Wally Safford, who danced in Prince‘s Revolution band and served as the singer’s bodyguard, has died at age 63. No further details have been given. Safford, a Detroit native, grew up in the Nation of Islam, where he received much of his bodyguard training. (His family was close with Elijah Muhammad , Malcolm X and Muhammad […]
Rikki Rockett honored late Quiet Riot drummer Frankie Banali during Poison’s performance on the final date of the Stadium Tour. After rocking through a rendition of their 1990 hit “Unskinny Bop,” frontman Bret Michaels introduced Rockett, with the drummer taking the spotlight. As he began his solo — a customary highlight of the band’s sets […]
Stardom was never on Bonnie Raitt‘s radar. From the beginning of her career, she was mostly concerned with the craft of live performance. “I personally don’t have any ambition to be any big hot stuff,” she told Sing Out! in 1972. “I like to play. I could play second act, or play at Jack’s [a bar and […]
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee has never been bashful with his body, but now it seems the rocker has decided to jump to the famous live streaming site Only Fans. “In case you guys are fucking living under a rock, I’ve been in trouble a little bit lately,” Lee declared during Motley Crue’s Stadium Tour closing […]
With Confidence have revealed that their upcoming shows in America and Australia will be their last as a band. With Confidence have announced that they will be calling it a day, following their already scheduled shows. They will be heading to North America for a co-headline tour with Real Friends before returning to Australia for […]
Brazilian riffsters Apnea is now streaming their new single “Highs And Lows,” whose driving high energy is matched by an equally ecstatic music video. It’s the kind of song you could easily close out a few last summer drives with, preferably at a volume that turns heads at red lights. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. […]
This week’s new heavy metal releases include atmospheric proggsters, nasty death metal-ers, The Prince of Darkness, and more! Get ’em on vinyl and CD here, and as always – to the metals… Allen/Olzon – Army Of Dreamers Genre: Progressive/power metalOrigin: Long Beach, California/Katrineholm, SwedenLabel: Frontiers Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. Russell Allen (Symphony X) and Anette […]
Frank sits down with Robb Flynn of Machine Head for a deep discussion on the band’s first ever show, the secret to keeping the band going after 30 years, why he can never recreate Burn My Eyes, his dark past with drugs and violence, going from introvert to frontman, how he became a podcaster, the […]
Dream Unending, the band featuring guitarist Derrick Vella (Tomb Mold, Outer Heaven) and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Justin DeTore (Innumerable Forms, Sumerlands), is back less than one year after their debut album and there isn’t a single metal fan that shouldn’t be thrilled about it. Dream Unending will release Song Of Salvation on November 11 and […]
Firstborne, the band featuring ex-Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler, bassist James LoMenzo (Megadeth, ex-Black Label Society), guitarist Myrone, and singer Girish Pradhan (Girish And The Chronicles), is now streaming two new singles. The first single “Bad Things” is all about bringing that speedy thrash metal heat with just a touch of power metal thrown in, while “One […]