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The Foo Fighters are touring in 2020 and they're naming the shows after a van. Yes, you read that right.  The classic alternative rock band are about to embark on the The Van Tour 2020, which is named after the old Dodge van that the band toured around in, back in 1995, to launch their now legendary career.  With shows set in many of the original cities that they performed in back then, the band will be playing larger venues than the clubs where they got their start.&nb …

Both the Foo Fighters and the late Chris Cornell received nods from the Grammy Awards.  They've both been nominated for Best Rock Performance.  The Foo Fighters, which were born after the sudden demise of Nirvana, in the mid-1990s, are nominated for their song Run and Chris Cornell, the former lead singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave, who passed away earlier this year, is nominated for his solo performance of The Promise. …

Happy birthday to ‪Dave Grohl. The ‪Foo Fighters singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder turns 47 today. Before forming the Foo Fighters in 1995, Dave had risen to world wide popularity as the drummer for ‪Nirvana, during the height of the alternative grunge rock movement in the early-mid 1990s. …

KISS' bass player, Gene Simmons, recently claimed, in an interview, that Rock is dead. In his defense, Gene was pointing more of the finger at file sharing and the current state of the music business rather than a lack of musical talent. He said, "It's very sad for new bands. My heart goes out to them. They just don't have a chance. If you play guitar, it's almost impossible...What is the next  Dark Side of the Moon? Now that the record industry barely exists, they wouldn't h …

I'm sorry to report that Dave Grohl, lead singer of the  Foo Fighters and drummer for Nirvana, is mourning the loss of his father. James Grohl, 75, who passed away earlier this week after battling cancer.  We here at  Rocker Rags send Dave and his family our deepest sympathies on their loss. …

A couple of weeks ago, I reported that the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl looked like he was getting his own reality TV show. Well, we can add two more big names from the 1990s rock scene to the list of musicians getting their own reality series: James Hetfield from Metallica and Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan. Let's start with James' show. Ok, so I'll rebuke my statement that James Hetfield is a 1990s rock star, as Metallica was around for quite a bit during the 1980s. However, it …

For those of you that enjoyed  Foo Fighters' front man and Nirvana's background man (drummer), Dave Grohl's documentary "Sound City," about the San Fernando, California based legendary recording studio, get ready for more on recording studios from the prolific musician...a lot more. HBO has given the green light to a new series to be helmed by Mr. Grohl in which he will travel around to classic recording studios in order to document them as well as interview famous music …

Exactly 20 years ago today, April 5, 1994,  Nirvana's singer, Kurt Cobain killed himself, in his Seattle home, from a self inflicted gun shot wound. He was discovered, 3 days later, by an electrician who was at the rock star's house to install some security lighting. He had apparently entered the premises and found the rocker's body on the ground next to a shot gun and a note. Kurt, at the time, was the latest to enter the "27 Club," the group of musicians who had died from a variet …