I dunno if you’ve been into this HBO documentary series called “The Jinx,” but it’s on this dude who is from this super wealthy family here in NYC who allegedly has murdered 3 people. One was a man who he was acquitted of killing and dismembering in Galveston, TX. He admitted to doing it, but somehow got off since a jury believed it was in self-defense! Prior to this, his first wife “disappeared” in the late 80’s and then in 2000, a friend, who apparently knew the details of his wife’s disappearance, was murdered in her Beverly Hills home. Well, the documentarians unfolded this crazy story with interviews with the man, Robert Durst. (No, he’s NOT related to Fred!) And while doing their research into the facts, they uncovered some damning evidence. So meanwhile, I started watching the 6 part show On Demand this weekend and BOOM! After the last episode last night, it was discovered that he was arrested for the murder of the LA woman. Life imitating art or something like that in play here! If you have time, watch this series. It will blow you away…..OK, onto the ROCK news! So happy for our friends Halestorm! Pulse of Radio reports the band has been debuting new songs on the road since last year and they’ve just added another one to their set list. The band performed the tune “I Am The Fire” for the first time live last Monday (March 9th) in Wolverhampton, England during its U.K. headlining tour and a fan had a phone handy to capture the song and post it online. Singer Lzzy Hale told us the band’s current European run has been a stellar experience: “Oh, it’s been so wonderful, and this time we’re headlining some of these venues that we used to only open up for. I don’t know, it’s been growing every single time we’re over there. It’s been definitely swelling and growing and the acceptance of rock ‘n’ roll over there is just absolutely stellar. I feel like we almost grew faster there.” “I Am The Fire” is taken from Halestorm’s upcoming third album, Into The Wild Life, which arrives on April 14th. The first single, “Apocalyptic,” is currently Number One at rock radio, making it Halestorm’s third chart-topper following “Freak Like Me” and the Grammy-winning “Love Bites (So Do I)” from 2012’s The Strange Case Of . . . . Halestorm has released a new video for “Amen,” also taken from Into The Wild Life. After its European tour ends, Halestorm will begin a North American jaunt with The Pretty Reckless on the 2015 Carnival Of Madness April 22nd in Nashville…Korn performed its self-titled debut album from front to back for the first time in the U.S. on Saturday night (March 14th) at the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas. The performance commemorated last year’s 20th anniversary of the 1994 record’s release, and featured just the second-ever live airing of the song “Daddy,” which was last played in concert in 1995. The song was written about singer Jonathan Davis‘s experiences with being molested as a child. Davis’ lyrics are often fueled by anger, and he told us a while back he always has a steady supply on hand: “Like any human being, I don’t think that things go on in life that don’t piss you off, and I just zero in on those things and write about ’em in my music, is how I get ’em out. I don’t know any human being that can say that they’ve always been happy and never get pissed off.” Davis said last year in a Rolling Stone article on the 20th anniversary of the first album that he gave up a good job and took drugs and alcohol while recording the group’s iconic self-titled 1994 debut. The singer explained, “I had to quit my job where I was making real money as a mortician, and had my own house, to having nothing — working at a pizza place and living under some stairs.” Davis added that he spent most of the recording sessions either drunk or high on meth. Korn next plays tomorrow night (March 17th) at the Pot Of Gold Music Festival in Tempe, AZ…..Pulse also reporting In This Moment guitarist Chris Howorth said in a new interview with Rock Made Of Metal the band never puts its live show over its music. He explained, “People have always talked about how we’re just a hot chick with nice boobs. They always go there first. And we’ve always said, we’re a real band, and we’re about the music first. And so, when we go in the studio, we’re not thinking of the show; we’re thinking of writing the best songs we can . . . the music is always first; the song is always first.” But Howorth and singer Maria Brink also told us the band has personally invested in their show to make it as lavish as possible: [(Brink) “We’re doing really good in coming into this album, but we weren’t quite, you know — so for us, you know, you’re sacrificing a lot. And you know, everyone’s like ‘Money, money, money, but I’m like, you know, we have to bring this theatrical show because it’s gonna be what — like we gotta bet on ourselves right now, this is the time.” (Howorth) “We’re putting personal money into our stage show and our performance right now, just to make it so that it’s gonna blow people away.” Howorth also spoke about having a “sexy” stage show, saying, “Maria’s the sexy one in the band. And I’ve never heard her say, ‘I wanna do this because it’s gonna be really sexy.’ She comes up with these outfits and what she wears and stuff out of her own mind. And I know she’s sexy. And she knows that she looks good… She wouldn’t wear it if she didn’t look good in it. But it’s never about trying to be sexy just to be sexy.” Howorth added he’s not worried about turning people off with the band’s live production, remarking, “It’s funny, the more popular that we get, the more people that don’t like it are more vocal about how much they don’t like it. And all that does is help us become more known and talked about. So it’s a funny thing that we’ve noticed, now that we’re more popular, more people hate us.” Well, WE here at hardDriveRadio love you and you guys are awesome! Check out the band performing their new single, “Sex Metal Barbie” in Berlin, Germany……Happy 24th today to Wolfgang Van Halen of Tremonti and Van Halen! Happy 56th to Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav and Happy 54th to Todd McFarlane.
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