Three Things You Should Know About Music This Week

Slayer rescues a Kitten: 

Popular thrash metal band, Slayer, while on tour saved a kitten freezing on the streets. Although this isn't huge music news, it's definitely a story worth sharing purely for its irony. A band known for being aggressive, tough, and relatively frightening is out on the street saving kittens. Not the first thing expected of them to be doing between concerts. 

After having dinner at band member Kerry King's favorite steak house, a homeless man offered the crew a kitten that was freezing for one dollar, so they accepted and the kitten became a part of the band and slept with tour manager Jess Cortese on the bus. The kitten even made an appearance at one of the venues the band was playing. Another member of the crew knew someone who wanted a kitten and now the kitten has a new safe home. 

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Expected to Announce Inductees

Sometime in this coming week the Rock and Roll of Fame is expected to announce who will be inducted into the hall of fame in it's latest group of inductees. Die hard fans, as usual, have been going crazy shouting out their favorite bands that not only most likely won't be inducted, but have not even been considered. 

Radio talk show, All Things Considered, presented a list of bands that have been over looked or as they like to say; "snubbed rockers". This list includes many bands that maybe should have been given some consideration. 

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AC/DC Releases New Album

Australian rock band AC/DC releases their 15th studio album "Rock or Bust" that takes the world by storm. With 172,000 copies already sold  it took number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums and Hard Rock Albums charts, and number three on Billboards 200. This is the bands 9th top 10.

The last time the band made the charts was in 2008 with Black Ice which debuted at number one on Billboard's 200, the only number one on this chart for the band. However, Rock or Bust is the 26th title to make the Billboard's 200. Unfortunately band member Malcolm Young could not take part in the band's success after departing from the band due to his struggle with dementia. The success of this album proves AC/DC is truly an "oldy but goody" group. 

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