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Forever Came Calling in Van Accident

Forever Came Calling
Jason Tate

Forever Came Calling were involved in a van accident yesterday. A GoFundMe page has been set up for donations.

After finishing up a great tour with Major League and Sudden Suspension, early yesterday morning our van was struck by a semi truck while it was parked in St. Louis. The truck dragged the van up the street before stopping, ripping apart the front end and warping the front axle. Thankfully, no one was in the van and no one was hurt in the accident. Unfortunately, the van is most likely totalled. Although the van was insured, that will not cover the cost to rent a vehicle to start and finish our run with Man Overboard or to purchase a vehicle for future touring. We do everything we can to be a self sufficient unit, but this accident caught us by complete surprise. Making this tour happen pushed the band to our personal financial limits. That’s why we’d like to ask for your help. Any size donation helps and will go straight to helping us finish our current tour and staying on the road in the future.

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Kesha’s Rape and Abuse Claims Dismissed

Kesha
Jason Tate

All but one of Keshaʼs legal claims against Dr. Luke were dismissed by a judge. From Marc Hogan, at Pitchfork:

On Kesha’s claims that Dr. Luke violated the New York statutes commonly known as “hate crime” laws, Kornreich ruled that Kesha failed to allege Dr. Luke “harbored animus toward women or was motivated by gender animus when he allegedly behaved violently toward Kesha.” The judge added, “Every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime.”

Chat Announcement: Scott Russo from Unwritten Law

Unwritten Law
Jason Tate

I’m excited to announce that we’ll be doing our first ever AMA chat on the new website tomorrow with none other than the lead singer of Unwritten Law, Scott Russo. Tomorrow at 3pm PST / 6pm EST we’ll be opening up this thread and members can talk with Scott about their new acoustic album, life on the road, or really anything you’d like. If you haven’t signed up for an account yet, now’s a great time to make sure you’re ready.

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Rolling Stone’s Top 40 Punk Albums

Ramones
Jason Tate

Rolling Stone have put together a list of the Top 40 Punk Albums. No London Calling, but Enema of the State? I knew I was an absolute punk.

Punk rock started in 1976 on New York’s Bowery, when four cretins from Queens came up with a mutant strain of blitzkrieg bubblegum. The revolution they inspired split the history of rock & roll in half. But even if punk rock began as a kind of negation — a call to stark, brutal simplicity — its musical variety and transforming emotional power was immediate and remains staggering. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ramones’ toweringly influential self-titled debut, we’ve compiled a list of the 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time.

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