STEVIE STONE & JL

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Stevie Stone & JL hit the slacker radio studio to discuss their latest collabo album "Kontra-Band," their experience working with Tech 9 and more. Check it out!

My Sad Family Values Tour Story

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Let’s go back to 2006. For my birthday, my sisters got me a ticket to the Family Values Tour. If you are unfamiliar with that notorious tour, let me catch you up:

The Family Values Tour was created by one of my favorites bands, Korn, in 1998 to be an annual rock and hip hop tour. Korn enlisted the likes of Rammstein, Ice Cube, Linkin Park, DMX, Stone Temple Pilots, Mobb Deep, and Limp Bizkit join them on these tours.  As you might imagine, crazy combination of bands equals crazy stories coming from the Family Values Tour. For instance, crazy-weird like Rammstein celebrating Halloween by coming out on stage naked and getting arrested… AFTER the show. Or crazy-awesome, like when Korn and Limp Bizkit were on a rotating stage and performed the track "All in the Family."

With that knowledge now in you’re head, you can understand what fueled my excitement to attend the next available Family Values Tour. Lo and behold, that opportunity would become reality when my aforementioned sisters purchase the three of us tickets for the Family Values Tour 06. The lineup consisted of 10 Years, Dir en grey, Stone Sour, Deftones, and Korn.

I was beyond ready.

On the day of the concert, my sisters picked me up and we began the journey from San Diego to San Bernardino. After 2 hours of going through literal wasteland to reach the amphitheater, my excitement reached peak level. Not only was I going to see my favorite band Korn, but I could say that I was there… I was at the Family Values Tour! However, as we approached the amphitheater, we were welcomed with... nothing. I said it. Nothing.

Empty. No show. No Bands. Just a dusty marque reading:

“THE FAMILY VALUE TOUR

Korn

Deftones

Stone Sour

Flyleaf

10 Years

Deadsy

Bury Your Dead

Dir En Grey

Aug 19, 2006”

The day we arrived was August 20th. We had missed the show by one day. I had missed the Family Values Tour.

So take this as a lesson, if you take someone to a show… make sure you take them on the right damn day. Or else they may point the finger at you rather publicly at some point in the ensuing 10-12 years.

Noisia

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Noisia explore new sonic depths with their RIP Genre set at Let It Roll Winter, featuring cinematic soundscapes, as well as some huge exclusives.

Introducing... The Kelly Show?

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OK, now that we've got that out of the way! Kelly Clarkson's got a big month ahead of her - she's hosting the Billboard Music Awards on May 20th - her first time hosting a major awards show. Of course, we all know she's full of personality from her coaching gig on the latest season of The Voice, and I suspect she might be one of the most fun hosts the show has ever had.
Kelly's gearing up for the event, telling us “To prepare for hosting the Billboard Music Awards, I already have 20 costume changes planned. I will be flying in like my girl P!nk and calling Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman for jokes. Well, or I’m just gonna show up and celebrate my favorite artists and get to know a few more. Yeah, maybe I’ll go with that plan.”
But Ellen seemed to feel she needed even more prep, and set her up with her very own daytime talkshow! Honestly... I would watch that.
Might be good that they got a chance to test that "Kelly's Karaoke" bit. I have some notes about cutting it down if they want to use it on the BBMAs.
Watch the Billboard Music Awards - with host, Kelly Clarkson! - 8pm on May 20th live from Vegas!

Post Malone

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Post Malone's heavily anticipated second studio album "Beerbongs and Bentleys" features his monster hit "Rockstar" with 21 Savage, plus features from Swae Lee, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, and YG. Hear the entire thing on demand now as our Album of the Week.

BOW BEFORE YOUR QUEEN: Get A Glimpse Of Rami Malek As Freddie Mercury And The Pressure Of Playing An Icon Like Mr. Fahrenheit

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You mean this Queen biopic is really going to happen?!! YES. Maybe. Fingers crossed.

If the trailer for Bohemian Rhapsody and the behind the scenes pics unveiled at CinemaCon are any indication, the embattled Queen biopic -- 10yrs in the making! -- is going to pull through. The big question is: will it do the iconic band justice?
Production has been no pleasure cruise. Sacha Baron Cohen backed out of the project in 2013. Bryan Singer was booted as director last year after “not showing up” however do some digging and you’ll find far worse accusations on that guy. Enter Rami Malek, whose performance and gratitude might be the movie’s saving grace. According to Indiewire, Rami told the audience,  “As an actor, you look at the humanity of someone, the struggles that he overcame throughout his life. Throughout the course of the film, you’ll learn so much about him that gives the way he sings the music and plays that music — it fills it with pain and beauty.” http://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/bohemian-rhapsody-rami-malek-cinemacon-1201957601/
  
Meanwhile, Queen guitarist Brian May was so moved he wrote to Rami and said “if Freddie were here today, he could not be more proud of what we were able to achieve.”
 
Yes, Rami may have an incredibly big bulge to fill, but he just might pull it off. Speaking of, let’s go back and watch Mr. Fahrenheit in action and look out for Bohemian Rhapsody in theaters on Nov. 2nd.