Brandon John

Editor of Tone Deaf until 2017, Brandon then wrote gaming and music news for The Brag Media. He now leaves the writing to the next wave of journos, but you'll still find him in the shadows of his favourite Melbourne venues.

A band created a Round the Twist video game for their latest single

Perth rockers Furniture have not only written a song inspired by the show, but they've also whipped up their own video game based around it.

Watch unseen footage of Nirvana’s 1988 performance in an empty store

The highlight is definitely Kurt flying in from the side of the stage time and time again, trying to perfect his ideal entrance.

Police search for witnesses following a venue assault that left a man blind in one eye

Investigators have released images of two men they believe "may be able to assist with their investigation", and are urging people to come forward.

Cherry Bar’s tribute to Chris Cornell is happening tomorrow night

Melbourne's home of rock will be taking a moment this weekend to gather fans of the late Chris Cornell's work for an entire night of tributes.

Morrissey cancels his entire Italian tour after a police officer allegedly pulls a gun on him

Morrissey has detailed the encounter with an officer who allegedly “terrorized” the singer when asking for his papers in Rome.

Ticket buyers who claim they were ripped off are trying to take down Viagogo

Disgruntled customers are sharing horror stories of having allegedly been ripped off, left without tickets and seriously out of pocket.

System of a Down bassist says long-awaited new album is “not happening”

Last year, a new SOAD album for 2017 was practically a certainty, with the band revealing they had around 15 tracks ready to record.

Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme

Josh Homme says QOTSA’s new album is going to sound more like ‘Uptown Funk’

Josh Homme has revealed in a new interview that the album will see a significant overlap with Mark Ronson's work on danceable pop mega-hits.

Glastonbury is accused of exploiting hundreds of workers at this year’s festival

Glastonbury festival has allegedly left hundreds of clean-up workers out of pocket and stranded following this year's event.

Stone Sour might be the band to finally knock Ed Sheeran off the top of the Aussie charts

Stone Sour have never hit the top of the Australian charts, but will grab that elusive honour if they can take out the unstoppable Ed Sheeran.

Paul McCartney gave up pre-gig drinking after he started forgetting his lyrics

Paul has written enough songs to be excused for forgetting the occasional lyric, but he gave pre-gig drinking the flick after forgetting a few too many.

The bus from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Aussie rock road trip ‘Up The Guts’ is back with an even bigger lineup

Having brought music to regional towns and capital cities when it tore through the heart of Australia last year, the epic road trip is back for 2017.

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