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Carlota Takes Over The X Studio: She’s Bringing Music Back

Author Slone Terranella

Today marks a historical day in X history. 

After months of hearing the screams and cries of loyal X listeners, one DJ decided that it was time to take matters into her own hands. In a turn of events, Carlota did the unthinkable, the most daring thing a DJ could do. After sneaking into the radio station, she decided enough was enough.

Carlota is back graphic

Carlota overtook the studio in true Xtreme radio fashion. Since the boss man was out of town, she realized that it was the perfect opportunity to take over the studio and bring the music back.

She started strong and heavy. In the middle of Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know,” song, Carlota knew it was the perfect time to infiltrate the airwaves and bring X back to its glory. In a homage to the old “X,” she cut the song off because we’re bringing the “X that you used to know” back. She shut the song off and cracked the mic.

So, meet Carlota, your new DJ at X 107.5. Although she did take over the studio without permission — and the legality behind this is quite questionable — we’re going to let her do this.

Be sure to tune in all throughout this week! Carlota is taking you on a weekend trip with tons of great prizes like tickets to Corey Taylor, Weezer and so much more.

Call the studio at (702) 791-1075 to put in a request! We’re playing what YOU want all weekend long . . . and maybe longer. *wink wink*

Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter if you want to DM or message us a song request. Since Carlota basically became queen of the studio for this weekend, she’s calling the shots. And it looks like she’s going to be in there for quite a bit of time. I mean, she even brought a cooler of diet cokes and a whole commercial pack of ho-hos.

7 Band Films That (In)Famously Flopped

There have been a number of band films/documentaries starring popular bands that have grossed significant returns. They are the films that have earned the love of fans and critics alike. This list won’t be highlighting those films.

Frankly, some of the most interesting films and documentaries to talk about flopped so hard that they are impossible to ignore. Other times, they’re films from iconic bands or artists that land with a big “meh.” This list covers that and more.

One of the films we touch on is Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This film was famously terrible, and the reviews were brutal.

Variety wrote,”‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ will attract some grown-up flower children of the 1960s who will soon find the Michael Schultz film to be a totally bubblegum and cotton candy melange of garish fantasy and narcissism.” The New York Times wrote, “This isn’t a movie, it’s a business deal set to music.” The Washington Post was actually sort of nice writing, ” … The movie’s fun in a wholesome, innocent kind of way, and there are worse fates than having to look at Peter Frampton for two hours.”

In a recent appearance on The Bob Lefsetz Podcast, Frampton says he was duped into appearing in the film. He says producer Robert Stigwood told him Paul McCartney was going to be in the film. Hearing that, Frampton said he was in. Unfortunately, once he arrived in Los Angeles for the first meeting about the film, he learned McCartney wasn’t on board.

Frampton then noted, “I realized from the first day of shooting, ‘Oh, this was a disaster.’ I didn’t walk because I would have been sued to high hell, but we all hated being in that movie.”

Without furth ado, here are seven band films that (in)famously flopped.

  • 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'

    Oh, geez…where to even begin with this mess? Few band films, if any, are as infamous as 1978’s Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Taking its narrative from the iconic Beatles album of the same name, the film stars The Bee Gees as the Lonely Hearts Club Band and Peter Frampton as Billy Shears. The film was produced by RSO Records founder Robert Stigwood who was fresh off the massive successes of Saturday Night Fever and Grease, so it’s no wonder why the project received the green light. However, the acting is just horrible. The only redeeming part of the film is its soundtrack which yielded some great Beatles covers with notable standouts being Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Got to Get You into My Life” and Aerosmith’s “Come Together.”

  • 'Studio 666'

    Studio 666 received a massive marketing push with Dave Grohl showing up seemingly everywhere in the lead up to the release of the film, but according to Billboard, the film only took in $1.6 million in its opening weekend screening in 2,306 theaters in the United States. The film received 56% over on Rotten Tomatoes, but it managed an 81% audience score, so maybe it’ll receive a cult home-viewing following. (After all, you can’t take your bong into a movie theater. I hear that’s frowned upon.)

  • 'Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny'

    Speaking of not being able to take your bong into a movie theater, Tenacious D In: The Pick of Destiny is another film that was a financial flop. Per Box Office Mojo, The Pick of Destiny produced a net loss of about $6 million after it grossed just under $14 million, but its budget was $20 million. Rotten Tomatoes summarized the film with, “Tenacious D fans will find this movie hilarious; everybody else will see only a low-brow concept movie and a small assembly of jokes stretched past the 100-minute mark.”

  • 'Metallica: Through The Never'

    It may have been “Certified Fresh” and had a decent audience score, but 2013’s Metallica: Through The Never was a financial bomb. It grossed just under $8 million worldwide, but it had a budget of $18 million. Yikes!

  • 'Under The Cherry Moon'

    Surely after the success of Purple Rain, Prince could repeat that success, right? Wrong! Rotten Tomatoes summarizes it best saying, “‘Under the Cherry Moon’ may satisfy the most rabid Prince fans, but everyone else will be better served with this vanity project’s far superior soundtrack.”

  • 'Head'

    Head was billed as the “most extraordinary adventure, western, comedy, love story, mystery, drama, musical, documentary satire ever made (And that’s putting it mildly).” In reality, the film co-written/co-directed by Jack Nicholson was an attempt to shed their teen idol image cultivated by The Monkees television series, which had been canceled just before the film was released. However, it seemed to serve as the final nail in the group’s coffin in the ’60s.

  • 'KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park'

    Oof! KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park was only a TV movie, but its awfulness continues to live in infamy. Paul Stanley said of the film in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, “I embrace it like an ugly child. You have to realize that we were like these imbeciles who got to take over the school. We knew nothing about acting, nothing about filmmaking. We were sold the idea of the film in a sentence that was virtually, ‘A Hard Day’s Night meets Star Wars.’ Well, it was far from either.”

     

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