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10 Videos of Musicians Falling Offstage Mid-Performance: Dave Grohl, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Axl Rose, Pink, Demi Lovato
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Axl Rose, Dave Grohl, Demi Lovato, Gene Simmons, Lady Gaga, Olivia Rodrigo, Pink, Vince Neil on 01/09/2026 by Kurt OrzeckBillionaire Bloat on a Boat: European Cruise With Sax Player Dave Koz Costs Up to $17,698.60
Posted in Comedy, Essays with tags artistocracy, Dave Koz, depraved, elites, greed, millionaires, wealth on 01/09/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
Feast your eyes on that lovely smile. Those pearly whites. The jacket made out material that could probably fund health care coverage for 100 Americans. (That’s conjecture, but you get the drift.) Meet Dave Koz, the prolific jazz saxophonist who, since launching his career in 1990, has never won a Grammy. Don’t get him wrong, though: He’s a hard “worker,” in that he appears to have had a lot of cosmetic work done to his physical appearance.
Don’t knock The Bad Penny for pointing this out; The Kozman is proud of his accomplishments. In May 2020, he raved to no one in particular about his beauty in a textbook-oblivious Facebook post, saying, “Well, it’s been 3 years since I actually saw my full face. Today was the day to shave. 😊 Not sure if I’ll keep it this way, but man, my face feels like a baby’s bottom…SO good! What do you say, beard or no beard?!”
Exclusive Song Stream: Stranguliatorius’ ‘When I Lift the Coffin Lid’
Posted in Exclusives, Interviews with tags Horror Pain Gore Death, Stranguliatorius on 01/09/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
“Stranguliatorius” might not be as difficult a band name to spell and pronounce as “Sanguisugabogg,” but you’d be a fool to wager against the former band’s comparable ferocity. Hailing from Lithuania – name another music act that comes from that country, and we’ll buy you a horse – the ear-shattering, crusty death metal quintet drops its new album today via Horror Pain Gore Death.
The five-piece band, which also laces its songs with grindcore, consists of Iggy (vocals), Švedas (guitars), Mr. Adam (guitars), Dr. Dovis (bass) and Kaplerėzas (drums).
They recently told The Bad Penny in an exclusive statement that, on their third go-’round making a full-length, “Working together again felt natural – a familiar process with people who know how to let the music speak for itself and help bring it out the right way.”
The equally generous and grotesque gang granted The Bad Penny the opportunity to premiere one of the songs on the Flies Don’t Lie, named “When I Lift the Coffin Lid.”
Continue readingNew Releases 1.9.26: Dry Cleaning, Iotunn, Pullman, Stranguliatorius, Beyond the Black
Posted in New Releases with tags Beyond the Black, Dry Cleaning, Iotunn, Pullman, Stranguliatorius, Transcending Obscurity on 01/09/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
Beyond the Black – Break the Silence (Nuclear Blast)
Bullet – Kickstarter (Steamhammer)
Calling All Captains – Things That I’ve Lost EP (New Damage)
Deadwood – Rituals of a Dying Light (Innerstrength)
Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (4AD)
Iotunn – Waves Over Copenhell (Metal Blade)
• Iotunn Guitarist Brings Us Along for Journey on New LP, ‘Kinship’
Best New Music Videos (December 2025): Earl Sweatshirt, Nothing, Darsombra, Zenith Passage
Posted in Lists, Videos with tags Darsombra, Earl Sweatshirt, Florence Road, Gavial, Infinity Knives, Juni Habel, Nothing, Ponte del Diavolo, Prune Carmen Diaz, The Zenith Passage on 01/08/2026 by Kurt OrzeckWe’re a bit late with The Bad Penny’s collection of best new videos this month. (Thanks a lot, Obama Santa!) That said, viewers who grew increasingly anxious awaiting our Best New Music Videos for December should be most pleasantly surprised, now that the post is finally live.
This week, we cobbled together 10 new and – for the most part – zany clips by Earl Sweatshirt, Nothing, Darsombra, The Zenith Passage, Ponte del Diavolo, Juni Habel, Gavial, Infinity Knives x Brian Ennals, Prune Carmen Diaz and Florence Road.
Happy viewing!
1. Prune Carmen Diaz’ “Arcadia”
2. Darsombra’s “Mellow Knees”
Top 10 Most Popular Bad Penny Posts of 2025
Posted in Lists with tags Bobby Bray, Brett Bradford, David Yow, Eugene S. Robinson, Locust, Mark Lanegan, Rivers Cuomo, Robyn Hitchcock, Scratch Acid, the Jesus Lizard on 01/08/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
The numbers are in, and boy are … the numbers in.
What the ranking of The Bad Penny‘s most popular posts of 2025 indicates about this website can be interpreted in any number of ways. Would you like us to prattle on and on with theories and statistical data backing the sharp uptick? Yeah, we didn’t think so.
Instead, let’s cut straight to the (Chevy) Chase. Ergo, we bring you the rundown of The Bad Penny‘s most popular posts of 2025:
Continue readingTwo Cent Review: VoidCeremony’s ‘Abditum’
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags VoidCeremony on 01/07/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
VoidCeremony’s org chart of employees is messy as all hell. But you’d never guess that from the expertly sequenced and coherent Abditum. As with practically every great metal record, interludes and samples sometimes tie together what could be disparate components to the record. But the real glue is the band’s mastery of tone, texture and melody; seamless time changes; and sheer ferocity throughout. Read my full review courtesy of Post-Trash.
Roddy Bottum’s ‘The Royal We’: Two Cent Review for Treble’s Best Music Books of 2025
Posted in Features, Reviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Faith No More, Roddy Bottum on 01/07/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
At a time when the memoir market is oversaturated, Faith No More member Roddy Bottum’s brazenness strips the word “transparency” of its trendy veneer and restores its original meaning. He’s done as much work on himself, and it shines through. Read my full review on Treble.
Sahan Jayasuriya’s ‘Don’t Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen’: Two Cent Review for Treble’s Best Music Books of 2025
Posted in Features, Reviews, What You Readin' For? with tags Die Kreuzen on 01/07/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
Interviews with Steve Albini, Neko Case and Thurston Moore shed some light on how an enigma of a band found such favor with artists who were actively trying to alienate their audiences simultaneously as Die Kreuzen attempted to woo and expand theirs. Read my review on Treble.
Sire Languish Says Paul McCartney Could Be ‘Responsible for the Death of Art’
Posted in Interviews with tags Aeviterne, Arson, Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia, El-Ahrairah, Flourishing, Paul McCartney, Sire Languish, Tombs on 01/07/2026 by Kurt Orzeck
“I don’t have doubts about something I’ve committed to.”
-Garrett Bussanick
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Garrett Bussanick is arguably the consummate metonymy for experimental black/ death metal, in that he breathes an inextinguishable fire. It’s all-consuming, too; his flames of fury have fired up projects like the active Sire Languish and Aeviterne; as well as his past bands Tombs, Flourishing, Arson, Cardiovascular Sub-Hypothermia and El-Ahrairah.
Pull to God EP is Bussanick’s first solo record, on which he performs all instruments and – thus – presumably bares his soul in full (if he believes there’s such a thing as a soul). Spring Effete issued the four-song release roughly a month ago, and The Bad Penny caught up with Bussanick soon after that.
Below is our conversation, conducted via email.
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