Hole, live on the Jonathan Ross show, Saturday, February 11th. BBC.

Okay, I dig it. I’m guilty!

Alexander McQueen, RIP.

Although details regarding the death of designer Alexander McQueen are limited, it’s rumored that McQueen hung himself.  McQueen’s untimely death comes less than a week after his own Mother’s passing.

Alexander McQueen’s impact on the world of fashion was nothing short of remarkable. The young Britt was known for his theatrical and envelope pushing fashion shows as well as his designs which many consider wearable works of art. Alexander McQueen was only 40 years old. His sudden passing is as shocking as it is sad.

RIP Alexander McQueen. You will be deeply missed.

Source.

Stand By Me cover by Lemmy Kilmister. For Jane who after seeing Lemmy and the Head Cat at The Viper Room this past New Years Day said she would now and forever “lay off of Lemmy’s blue suede shoes”.

Lemmy’s gravely cover of the Ben E. King’s 1961 classic features Slayer’s Dave Lombardo on the drums.

You can find Lemmy’s version of Stand By Me on Flip Skateboard’s Extremely Sorry soundtrack.

Archie Bronson Outfit Coconut promo. Yes, please.

Coconut, the first Archie Bronson Project record since their stellar 2006 release Derdang Derdang, will be out on March 1st. The band will hit the road starting on January 27th in London for a sold out show at The Lexington.

Soulsavers “Death Bells” remixed by Mogwai.

If you dig this remix hard like me, you can download the track for free via NME.com.

A Place To Bury Strangers, Keep Slipping Away. From 2009’s Exploding Head.

Exploding Head is the third full-length feedback-y release from this Brooklyn based band. Currently in Europe, Strangers will conclude the European leg of their tour with a newly announced show in London on December 15th. A Place to Bury Strangers will be at Neumo’s in Seattle on March 12, 2010.

More here.

The Kinks. Nice shirt Dave…

Julien Temple has confirmed that he will direct a film about The Kinks with the tentative working title, “You Really Got Me”.  Temple says the movie will focus on the tumultuous relationship of Ray and Dave Davies. To this day the brothers barely speak to each other. In 2008 when Ray spoke publicly about the possibility of a Kinks reunion, Dave responded via Rolling Stone saying that the Kinks getting back together would be like a “poor remake of ‘Night of the Living Dead”.

So far Ray Davies is said to be on board and working with Temple on the films historical details. No release date yet but, for something that’s bound to be great, I can wait. In other Kinks news (yes, there’s more), Ray Davies will release a Holiday duet with Chrissie Hynde called Postcards from London on Monday, December 7th.

Deborah Harry by Brian Aris.

Being Blondie, a photographic exhibit of some never before seen images of Deborah Harry taken by celeb shutterbug Brian Aris, will open on December 9th at the Proud Gallery in Camden.

Raw Power. For Wonder Woman and JB.

James Williamson, the guitarist responsible for the riffs on The Stooges 1973 record, Raw Power, will fill the very large, punk rock shoes of the late Ron Asheton (who played bass on Raw Power) when The Stooges hit the road in 2010. The tour will kick off in London in May.

Today Iggy Pop accepted the Classic Rock Living Legend Award in London.

Deborah Harry photographed by Rankin – and ‘remixed’ by Damien Hirst.

70 portraits of musicians like Ian Brown of the Stone Roses, The Gossip, and Joe Strummer, taken by London based photographer Rankin, will be auctioned off on November 14th in London. All the proceeds will be donated to Youth Music, a charitable organization that helps provide musical instruction and experiences to children throughout the UK.

You can take a peek at 29 of Rankin’s rock stars via this photo gallery at NME.

What in the name of Led Zeppelin? Floor tickets for Bon Jovi’s O2 residency selling for $300!

Now before you go blaming some greedy Peter Grant type promoter for this shocking ticket expenditure, don’t. And that’s because the members of Bon Jovi actually approve the ticket prices before they go on sale. Floor seats for Bon Jovi’s 2010 June Residency in London at O2, will tap your spandex ass for nearly $300 while other not so hair metal seats will run you between $60-$110 bucks. Which is also too much for Bon Jovi.

