Artists, Music

The Most Influential Pop Punk Bands

Our good friends over at Alt Press recently posted their list of the 10 most influential bands of pop punk. We’re happy to say that eight of the ten bands mentioned (Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Simple Plan, blink-182, Green Day, Good Charlotte, Jimmy Eat World + MxPx) are members of the Ernie Ball family. We have a long-standing relationship with the pop-punk scene, stemming largely from long-term relationships with the listed artists, and other pop-punk bands like Modern Baseball, The Wonder Year, and All Time Low, as well as our twenty year relationship with Warped Tour via our Battle of the Bands program (now called Ernie Ball: PLAY Warped).

Artists, Music

Paul McCartney’s “Pure McCartney” Collection Available Now

When you think about The Beatles and their profound effect on popular culture and music it’s easy to forget that they recorded all of their music within a span of about 8 years. Since then, for a period of 45 years, Paul McCartney has been churning out music as a solo artist. In recognition of that body of work, McCartney has released Pure McCartney, a career retrospective covering some of the best tracks from his post-Beatles years. The collection is available in three editions: an abbreviated two-disc CD with 39 tracks, a four-disc vinyl set with 46 tracks, and a four-disc CD + deluxe digital edition with 67 tracks.

Artists, Pursuit of Tone

Watch Ernie Ball: Pursuit of Tone Starring Billy Duffy

Billy Duffy of The Cult is featured on the next episode of Ernie Ball: The Pursuit of Tone, which airs Friday, July 1st at 8pm ET/PT only on Audience Music (DIRECTV ch.239 or on AT&T U-verse ch.1114). Emerging from the violent streets of Manchester during the ‘real’ punk rock wars and rolling into post punk, death rock, hard rock and back. He has played with the best, Morrissey, Jagger, Iggy et al, this kid has done more than most could ever dream. He is peerless, a tyrannical perfectionist and iconoclast. In a world of self-imposed savants and virtuosos, he has never been a self-promoter leaving that for his live performances and studio recordings.

Artists, Contests

Ernie Ball: PLAY Warped Tour Winners: Round 2

As promised… here is the second round of our PLAY Warped Tour winners! (You can find our announcement of the first 15 winners here).

After over 11,000 entries and months of voting, we are thrilled to present the next 10 winners (stay tuned to this blog for more winners to be announced). These bands will play the Vans Warped Tour mainstage in their respective cities and will be in the running to win our grand prize – $40,000+ in cash and prizes + a 3-song EP produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.

Artists, Contests

Ernie Ball: PLAY Warped Tour Winners: Round 1

And now for what you’ve been waiting for… the first round of our PLAY Warped Tour winners!

After over 11,000 entries and months of voting, we are thrilled to present the first 15 winners (stay tuned to this blog for more winners announced next week). These bands will play the Vans Warped Tour mainstage in their respective cities and will be in the running to win our grand prize – $40,000+ in cash and prizes + a 3-song EP produced by Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory.

Artists

New Blink-182 Song

Blink-182 premiered a new song, titled “Rabbit Hole” on Apple Music. “Rabbit Hole” is taken from the band’s upcoming album, California, which is due out July 1.

Artists, Events

Summer NAMM 2016

The summer NAMM show is a musical instrument extravaganza, a gathering of the industry’s top dealers who introduce their new products and organize star-studded events and concerts for the public to enjoy.