By Andrew Youssef
Better Than: Sitting at home trying to emulate Rush on the Rock Band video game.
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It's not surprising to see the occasional air guitar solo from an audience member during a rock concert. At last night's Rush show, air drums and air bass appeared in equal numbers as the power trio from Canada descended into Irvine.
Rush has released a number of live albums in their career and are renowned for their stunning live shows. This
Last week, we knew that Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction were coming to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine on May 20. But we didn't know much else, like ticket prices or on-sale dates. Reasonably important things. But hey, now we know! Tickets for that show are going on sale 3 p.m. this Friday, March 20, exactly two months before the show actually happens. Hey! Synergy! (Yes, not exactly, technically, because the show's probably going to start a few hours later than 3 p.m., of cours
As you no doubt already know, having marked your calendar, set your Blackberry alarm and tattooed it on your forehead, the fifth episode from the fifth season of Trick My Truck premieres at 9:30 p.m. April 4 on CMT, "America's most popular country music network." You have inked, pressed buttons and inked some more because this is the episode that focuses on the Gauthiers of Costa Mesa. First, for those not in the CMT or Trick My Truck know, the reality show is like MTV's Pimp My Ride for the Bl
Yeah Yeah Yeahs. So great. Right now they're doing "Maps." You know, from that video game Rock Band! That picture is from them doing "Cheated Hearts." They were just on Saturday Night Live eight days ago (with host Zac Efron! OMG!) and here they are at Coachella. Pretty cool. I raved about their new album just a few weeks ago in the Weekly, and they did plenty of tracks from that: "Dull Life." "Zero." "Skeletons." And of course, Karen O is wearing a fetching glittery gold outfit. At least it loo
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past month (and if you have been, is the rock renting? Cuz I could use a cheaper place), you know that today -- 9/9/09 -- marks the official release date of The Beatles: Rock Band.That's right folks, the music industry sucks so hard that not only is it relying on the Beatles to generate some cash, it's relying on a freakin' video game with the Beatles in it to generate some cash.As someone over the age of 25 with hobbies, I've never played Guitar
Motörhead are currently on tour (including a stop at the House of Blues in Anaheim), they also play a role in upcoming action/adventure game Brütal Legend, out next week on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 (we got a chance to play it at Comic-Con this year, it's a fun, straight-forward beat 'em up with some cool visuals). That game, with Jack Black voicing the main character and additional vocal appearances from Rob Halford, Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford and Motörhead singer Lemmy will probably be a
