Sunday, September 4, 2011

Motley Crue tops the hennemusic Hot 10

A rare prime-time US TV broadcast of a Motley Crue track pushed the band to the top of the hennemusic Hot 10 this week.

On Monday, 11-year old America’s Got Talent’s singer Anna Graceman performed a cover of the Crue’s “Home Sweet Home” on the program’s second night of semi-finals and rocked the house enough to move on the next round.

The HH10 is a list of the most-viewed rock news stories in the past week by hennemusic readers.

hennemusic Hot 10
week ending September 4, 2011

01 – VIDEO: Motley Crue covered by 11-year-old on America’s Got Talent
02 – VIDEO: Great White pay tribute to Jani Lane
03 – LIVE @ hennemusic: Pearl Jam at Alpine Valley
04 – Sebastian Bach’s New Jersey home destroyed by Hurricane Irene
05 – Aerosmith: New album expected in May 2012
06 – AC/DC – Bon Scott’s Mom dies at 94
07 – Iron Maiden covered by Ryan Adams
08 – Guns N’ Roses to play Miami in October
09 – Rock In Rio festival to be webcast via YouTube
10 – Alice Cooper officially welcomes new guitarist


In at #2 this week is video of Great White’s tribute at the Janie Lane memorial show in Hollywood on Monday. The event – at the Key Club in Hollywood - featured performances by fellow metal rock bands, including Quiet Riot, Enuff Z’Nuff and L.A. Guns.

Pearl Jam are rocking their PJ20 Destination Weekend at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin this weekend. hennemusic picked up a live streaming from a fan on-site via an Android phone and caught enough ears and eyes to push the live show to #3; we’re also running a live signal of PJ’s set on Day 2.

Hurrican Irene unleashed its fury across the eastern US seaboard, leaving plenty of damage and destruction in its wake, although not as much as anticipated. One of those affected was rocker Sebastian Bach, whose New Jersey home was destroyed by flooding. Bach’s update to fans on his situation came in at #4.

Aerosmith fans got an update this week from producer Jack Douglas on the status of the band’s new album. The Boston band has been in the studio this summer, and Douglas suggests the new album will be ready for release next Spring…that news is #5 on the HH10 this week.

Other big rock news for hennemusic readers includes the passing of AC/DC legend Bon Scott’s Mom this week at the age of 94 (#6); a rare, acoustic Iron Maiden cover by American singer/songwriter Ryan Adams (#7); a new Guns N’ Roses live date in Miami this fall (#8); news that the Rock In Rio festival will be streaming online (#9); and, at #10, Alice Cooper welcomes new guitarist Orianthi to his lineup as Damon Johnson moves over to Thin Lizzy.

For a full list of hennemusic Hot 10 charts, check out the archives here.

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Anna Graceman – Home Sweet Home
Original by Motley Crue
America’s Got Talent – August 30, 2011


See also:

Aug 28: Tom Waits tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Aug 21: Red Hot Chili Peppers top the hennemusic Hot 10
Aug 14: Metallica top the hennemusic Hot 10
Aug 07: Van Halen top the hennemusic Hot 10 for 2nd week
Jul 31: Van Halen top the hennemusic Hot 10
Jul 24: Red Hot Chili Peppers top the hennemusic Hot 10
Jul 17: James Durbin tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Jul 10: Steven Tyler tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Jul 03: James Durbin tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Jun 26: Tributes to Clarence Clemons top the hennemusic Hot 10
Jun 19: Shannon Tweed vs. Gene Simmons tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Jun 12: Rush: Neil Peart tops the hennemusic Hot 10
Jun 05: Eddie Vedder tops the hennemusic Hot 10
May 29: Slash tops the hennemusic Hot 10
May 22: James Durbin tops the hennemusic Hot 10
May 15: Def Leppard tops the hennemusic Hot 10
May 08: Mick Jagger’s daughter, Elizabeth, tops the hennemusic Hot 10
May 01: James Durbin tops the hennemusic Hot 10 for 2nd week
Apr 24: James Durbin tops the hennemusic Hot 10