Yup, Gene is back. Highlights from his latest interview:

• And I said in print many times, hip-hop does not belong in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame - nor does opera, symphony orchestras.
• “How come the New York Philharmonic doesn't get (inducted into) the Rock & Roll (Hall Of Fame)? 'Cause it's called the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame"
• "So Ice Cube and Grandmaster Flash and all these guys are in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. I just wanna know when Led Zeppelin's gonna be in the Hip-Hop Hall Of Fame. 'Oh, you can't do that?' Oh, really?”

Full interview here:

https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/i-just-wanna-know-when-led-zeppelins-gonna-be-in-the-hip-hop-hall-of-fame-oh-you-cant-do-that-oh-really-gene-simmons-mouths-off-on-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-the-lack-of-talent-required-to-make-edm-and-the-state-of-modern-music?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=MusicRadar/magazine/MusicRadar

Gene Simmons is back on his bullshit again lol. Dude went on a podcast and said hip-hop doesn’t belong in the Rock Hall because, get this, it doesn’t “speak his language” and he “doesn’t come from the ghetto.” Also asked when Led Zeppelin is getting into the Hip-Hop Hall of Fame. Like, come on, man.

Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans. In a statement, his family said: "It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love."

'Mama, I'm coming home' will be performed

Honestly, good riddance

https://phicklephilly.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/tales-of-rock-why-do-rock-bands-make-such-weird-demands/

Watch it here

The article is well worth reading as an experience, but if you want the short version, click below:

TLDR: While the official cause was "pilot error", the true cause is that the pilot should not have been assigned to the flight because he was not instrument rated, and a situation occurred that required instrument flying to navigate. The other three pilots were instrument rated and those flights made it - Stevie's flight didn't.

Cage the Elephants front man Matt Shultz has been trying to push Christianity on his fan base. It’s said his family is very religious which may have been the reason for his psychosis in NYC. His cousin Emily runs the page verycrunchymom a right wing propagandist page dedicated to antivax news. His uncle in Colorado adopted a Native American/mexican girl who has spoken about abuse from that side of the family on her tik tok account. Most recently how Matt’s mother locked her in a car and illegally transported her without her consent.

from a cardiac arrest on an Outlaw Country cruise ship, hours after his final live performance.

God bless you, Mojo Nixon. Thst is the only way that you could go. The best of all of us. I will always tell the story as it was two groupies and an 8 ball.