The End Is the Beginning Is the End Is The Beginning: A Smashing Pumpkins Bio

It’s Halloween, which is always the best time to smash some pumpkins. Here’s a bio on the Smashing Pumpkins.

The Pumpkins first show was on July 8, 1988 at Chicago 21, which featured just Billy Corgan and guitarist James Iha. Bassist D’arcy Wretzky joined next, followed by drummer Jimmy Chamberlin.

Weekly Wrap-Up: Aero Zeppelin, The Beatles, Guns N’ Roses, The Killers, Gavin Rosedale, Wilco

Here’s a quick look at some of the headlines that caught my attention this past week.

Scott Weiland “Paralysis” Video and Rob Zombie “Warzone” Stream

I got several newsletters from RED today, but two of them really grabbed my attention.

The first is the video for Scott Weiland’s “Paralysis”, which is the first single from his upcoming second solo album Happy In Golashes.

MTV Back to Basics with New Music Video Site

MTV recently woke up from the nightmare that is reality TV by unveiling a new music-video-only website that brings back the reason we ever started watching in the first place - the music video.

Head over to MTVMusic.com to check out videos new and old, and share them with friends ala YouTube.

The Cure Streaming New Album

The Cure are currently streaming their new album, 4:13 Dream, via MySpace. The album will officially hit the shelves tomorrow.

But what was pretty unique about 4:13 Dream was the release of a new single on the 13th of every month until the album’s release. By the way, The Cure didn’t just a single track every month, these were actual singles with b-sides.

Weekly Wrap Up: AC/DC, Jane’s Addiction, Scott Weiland, Rivers Cuomo

I’m feeling a little hungover from a Guns N’ Roses binge this week, so let’s have a quick look at what else is going on in the music world.

An Interview With Mat Weddle and his “Elihu Project”

A few weeks ago I ran a post about Mat Weddle of Obadiah Parker, and his success with his acoustic cover of Outcast’s “Hey Ya”. I had the pleasure of talking with Matt over the past week about the song, his new project, and his thoughts of using the web to promote them.

Guns N’ Roses - “Chinese Democracy”

Holy shit! A new Guns N’ Roses song!

Yup, it’s true. It looks like Hell is about to freeze over, as Axl officially released a new song from the decade plus in the making Chinese Democracy.

The self-titled track was just released to radio stations, and after giving it few listens, I can simply say that it rocks.

“Evolve One, Evolve All”

 Safe Sex | STI | Contraception | STD

Did you know that every year in the U.S. there are 19 million new cases of STDs? That’s roughly the population of New York State!

The Rise of Kings of Leon

I’ve been listening to the new Kings of Leon album a lot lately. If you don’t already have a copy then you should go out right now and pick one up. Only By The Night is fucking awesome. Period.

Free Guide: 100 Social Media Resources for Musicians

I’ve been waiting a week now to post this, but alas we had some major technical problems that had to be ironed out. Thankfully, they’ve been resolved so you can expect lots of music and marketing goodies here this week at evolvor.com

First up is a shout out to Greg Rollet and his newly live Gen Y Rockstars website. Greg has been a partner-in-crime in the music marketing world for quite some time now, and his new site is designed to provide musicians with the tools and resources they need to make it happen online.

Sex, Drugs, & Rock N Roll, Pt 1: How To Create Content Like A Rockstar

On September 7th, I gave a brief presentation at SearchCamp Philly, a marketing “un-conference” in conjunction with PodCamp Philly. I spoke on the advanced track about how to create killer content that attracts links. Much of my work in the internet marketing world has been based on creating viral content to get links to rank for specific keywords in Google.

‘In Rainbows’ Stats Released

On Monday I wrote a little post about the effect of In Rainbows one year after it’s experimental release. Today, in some sort of coincidence, Warner Chappell (who published the album) revealed how well it album actually sold.

Here are some of the very impressive stats, courtesy of Music Ally:

Radiohead ‘In Rainbows’: One Year Later

Last Friday, October 10, Radiohead’s In Rainbows celebrated it’s one year release.

When the news broke about Radiohead releasing a new album that would be digitally released as a pay for what you want model, the buzz was everywhere. Everyone wanted to throw in their two cents on this crazy plan.

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