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Monday, November 29, 2021

Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker Bring 'Bite Me' To 'The Tonight Show'

Pop-punk stars Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker recently performed "Bite Me" live on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."

Lavigne gives a rocking performance along with Barker's energetic drumming.

"Bite Me" is the first single Lavigne released after signing with Barker's DTA Records. Barker, along with John Feldmann and MOD SUN, co-produced Lavigne's first single since 2019.

"I've always admired Travis and his work," Lavigne had said earlier this month after releasing the song. "The first time we worked together was 15 years ago on my album The Best Damn Thing and I have really enjoyed watching him develop into the producer that he is today. We spent a lot of time writing songs and working on this record together."

"Signing to his record label DTA felt like the perfect home for me and my new music," she added. "Travis understands my vision as a musician, my creative process as an artist, and my goals at this stage of my career."

(Photo: David Needleman)

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Deep Purple Share Animated 'Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu' Video

Deep Purple recently released an animated video for their cover of Huey "Piano" Smith's 1957 classic, "Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu."

The version is part of the band's Turning To Crime record, released on Friday (November 26). Bob Ezrin produced the album, which contains songs not written by the band.

The record includes songs originally done by Cream, The Yardbirds, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan and more.

"Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu" became a U.S. Top 10 entry for Johnny Rivers in 1972. Several artists have covered the song over the years, and Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey speaks about a 1974 cover of the song by Professor Longhair in a video clip previewing the tune.

"I'm supposed to say it's a song I always wanted to do since I was a child, but at the same time it was quite new to me. I didn't know the original very well, but I knew Professor Longhair's version, which is the one that inspired my arrangement," Airey says.

He adds, "I just love the whole thing, that style of piano playing.Very, very hard to replicate. It was a bit of a challenge. And when it came back from the other members of the band with all this other music on it, I just thought: 'Wow, that worked out. What an insane arrangement!'"

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Instruments From U2, Paul McCartney, Elton John & Many More Being Auctioned For Charity

Musical instruments used by U2, Paul McCartney, Elton John and several other music stars are set to be auctioned off to benefit the Music Rising charity.

Music Rising was formed by U2's The Edge and producer Bob Ezrin in 2005 to aid musicians devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

The Edge and Ezrin have collected guitars and other musical instruments from McCartney, Rush, Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Joe Walsh, Green Day, Ron Wood, Dave Grohl, Tom Morello, Noel Gallagher, Joan Jett, and many others.

The auction, titled "Guitars Icons: A Musical Instrument Auction to Benefit Music Rising," is set to take place on December 11 at Van Eaton Galleries in Los Angeles.

The auction will see a 2005 Limited Edition Gibson Les Paul Music Rising guitar that the Edge played during "One" on the Joshua Tree tours of 2017 and 2019 along with many other shows.

A custom signature Fender Stratocaster that Edge used on "Bad" and "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in 2017 and 2019, Adam Clayton's Fender Standard Precision Bass he used on "A Sort of Homecoming," "Bullet The Blue Sky," "Running to Stand Still" and "One Tree Hill" in 2017, and Bono's Custom Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar he played throughout the Zoo TV tour on "The Fly" and "Angel of Harlem," will also come under the hammer.

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