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12/29/2025

Mind Boggler: "24% of people have never had this. What is it?"

12/29/2025

Martin in the Morning's Rock News

PINK FLOYD: A "Wish" For a Video
Pink Floyd have released the first ever music video for "Wish You Were Here."

Directed by Justin Daashuur Hopkins, the clip features footage of the band in the studio and traveling through London on a train, mixed with live footage and animation. The clip comes as part of the promo efforts for the just released Wish You Were Here 50th anniversary edition.

QUEEN: May Shares Teaser for Next Box Set
Brian May teased an upcoming box set version of Queen 2 by sharing a previously unreleased Christmas song from the band.

He played the previously unreleased "Not For Sale (Polar Bear)" on his Planet Rock show. The track was done in 1974 during the Queen 2 sessions but didn't make the cut for the album.

May introduced it by saying it “goes back a very long way, but to my knowledge no one has ever heard this version. It’s a work in progress and will appear on the forthcoming rebuild of the Queen 2 album, coming next year, but I’m sneaking this into my Planet Rock special because I’m fascinated to know what people think about it."

Lights By the Mountainside will not take place tonight (12/26) due to the impending weather.
12/26/2025

Lights By the Mountainside will not take place tonight (12/26) due to the impending weather.

This weekend!
12/24/2025

This weekend!

12/24/2025

Martin in the Morning's Rock News

A not so Merry KISSmas...

Two former members of KISS are not helping themselves this Christmas when it comes to marketing their new albums.

Original drummer Peter Criss released his new self-titled album last Friday and while physical copies were reasonably priced, Bandcamp was charging $1,000 to download the album.

Criss reacted to this news, saying, "Bandcamp had become an issue and I had requested [my label] Flatiron Recordings to disable the account associated with my records before the release day of my new record on December 19th...

"I am not in control of the Bandcamp account. Flatiron Recordings is. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and for the misinformation and implication that I am charging $1,000 for a download of my new record - I am not... There is a link on my website, PeterCriss.net, of outlets to purchase my new record... Please use one of those instead of Bandcamp.

Then there's former KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent who is asking for $200 for "Ride the Serpent," the first single off his new album, Judgment Day - Guitarmageddon.

A post on his website says, "The album will be offered as "collector singles" only, meaning one title per disc and will be released in pressings of 1000 CDs per song...

"Each release will be personally autographed and numbered... Once and (If) all 1000 pieces are purchased through PayPal, they will simultaneously bulk ship. If we do not reach the threshold of 1000 by February 28th, 2026, credit card purchases will be refunded through PayPal."

Naturally, some of his fans didn't react favorably to the news, leading Vincent to say, "First of all, consider the analogy to caviar or fine art. Not everyone can afford it. That simple.

12/23/2025

Mind Boggler: "32% of people say this is their biggest dinner date pet peeve? What is it?"

12/23/2025

Martin in the Morning's Rock News

METALLICA: "Papa Het" Reads "Twas the Night before Christmas"
Metallica have posted a holiday treat -- James Hetfield reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

The caption for the video says, "Grab your cocoa and settle in by the fire before your long winter’s nap for a reading of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' by Papa Het."

JOE WALSH, WAR ON DRUGS: How Ya Doing Philly?
It's probably been a very long time since Joe Walsh played at a 250-person capacity club, but that's what he did this weekend with The War on Drugs.

The group's annual holiday concerts at Johnny Brendas raised money for the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia. And since War on Drugs played Walsh's Vets Aid concert in 2023, he returned the favor Friday and Saturday nights.

Walsh played three songs each night -- his own "Rocky Mountain Way" and "In the City," plus lead guitar on the War on Drugs over 10-minute epic "Under the Pressure" to close both nights.

Saturday night former War on Drugs guitarist Kurt Vile joined them for a few songs, including a cover of R.E.M.'s "Country Feedback."

12/22/2025

Mind Boggler: "39% of people say they smile after smelling this. What is it?"

12/22/2025

Martin in the Morning's Rock News

QUEEN: Freddie Gets Personal
After the latest installment of Queen’s The Greatest YouTube series -- which celebrated the 50th anniversary of A Night at the Opera and its iconic track "Bohemian Rhapsody" -- comes the last episode of the three-part series marking 40 years since Freddie Mercury’s only solo album, 1985’s Mr. Bad Guy.

This time out, Mercury talks with British journalist David Wigg about how personal some of the songs are, like “Living On My Own.” Wigg suggests that the track has a personal resonance as Mercury did “travel the world, more or less in a gypsy style.”

Mercury says, “That’s very me, I’m living on my own, but having fun. When you think about someone like me and my lifestyle, I mean I have to go around the world and live in hotels and that can be very lonely. But I’m not complaining. I’m just saying I’m living on my own and having a boogie time."

Wigg also asks whether “My Love Is Dangerous” is perhaps intended as a warning of sorts.

Mercury responds, “I’m not a very good partner for anybody. And I think that’s maybe what my love is, I think my love is dangerous. But who wants their love to be safe? I mean, can you imagine writing a song ‘My Love Is Safe’? It would never sell.”

CHER, SANTANA, PAUL SIMON, WHITNEY: Grammy Lifetime Achievers
Paul Simon, Carlos Santana, Cher, Chaka Khan, Whitney Houston and Fela Kuti are the 2026 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award honorees.

The awards will be handed out at Special Merit Awards Ceremony on January 31st at Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, the day before the actual Grammys take place at the Crypto.com Arena.

The Recording Academy also announced that Bernie Taupin, late pianist Eddie Palmieri and record executive Sylvia Rhone will receive the Special Merit Award.

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12/22/2025

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12/19/2025

Mind Boggler: "58% of people eat this during the holiday season. What is it?"

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