to see them reunited with David Lee Roth in Atlanta in 2008 and in New York in 2012. According to the Van Halen 2007-2008 North American Tour Wikipedia, the first date of the tour on September 27, 2007 in Charlotte, NC was David Lee Roth’s first show with Van Halen since September 2, 1984. This made BMF very happy and this was his post about it in 2007. Unfortunately the original video shot by a fan has been deleted by you tube. #57bmf4ever
They sold out in 10 minutes for the England show so they added two more dates at the same venue. Read more here.
When asked by Britain’s Virgin Radio about other bands who’ve recently reformed for a tour, frontman Johnny “Rotten” Lydon wasted no time giving his honest opinion, calling Sting — who is currently touring with the reunited POLICE — “a soggy old dead carcass.” The prototypical punk continued, “Listening to ‘Stink’ try to squeak through ‘Roxanne’is not fun. It’s like letting air out of a balloon.”
