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Linkin Park’s music sales skyrocket after Bennington’s death

After the tragic death of Linkin Park’s frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, the band’s music sales have jumped 5,332%

From Billboard:

In the wake of Chester Bennington’s death on Thursday (July 20), sales of his band Linkin Park’s music grew tremendously, according to Nielsen Music. Based on initial U.S. sales reports for July 20, the combined sales of Linkin Park’s catalog of albums and songs increased by 5,332 percent (as compared to sales on July 19).

Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction turns 30 years old

A reminder that it’s one of the best debut album’s of all time, Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction turned 30 years old on Friday.

From Loudwire:

Today (July 21) marks the 30th anniversary of Guns N’ Roses monumental breakout album, Appetite for Destruction. To celebrate rock’s most dangerous album, we gathered some of rock’s biggest names along with GN’R legends Slash and Duff McKagan for this Loudwire Legacy documentary.

The legacy of Appetite for Destruction is all about bringing danger, attitude and legitimacy back to mainstream rock in a time when the genre was oversaturated with glam. The album’s influence can be seen in countless bands that came after and fans continue to fill stadiums in 2017 to feel that classic GN’R magic.

Four of the original members of Foreigner reunite

Four of the five surviving original members of Foreigner reunited for a three-song encore during the band’s concert this weekend in New York.

From inquisitr:

Foreigner’s classic lineup took the stage together for the first time in nearly 40 years, and it felt like no time had passed. Rolling Stone posted a video of Foreigner reuniting with three key former members for the first time since 1980 as Lou Gramm, Al Greenwood, and Ian McDonald joined the classic rock band onstage during a long-awaited concert at Jones Beach Theater, Long Island, New York.

Gramm, who was Foreigner’s vocalist from 1976 until 2003, sang lead with the band for the first time in 14 years, while fellow founding members, multi-instrumentalist McDonald and keyboardist Greenwood, returned after last performing with the group in 1980. The trio joined the current incarnation of Foreigner, which only includes Mick Jones from the band’s original lineup, for three of the most famous songs from the band’s late 1970s/early ’80s heyday: “Long, Long Way From Home,” “I Want to Know What Love Is” and “Hot Blooded.” For many Foreigner fans, it was truly the first time to see the original bandmates play together.