The Rollings Stones doing Live With Me from Let It Bleed. Live at the Marquee in London, 1971.

The only thing better than this song, is the outfit Mick Jagger is wearing in the video. Girlfriend is hot.

Pixie Geldof, daughter of Bob Geldof, does the runway walk of shame in designer Jeremy Scott’s show during London Fashion Week.

Okay Jeremy Scott. I get it. You are as edgy as they come. Despite the fact that it’s likely that you drew inspiration for this show by smoking way too much pot and watching The Flintstones. Of course, if it turns out that wearing giant plastic bones in your hair or on on your shoes turns out to be the big trend for Spring/Summer 2010, I will eat my own hat.

Speech Debelle.

Speech Debelle’s 2009 record, Speech Therapy, just won The Barclaycard Mercury Prize for Album of the Year in the UK.

You can download he track Bad Boy from Speech Debelle for free, here. I myself have fallen in love with Debelle’s trip-hoppy, breathless vocals and madly sampled mixes so enjoy. I know you will.

More on Speech Debelle…

Soulsavers, Broken. Out on August 18th, 2009.

On the B-side of Sunrise, the new 7″ from Soulsavers (Mark Lanegan and Rich Machin) is a haunting  cover of the Bonnie Prince Billy (aka, Will Oldham) song, “You Will Miss Me When I Burn”. You can listen to it at the bands Myspace. Oldham turns the tables for side-A of the single by lending his vocals to Sunrise, a song written by Lanegan.

Broken, the third record from Soulsavers (the second one with Mark Lanegan on vocals), will be out on August 18th. Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) and Gibby Haynes of the Butthole Surfers also appear on the tracks Unbalanced Pieces (Patton) and Death Bells (Haynes). Soulsavers will play three gigs in London and Glasgow starting on August 24th.

Soulsavers return to Seattle to perform at Bumbershoot on September 7th. I’m not missing that, how about you?

Peaches, Mommy Complex. From 2009’s I Feel Cream. Yummy…

Peaches will be in London next weekend.

Blur, Crazy Beats, 2003.

Blur’s Crazy Beats can be found on the bands final studio record, 2003’s Think Tank. Blur will play two shows, their first live gigs in almost 10 years, in London’s Hyde Park on July 2nd and July 3rd, 2009.

Threatmantics, Big Man, From Upbeat Love, 2008.

The Threatmantics are a UK band by way of Cardiff. You can find the awesome crotch-pounder, Big Man on the bands 2008 record, Upbeat Love. Threatmantics vocalist Heddwyn Davies ditched his guitar for a viola and his brother Huw Davies is the bands timekeeper as well as keyboardist. The band will play in London at the Lexington on February 28th. Did you hear me Jane?

WOW.

WOW indeed…what a week! I mean, Chinese Democrazy finally has a release date and Slayer said they will play Reign In Blood in it’s entirety in London at Hammersmith, and at two upcoming shows in Sweden. What, was there other, more important news this week? Man,it’s hard keeping up on the news when you’re busy hiding under your bed. Although, I must say I am feeling much more optimistic than I was on Monday. It could be because today is Friday, or it could be because the day after Friday is Saturday. Either way, it’s definitely time to Get The Fuck Out…

Friday, October 10th:

Grynch, My Second Wind, 2008.

Grynch
Vera

Black Kids will not teach him how to dance with you. So don’t ask…

Black Kids
Neumo’s

The Bloodies.Yes please. Thanks to LP for the link.

The Bloodies
The Know (Portland, OR)
Welcome to Cherrybomb’s new favorite band, The Bloodies. You and your ears can thank me later.

Dr. Dog, My Old Ways.

Dr. Dog
Middle East (Cambridge, MA)

Drivin N Cryin, Fly Me Courageous, 1991.

Drivin’ N Cryin’
The Orange Peel (Ashville, CT)
FFS! Now Drivin’ N Cryin’s, Drive Me Courageous is stuck in my head. Sounds like a Cherrybomb Daily Earwig. Anyway, this was one of the first demos I got as a DJ back in Boston and guess what? It was actually kinda good.

Sassparilla Jug Band
Connor Byrne

Joe Satriani.

