The Black Crowes Claim Gretchen Wilson Is Copping Their Style

We received a press release today stating the Crowes have issued a legal notice that Wilson's "Work Hard, Play Harder" rips off "Jealous Again." And true, the verses are substantially similar, but damn the Crowes are milking PR from controversy... CONTINUE READING THE BLACK CROWES CLAIM GRETCHEN WILSON IS COPPING THEIR STYLE»

Posted on July 30, 2008 (9 comments)
Tags: Gretchen Wilson | The Black Crowes

Black Crowes Reject Maxim's Apology

Maxim has psychic reviewers. We already know that. A day after the magazine issued an apology for reviewing the new Black Crowes without hearing it, the band's manager, Pete Angelus, has responded with his own statement in a press release... CONTINUE READING BLACK CROWES REJECT MAXIM'S APOLOGY»

Posted on February 27, 2008 (25 comments)
Tags: Nas | The Black Crowes

Black Crowes Respond To Phony Maxim Review

So did you hear the one about how the Black Crowes have a new album coming out? Well, they do! That's the joke. But actually, it gets even funnier, thank you Maxim. Now, we bet if we told you to... CONTINUE READING BLACK CROWES RESPOND TO PHONY MAXIM REVIEW»

Posted on February 22, 2008 (60 comments)
Tags: The Black Crowes

It's Not That Hard To Handle

We brought you Counting Crows yesterday and figured, what the hell, it's about time for another old flock to fly by. The Black Crowes haven't released an album in seven years, but the drought ends in March with Warpaint, which Chris Robinson & Co. are releasing on their own Silver Arrow label. They could be pretty inconsistent, but Southern Harmony had some awesome moments. Plus, they had a good Behind The Music where they spoke shit about Rick Rubin, who wanted to rename the band Kobb Kounty Krows (KKK) early on. Rick has a lot of good ideas like that. Take a listen to the Crowes' first post-Kate Hudson material at their MySpace.