JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Dave Grohl’s 56th birthday.
Category: rock
Throwback: Happy 80th Birthday, Rod Stewart!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Rod Stewart’s 80th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 77th BIrthday, Donald Fagen!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Steely Dan co-founder Donald Fagen’s 77th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 81st Birthday, Jimmy Page!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Jimmy Page’s 81st birthday.
Throwback: Happy 78th Birthday, David Bowie!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 78th anniversary of David Bowie’s birth.
Throwback: Happy 79th Birthday, Robby Krieger!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the legendary Robby Krieger’s 79th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 79th Birthday, John Paul Jones!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates John Paul Jones’ 79th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 78th Birthday, Patti Smith!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Patti Smith’s 78th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 82nd Birthday, Michael Nesmith/Happy 79th Birthday, Davy Jones!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 82nd anniversary of the birth of Michael Nesmith and the 79th anniversary of the birth of Davy Jones.
Throwback: Happy 84th Birthday, Frank Zappa!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates the 84th anniversary of Frank Zappa’s birth.
Throwback: Happy 58th Birthday, Chris Robinson!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Chris Robinson’s 58th birthday.
New Video: The Velveteers Share Defiant and Roaring “On And On”
Rising Colorado-based rock trio, The Velveteers — Demi Demitro (vocals, guitar), Baby Pottersmith (drums) and Jonny Fig (drums) — will be releasing their highly-anticipated sophomore album A Million Knives through Easy Eye Sound on February 14, 2025. Produced by acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning producer, musician and Easy Eye Sound founder Dan Auerbach, the 13-song A Million Knives reportedly spotlights the band’s “buzzing pile-driver” live sound, as Spin described it. A Million Knives is the follow-up to their full-length debut, 2021’s Nightmare Daydream, which they supported with opening slots with Smashing Pumpkins and Guns ‘N’ Roses — and their first headlining shows this past fall.
The forthcoming album, which features previously released singles “Go Fly Away” and “Suck The Cherry” was written after a particularly grueling stretch of the life on the road and explores the typically unspoken tolls of an industry that can be more often than not, a relentlessly cruel vipers pit of bullshit, thievery and power plays — especially a non-binary, queer and woman-fronted band.
A Million Knives‘ third and latest single “On and On” is one-part old-school garage rock ripper, one-part defiant roar, anchored around thunderous drumming, Demitro’s powerhouse vocal and scorching guitar work paired with a shout-along worthy choruses. But underneath the songcraft, is a song informed by the sort of embittering, humiliating experience that shouldn’t happen — and its narrator is fed up by.
“I always wonder if there will be a day when I won’t feel the need to write about this subject,” the band’s Demi Demitro says. “But unfortunately misogyny is far too rampant in the music industry and I refuse to put up with it.”
Directed by Demi Demitro and Baby Pottersmith, the accompanying video features the band playing the song in a room full of knives, while the band’s drummers drum with knives. Throughout, these young badasses play with a world dominating swagger.
Throwback: Happy 81st Birthday, Keith Richards!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Keith Richards’ 81st birthday.
Throwback: Happy 75th Birthday, Billy Gibbons!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates ZZ Top frontman and co-founder Billy Gibbons’ 75th birthday.
Throwback: Happy 69th Birthday, Paul Simonon!
JOVM’s William Ruben Helms celebrates Paul SImonon’s 69th birthday.
