Now You Can Watch the First Two Hours of MTV on YouTube
If you're old enough to remember the launch of MTV on August 1st, 1981, at 12:01 A.M., this will bring you right back: Somebody put the first two hours on YouTube.
Everyone knows the first video they played was "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. And it was followed by Pat Benatar's "You Better Run" and "She Won't Dance with Me" by Rod Stewart.
You'll also see all the original VJs introduce themselves . . . plus the very first ad that ever aired for a three-ring binder called The Bulk. It was followed by a commercial for "Superman 2".
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James Hetfield Had To Convince Lars Ulrich to Allow Metallica Members To Co-write Songs.
For Metallica’s recent hit album “72 Seasons,” James Hetfield wanted to switch things up. But recently, he admitted it took some convincing to get fellow songwriter Lars Ulrich on board with the idea of including the rest of the band in the creative process.
"I was much more ready to open my heart to everyone in the band: lyrically, emotionally, and creatively," said the legendary frontman. "I was really an advocate, going out of my way to say, 'Send in your riffs. We need stuff, c'mon!' I don't want to sit there with Lars and create the songs anymore. I want everyone to be a part of it and be in it.” Hetfield confessed the idea of a more collaborative process appealed to him more than their traditional method.
But Ulrich, he revealed, took more of an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach. "Well, I think we all have fear of change.,” Hetfield continued. “Fear of change or, 'Wait, this is working; let's just keep going with it.'” And the rocker admitted fellow bandmates Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo didn’t originally know what to add, but after “ten ideas that didn’t work,” they began to gel with ideas that turned into “72 Seasons.”
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Rivers Cuomo thinks Weezer made too much music.
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Drummer Brandon Pertzborn Added To The Offspring's Roster
California-based The Offspring has added a new member to their line-up. Brandon Pertzborn, the former drummer for Marilyn Manson and Suicidal Tendencies, announced he was officially part of the rock group after a performance in Switzerland last Thursday.
Pertzborn only announced his departure from Suicidal Tendencies last month, saying his time with the band was “some of the best times of my life.” But the drummer called his move over to his new band “incredible.” The Offspring, complete with their new addition, is scheduled to tour Europe and the US into October.
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