The day after wrapping up their comeback tour, Motley Crue hinted that fans wouldn’t have to wait very long to see them again. “See you in February,” read a post that appeared on the Instagram pages of both the band and bassist Nikki Sixx. On Friday night in Las Vegas the group completed a highly […]
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine recently spoke about the fact that he has become more mindful of himself and others as he has gotten older. Back in 2012, during a concert in Singapore, Mustaine told the crowd: “Back in my country, my president is trying to pass a gun ban. So he’s staging all of these murders, like […]
Time has proven that while a tad excessive, Guns N Roses‘ 1991 double-album pairing Use Your Illusion I & II defined an era with bombastic Stones-ey rock n’ honk peppered with a lyrically Lynchian worldview. Paranoid and strained as they are at times, the pair of albums burned bright and immodestly into the ether of […]
Kiss frontman Gene Simmons recently recalled that he was pretty impressed by hearing Van Halen for the first time. He went on to name one aspect in which he thinks Edward’s solos differ from those of fellow shredder Yngwie Malmsteen. Gene Simmons opens up on the experience of hearing Van Halen the first time Over […]
Former Exodus vocalist Rob Dukes joined the band on September 9 at Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ for an especially heavy version of their 1989 classic “The Toxic Waltz.” Dukes originally sang with Exodus between 2005 and 2014 and was replaced by longtime vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza, who shared lead vocals during the live performance. […]
Pearl Jam were scheduled to play at Harlem’s legendary Apollo Theater in March 2020. However, the plan was altered after the pandemic. It was last night September 10 that the band finally performed the gig and it was broadcast live on the band’s SiriusXM channel Pearl Jam Radio. It was open only to contest winners. […]
Down played one of their few 2022 shows at the esteemed Blue Ridge Rock Festival over the weekend, where vocalist Phil Anselmo dedicated the song “Lifer” to his late Pantera band members Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul. “This next song goes out to Dimebag and Vince,” said Anselmo in the above video. “I want you […]
Disney+ announced that Elton John’s final U.S. concert will be streamed live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Nov. 20. With his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour scheduled to end in Stockholm in July 2023, the broadcast will appear alongside a documentary titled Goodbye Yellow Brick Road: The Final Elton John Performances And the […]
R.E.M.‘s bleakest album rumbles to a close with one more roundhouse political punch. They’d broached this kind of topicality on 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant, while retaining an inherent hopefulness that marked the band’s earliest albums. None of it remained within the dark heart of “Oddfellows Local 151,” R.E.M.’s grinding, ultimately dirge-like exploration of the homeless […]
Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo recalled the 1991 moment he accidentally cut the stage power while Ozzy Osbourne was performing. The incident took place long before he joined Osbourne’s band and later became a member of Metallica. He was touring in support of the debut album by Infectious Grooves, his Suicidal Tendencies side project with Mike […]