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Poison Drummer Clears Up New Singer Reports

Rikki Rockett Responds to Replacement Rumors Poison drummer Rikki Rockett recently addressed rumors that the band is looking for a new singer to replace Bret Michaels. Speaking with Drum Talk TV, Rockett said the headlines went too far and misrepresented what he meant. “We’re not out looking for a singer right now,” Rockett said. “We’re not […]

Bret Michaels Denies Thwarting Poison Tour With Financial Demands

Bret Michaels denied recent claims that he thwarted Poison‘s 40th anniversary tour plans by demanding too much money and said he still hopes to hit the road with the band soon. “We’re just gonna call it hopefully ’40 Plus One,’” Michaels told 99.1 WPLR’s Chaz & AJ in the Morning (via Blabbermouth), in reference to the fact that 2026 marks […]

Ren Shares Exploratory New Track ‘Starry Night’

Ren has shared the latest piece of his impressively expansive project ‘Vincent’s Tale’, adding a new four-act track ‘Starry Night’. To get you all caught up, ‘Vincent’s Tale’, which dropped as an EP earlier this month after six months of build-up, is a story set to music, all about an individual named Vincent. Vincent has […]

Baylee Lefton’s Playlist: Songs For Sipping Margaritas

Keeping up with music news and resources like Spotify’s giant and regularly updated New Music Friday playlist are great ways to keep your listening habits from getting stale. Sometimes, though, you need a deeper dive. That’s where Uproxx’s Baylee Lefton comes in as she routinely offers quick-hit lists of songs you need to add into […]

JACK OWEN Reflects On Difficult Relationship With DEICIDE’s GLEN BENTON: “It Just Was Not Gonna Work”

Former Deicide guitarist Jack Owen has opened up about his strained relationship with frontman Glen Benton, offering candid insight into the personality clash that ultimately helped bring his time in the band to an end. Speaking on The Growl Podcast, Owen was asked what it was like sharing a band with Benton. His answer was […]

The Best Song Off Every Megadeth Album

From hyper-speed thrash to melodic hard rock, here is the best song off every Megadeth album. One thing about Dave Mustaine: The mercurial bandleader has rarely stayed in one lane for long. Over the course of 40 years and 17 studio albums, Megadeth have changed their sound multiple times, upgraded (and downgraded) their production and cycled […]

White House Hit Back At Bruce Springsteen’s ICE Song

Bruce Springsteen has once again found himself at the center of political controversy, this time after releasing a new protest song aimed at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Trump administration responded sharply to Springsteen’s track, “Streets of Minneapolis,” telling Variety that it does not care about what it described as “random songs with irrelevant […]

Kevin Gates Thinks He Could’ve Cured His Father of AIDS

  Kevin Gates believes he could have cured his father of AIDS if he were still alive today. On Wednesday (Jan. 28), Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast aired a new interview with Gates on YouTube. During the conversation, Shannon asked Gates about his father passing away from AIDS when the rapper was a teenager. […]