Joe Satriani and Leslie West of Mountain
House of Blues (Cleveland, OH)
Holy Mother of a Rich Bich! Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Leslie West is still alive! Anyway, this bill is worth the price of admission just to hear West bang out Mississippi Queen and Satriani do Surfing With the Alien.  I met Joe Satriani in the early 90’s and saw him perform an in-studio for about 20 people. Not only is Satriani one of the most technically proficient guitar players to ever stroke an Ibanez or any other guitar, he is also is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. It’s great when the Great, are, well, really great.

Kunt Bell and The Blue Collars
Little Red Hen

Tesla, Edison’s Medicine, 1991.

Tesla
Myth (Mapelwood, MN)
I am unashamed to admit that a couple of Tesla songs are on my iPod shuffle. In other metal news, if you’re in Vegas tonight, Yngwie Malmsteen will be at the HOB. Which isn’t really a recommendation as much as it is an observation. A Yngwie Malmsteen is 45 so why has he aged?, metal, observation.

The Sword
The Music Box at the Fonda (Hollywood)
If you have yet to see The Sword, don’t miss them the next time they roll through your town. Seattle, that means you too.
For Dr. H.

The Love Me Nots, Phoenix, AZ. Thanks to LP for the link.

The Love Me Nots
Studio 66 @ LoFi
The Love Me Nots will also do an in-store at Bop Street on Saturday  at 6:00 PM and a live-in-studio on KEXP’s, Audioasis.

Saturday, October 11th:

DJ B-Mello spins
War Room

Weezer, Say it Ain’t So, 1994.

Weezer
Key Arena
Rivers Cuomo!

A Gun That Shoots Knives
Chop Suey

Betty Ford Falcons
Monkey Pub
The Monkey is one of my favorite Seattle dives and has one of the best jukeboxes in the city.

Natalie Woudn’t
Skylark
FREE
For JB and AFJ

Rat City Ruckus.

The Them, Rat City Ruckus
The Funhouse
You want punk rock? This bill is 100% punk rock, just like The House of Fun.

Sunday, October 12th:

Sun0))).

Sun 0)))
Berbati’s Pan (Portland, OR)
If you saw the Nick Cave show a few weeks ago, you got to see Sun0)))’s, Southern Lord band-mates, Earth open the show. Like Earth, Sun0))) is not for everyone, but that’s okay. Being different is cool. In the case of Sun0)), being different is pretty mind blowing when it comes to both your eyes and ears. Take that Nickelback.

Looking Ahead:

Since I know you’ve been preoccupied, I wanted to remind you in advance that Halloween is coming. Here are a few guaranteed good ways to spend October 31st in Seattle…

Zombie Prom with The Staxx Brothers. King Kat Theater on October 31st, 2008.

In addition to a live performance by The Staxx Brothers (and sistas…represent!) this year’s Zombie Prom will feature private burlesque shows courtesy of the girls from Teatro Zinzanni, some giant paper-mache mushrooms, more bands all while 70s Grind House Zombie movies and quotable film classics play all night long. Cherrybomb wouldn’t miss this one and neither should you.

HalloQueen, 2007. Photo by Cherrybomb. Rick Friel’s hair, is perfect. Owww-Oooo. Werewolf of London indeed…

Ahhh…it’s time to HalloQueen again. This year, the boys in HalloQueen will rock you at The Tractor Tavern in Ballard. Team Cherrybomb never misses a show. Even Wonder Woman will take a break from fighting evil in Colorado just long enough to take in the show herself.

I’ll have more Halloween recommendations in the coming weeks. Thanks also to The Staxx Brothers and to LP for their help with this weeks GTFO.  Until then, tie your mother down and Get The Fuck Out…

The Clash, I’m So Bored With The USA, 1977.

If you’ve been paying attention to the news the last few days, you might be thinking the same thing. The news is in doomsday overdrive. Banks are running out of money, the BCT (Brigade Combat Team) has been deployed to the US to prepare for any possible upcoming civil unrest, this guy is back on TV telling us all to run like hell or we’re all gonna die. All while this guy spends $5000 on makeup, which I’m sure is very reasonable to someone who owns 13 cars and 10 homes. What, no locusts?

Cherrybomb’s Daily Earwig for Thursday, September 25th is The Clash, I’m So Bored With The USA.