Author: Penny Dreadful

Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare Brings Together Punk, Hard Rock, EDM, Latin, and Goth into a Season Spectacle of Horror and Hauntedness

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Following-up on his masterful horror films including The Lords of Salem, rocker Rob Zombie has launched The Great American Nightmare featuring music legends across genres of punk, rock, EDM, Latin, and Goth, and 3 haunted houses at the Pomona Fairplex, CA, now dubbed “FEARplex” leading up each weekend starting October 24 through November 2nd for […]

Dr. Martens, Quintessential Punk Boot, In Talks with Hugo Boss Owners for $485 Million Buy-out

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To be privately held for more than 50 years in the fashion industry is about as punk rock as it gets. But Dr. Martens, the quintessential boot of music icons and the genre of punk is in talks to move on from the Griggs family in a potential $485 million deal with Permira, owners of […]

Legacy of 70’s and 80’s Music Recordings Honored with Massive Street Art Mural by Faile in NYC

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Here is another example of street art as a catalyst for change and communication. Faile has created their largest mural yet in New York City, according to Wooster Collective, to honor the legacy of the building and their early 70’s and 80’s recordings. The location is at 321 West 44th Street. Huge, colorful images and […]

Culture Collide Summit Featuring Triumvirate with Moby, Shepard Fairey, and Dhani Harrison—Filter’s Event for Latest in Music Industry Changes

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Despite only being in its second year, Filter’s upcoming Culture Collide is already looking like a who’s-who in creativity and music industry heavyweights. As we often say at Label Networks, knowing what’s happening with the music industry changes, in particular, the business of music, leads to where trends are headed in many other industries. From […]

Bad Things, Fronted by Skate and Snowboard Phenom Shaun White, Plays Lollapalooza and Releases Debut Album on Warner Bros. Records

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Gold medalist Shaun White this year had a good reason to miss the X Games in Los Angeles last weekend. He and his band Bad Things, were playing two different sets at Lollapalooza and ramping up for their debut album release which took place October 8, 2013 on Warner Bros. Records. Bad Things , which […]

Comic-Con Geeks-Out While Movie Moguls Move In—Plus Will Divergent Become Next Hunger Games?

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San Diego, CA, turns into a full-on Cosplay geek-fest with some 130,000 fans and comic, movie, entertainment industry types converging on the largest comic trade show in the country from July 18-21. Comic-Con, which can charge basically whatever it wants, has become so popular, that it can take a year in advance to get a […]

Shaun White’s Band “Bad Things” Signs with Warner Bros. Records, Debut Album Dropping Soon, Fall Tour

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No, Shaun White’s new band Bad Things is not fronted by the gold-medalist snowboarder and skateboarder, but he is the lead guitarist. The band, which consists lead singer Davis LeDuke, bass player Jared Palomar, guitarist Anthony Sanudo, drummer Lena Zawaideh has signed to Warner Bros. Records and will be putting out their debut album later […]

Vans Warped Tour to Feature Unique Sponsor Activations Attracting Core of American Youth Culture

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With the new theme for 2013 the “Best Day Ever,” the 19th Annual Vans Warped Tour will kick-off its insane 40-date tour on June 15 in Auburn, WA at White River Amphitheater and wrap up August 4 in Houston, TX at Reliant Park. Known as the unofficial rite-of-passage among American youth, Warped has been breaking […]

Coachella Music and Arts Festival 2013, the Unofficial Kick-off to Festival Season Rounds-out Headliners like The Stone Roses, and Blur, with Host of Indie-Folk Newbies, and Modern Twists of Festival Fashion

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We were waiting for at least one hologram inspired by last year’s Tupac from the dead, but this year at Coachella, Weekend 1, from April 12-14, 2013, it was all about the new breed of indie-folk rockers mixed with major headliners, EDM, and of course, the latest in festival fashion. The Stone Roses, Yeah Yeah […]

Shepard Fairey for MOCATV Talks Logos, Art X Business, Getting Lost Down YouTube Rabbit Hole

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MOCAtv from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, continues to pump-out creative video vignettes featuring unique angles on topics discussed among leading-edge artists for the some time now. Their latest features Shepard Fairey as he discusses in less than 2 and a half minutes, how he was inspired by an old-school Bell Logo marketing […]