Members of GUNS N’ ROSES, MÖTLEY CRÜE, POISON, L.A. GUNS and LIMP BIZKIT have reacted on Twitter to the passing of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who revolutionized music industry by introducing the iPod and iTunes. Continue Reading
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All posts for the day October 6th, 2011
Video footage of THE MINI BAND — the Thatcham, United Kingdom-based group made up of 8- and 10-year-olds — performing cover versions of METALLICA‘s “Enter Sandman” and GUNS N’ ROSES‘ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” this past weekend at the Bucklebury Beer Festival can be seen below. Continue Reading
Bram Teitelman of MetalInsider.net recently conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist Robb Flynn of San Francisco Bay Area metallers MACHINE HEAD. Check out the chat below.
It’s been a long time between The Blackening and Unto the Locust. Why did it take you so long to come out with a follow up?
Flynn: We toured for three years behind The Blackening, and when it was over it was like, “alright let’s take a break for a minute here.” After about two months, me and my drummer [Dave McClain] were climbing the walls. We were ready. I was like, “I’m done with the break.” We had started writing The Blackening in August of ’05, and wrapped it up in September of ’06. By the time we’d wrapped up touring — it was April of 2010. So it’d been a good four years since we had had a writing session. And I had already had riffs, and I was already — and I was just ready. Continue Reading
Jose Bosso of Guitar World conducted an interview with guitarist John Petrucci of progressive metal giants DREAM THEATER for the magazine’s November 2011 issue, which features the “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal (METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX) on the cover. Check out the interview below.
On drummer Mike Portnoy’s decision to leave DREAM THEATER in September 2010 while he was on the road with AVENGED SEVENFOLD:
Petrucci: “Mike had played on AVENGED‘s album [‘Nightmare‘] and that was fine. We all do side projects when time permits. But touring with the band, that was a different story. That was taking significant time away from DREAM THEATER at a point when we were all planning to start recording. Initially, we put off recording to go on tour with IRON MAIDEN — that was too good an opportunity for us to turn down. And then when Mike said he was going on the road with AVENGED SEVENFOLD right after the MAIDEN tour, that didn’t feel right.” Continue Reading
According to the Daily Mail, a 20-year-old British man pretended to be BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oliver Sykes to lure an American woman he met on Facebook to a U.K. forest before slitting her throat and repeatedly stabbing her.
Check out the news below.
She met him on Facebook, and was impressed enough to cross the Atlantic to meet him.
But Maricar Benedicto’s naive trust was repaid in the most horrific way.
The man who lured her to the U.K., David Russell, took her to a forest and persuaded the 19-year-old to wear a blindfold, saying he had a gift for her. Continue Reading
Jim Beal Jr. of MySanAntonio.com recently conducted an interview with guitarist Glenn Tipton of British heavy metal legends JUDAS PRIEST.
Check out the interview below.
On having JUDAS PRIEST songs covered by bands from SEPULTURA to THE DONNAS, from ANNIHILATOR to KREATOR:
“A lot of bands cite Judas Priest as influences. The best compliment we’ve ever had was our music is timeless,” said guitarist Glenn Tipton from a tour stop in Brazil. “It’s something to be proud of. But we’ve never really known what we’re doing.” Continue Reading
Vocalist Oliver “Oli” Sykes of the British metalcore act BRING ME THE HORIZON has commented on the onstage altercation that occurred during the band’s gig in Salt Lake City on Monday night, October 3 (local time).
The singer, who was performing with his bandmates on their current U.S. headline tour, became angry when bottles and other objects were thrown from the crowd and called for those who threw them to either leave or come onstage and address him personally. Some fans took the invite seriously and made their way to the stage and proceeded to assault the frontman. Continue Reading
According to TMZ.com, officials have determined that former WARRANT singer Jani Lane died from alcohol poisoning.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has completed its investigation and concluded Lane had suffered from “acute ethanol poisoning” when he died at a Comfort Inn motel room in Woodland Hills, California on August 11.
TMZ.com previously reported that investigators found a half-empty bottle of vodka and prescription medication in the hotel room where Lane‘s body was discovered.
“He was one of the great rock-and-roll frontmen and singers of all time,” Jani‘s manager and longtime friend Obi Steinman said. “His music helped shape the ’80s.” Continue Reading
Gary Carra of ValleyAdvocate.com recently conducted an interview with former STAIND and current SOIL drummer Jon Wysocki. Check out the interview below.
Jon, thanks for taking the time to talk. And I know you are legally bound not to speak about a lot of things with regard to your split from Staind. But I’m wondering—can you talk about the recently released documentary that illustrates some of the turmoil?
Jon: I guess I can, because it’s out there. And I would simply say it would not have been my choice to do a video of that nature. I just don’t understand why they wanted to put out a documentary that would show the band in that kind of light. Continue Reading
According to The Pulse Of Radio, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH has released two brand new songs ahead of the arrival of the band’s third studio album, “American Capitalist“. The two tracks, called “Generation Dead” and “Back For More“, both appear on the upcoming disc, which is due out on October 11. Immediately following the album’s arrival, the band will hit the road for the 48 Hours Festival in Las Vegas on October 15 before kicking off the Share The Welt tour on October 16 in San Francisco.
Check out the videos below. Continue Reading