Foo Fighters Cause 'Volcanic Tremor' in New Zealand

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A Foo Fighters concert Tuesday in New Zealand caused geological vibrations on par with "volcanic tremors," according to scientists.  

The vibrations emitted "a strong low signal," geologists at Auckland GeoNet reported. "The ground was shaking three times per second in a nice rhythmic motion." The recordings were taken at two monitoring stations located about a mile from the concert site at Western Springs.

With lulls between songs, and the biggest quake coming around the time the band took the stage at 8:20 p.m., it was clear the tremors were the man-made work of 50,000 dancing fans, the scientists concluded.

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Song Stories

“Push It”

Salt-N-Pepa | 1987

Originating as a B side to their cover of the Stax classic “Tramp,” Cheryl “Salt” James, Sandi “Pepa” Denton and Dee Dee “DJ Spinderella” Roper came up with the goods on this career-making, Grammy-nominated platinum single about working it on the dancefloor. “Push It” has been sampled and spliced to death since it debuted in 1987, yet the original track is as fresh and fly as when SNP — among the few original women of hip-hop — debuted it. “Most men will never believe ‘Push It’ was never about sex,” said James. “And that’s why the record went to Number One,” said Denton. “Everybody thought it was about sex.”

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