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Before he was churning out megahits with Aerosmith, Bon Jovi and Kiss, Desmond Child was the cornball king of streetfighting anthems

(EN) Every month, Still in Rock publishes a playlist with the best of Monday’s Delusions articles. Here is the one for April 2026. // (FR) Chaque mois, Still in Rock sort une playlist avec le meilleur des articles Delusions publiés chaque lundi matin. Voici celle d’avril 2026.

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Bollnäs, a city in northern Sweden, is home to a young band that is launching with the stunning debut album, “Demonic Assault” . The album isn’t actually a brand new release, as Savage Mania launched it one year ago as a self-release. It was a digital-only release, but now that they have signed a deal… Continue Reading →

Uniquely talented Faroese artist Eivør has revealed a brand-new song. With her new single Healer, Eivør opens the door to a new chapter, one rooted in vulnerability, strength and transformation. Set within a dark, atmospheric sound world, Healer blends a distorted piano-led bass line with cinematic strings and ambient textures. Driven by a steady, pulsing […]

But when I wake up
I don’t have to be the one
Just ready made up
Hollowed and alone

Johnny Dynamite is the kind of guy who writes new wave pop like he just rescued an old love letter from a box in a flooded Philly basement, held it up to the light, and saw bite marks on the paper. And the latest single from Dynamite, Drool, moves with the grand, guilty sweep of an ’80s ballad, the kind that once poured from car radios while somebody drove too fast toward a bad decision. You can hear the big shoulders of Crowded House, Bryan Adams, Men At Work, and Asia in the frame, but Dynamite drags that fuzzy FM glow down into a colder room, where romance has fangs.

Dynamite knows the old gestures: the big chorus, the midnight synth, the guitar line built for rearview mirrors – but he loads them with panic, lust, and the weird embarrassment of wanting someone who is bad for your bloodstream. It is a ballad with a stake hidden in its jacket, glamorous enough to sway to, sick enough to sting.

Lyrically, Drool sounds like devotion curdling into damage. Dynamite reaches for images of holy water, blood on the floor, bedside ruin, and a bloodsucker’s kiss, turning romance into a feverish little exorcism where desire and disgust share the same glass. By the time he sings about waking up “hollowed and alone,” the song has moved from infatuation into the sickly aftermath: the part where the spell breaks, but the bite remains.

The song is synth-centric, but it has blood in its cuffs. Johnny Dynamite sings with a bruised, theatrical ache, turning heartbreak into a vampiric fever dream where love feeds, flatters, weakens, and finally leaves its victim blinking at dawn with half a soul and no clean alibi. The drum machine keeps time like a cheap motel clock. The guitars arrive with that old widescreen rock gleam, all chrome and rainwater, while the synths rise like fog off a riverbank after some doomed teenage pact has gone sour.

Max R. Holland’s video understands the song’s appetite. Dynamite stands at the edge of a river, wanders through graffiti-covered ruins at dusk, and looks less like a singer selling a single than a man returning to the place where some private version of himself was buried. The setting gives the track a physical chill: concrete, water, spray paint, bright lights illuminating the faults, all of it turning the romantic drama into something feral.

Watch the video for Drool below:

Behind the name Johnny Dynamite is John Morisi, whose chosen moniker already comes loaded with pulp mythology. The name was borrowed from an anti-hero detective created by his grandfather, comic artist Pete Morisi, giving the project a built-in whiff of trench coats, crooked streets, bad luck, and worse decisions. On Drool, that comic-book underworld becomes emotional geography: love as crime scene, desire as evidence, memory as the witness who keeps changing his story.

Listen to Drool below and order the single (out now via Born Losers Records) here. Johnny Dynamite’s self-titled album is out on May 15th. Pre-order here.

Catch Johnny Dynamite live on his North American tour:

• 7/10 – Providence, RI – The Parlour
• 7/11 – Montreal, QB – P’tit Ours
• 7/12 – Toronto, ON – Monarch Tavern
• 7/14 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern
• 7/15 – Detroit, MI – Lager House
• 7/16 – Chicago, IL – Burlington
• 7/17 – Minneapolis, MN – Cloudland
• 7/19 – Denver, CO – Hi Dive
• 7/21 – Salt Lake City, UT – The International
• 7/23 – Seattle, WA – Sunset
• 7/24 – Portland, OR – Swan Dive
• 7/26 – Sacramento, CA – Cafe Colonial
• 7/29 – San Francisco, CA – Kilowatt Bar
• 7/30 – Los Angeles, CA – Permanent Records
• 7/31 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
• 8/1 – Las Vegas, NV – The Griffin
• 8/4 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves
• 8/5 – Austin, TX – The 13th Floor
• 8/9 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
• 8/10 – Asheville, NC – Static Age Records
• 8/11 – Roanoke, VA – Spot on Kirk
• 8/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Public Records
• 8/22 – Philadelphia, PA – Philamoca

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Dave Mustaine received the title of Guest of Honor from the City of Buenos Aires on Wednesday, April 29, at a ceremony held at the legislature of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. The honor is the highest the city can bestow on foreign nationals, reserved for those who have distinguished themselves in culture, science, politics, sports, or through significant contributions to humanity. The ceremony took place the day before Megadeth‘s April 30 concert at the Tecnópolis venue. 

Megadeth issued a statement following the ceremony: “We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the City of Buenos Aires for this distinction, naming Dave Mustaine as a Guest of Honor. It is an honor that reflects not only his legacy but also the deep connection between his music and the Argentine audience. “We are truly thankful for this recognition.”

The band’s self-titled final studio album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, moving 73,000 equivalent album units in its first week — 69,000 of those through pure sales. Released via Mustaine‘s Tradecraft imprint on Frontiers Label Group‘s BLKIIBLK label, the record also topped charts in Australia and Austria, with top-five placings in Finland, Sweden, Belgium, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and New Zealand.

By comparison, the previous record, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! earned 48,000 equivalent units in its debut week, landing at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 — Megadeth‘s eighth top-10 album at the time. Both records were produced and mixed by Chris Rakestraw. 

Last August, Mustaine announced via social media that Megadeth would be calling it a career. He explained his reasoning: “There are so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional. Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now.”

He has since clarified that the farewell run could extend “for another three to five years.” Megadeth was founded in 1983 following Mustaine‘s exit from Metallica, and released their debut record, Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!, in 1985.

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In a legal filing, prosecutors outlined for the first time how they say the singer murdered and dismembered Celeste Rivas Hernandez.

Brisbane emo rock outfit Bad Neighbour recently announced news of their sophomore album, Burns From The X-rays, set for release Friday, June 5 via Ninth Life Records. Today the band share their new single Mean Faces, another glimpse into what’s shaping up to be a stellar second record. Mean Faces is a strong representation of […]

Since 2007, Nixon Boyd has been playing guitar in the Canadian indie rock band Hollerado. Last month, he announced his debut solo album Every Time We Turn A Corner and shared “Trouble Of Your Own.” Now, he’s back with “How I Know I’m Home.” “How I Know I’m Home” is melancholy, acoustic beauty in the…

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Melbourne alt-rockers divedown will release their debut EP in May.

Where They May will drop on the 29th of next month, with the EP’s first single, Calm Me, giving fans a taste of their pop-punk side. The track is available now, wherever you get your downloads.