Richard Pryor’s now-legendary 1975 hosting stint on the brand new Saturday Night Live offered up plenty of evidence as to why NBC would never give the brilliant and volatile stand-up comedian a sketch comedy show. Then, two years later, they did anyway. The Richard Pryor Show started as The Richard Pryor Special?, a one-shot sketch and […]
More than two decades have passed since James Hetfield-led Metallica released 2003 album “St. Anger.” It has been noted that it has continued to divide their fanbase. Some fans continue to argue that the record is best left forgotten, others admit that the controversial effort started to grow on them over time and, with some […]
Super7 has introduced their new King Diamond action figure. The figure is based on Diamond‘s look from Mercyful Fate‘s 1982 mini-tour of Europe, and perhaps most importantly comes with his signature human bones microphone stand. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. “In The Beginning! In 1982, Mercyful Fate embarked on their first mini tour of Europe. […]
John Mellencamp has announced a deluxe reissue of his classic 1985 album Scarecrow, which he’s previewing with a previously unreleased demo of his Top 10 hit “Small Town.” Scarecrow Deluxe will hit shelves on Nov. 4 as a two-CD box set containing a remastered version of the original album, alternate versions and unreleased bonus tracks, as well as a photo booklet and new […]
The project from Miles and Layne Ulrich are gearing up to release their debut album, and you’re going to love it. Taipei Houston, the project formed by Mile and Layne Ulrich, have revealed the details of their debut album. It’s going to be ‘Once Bit Never Bored’ and will be released on November 03 via […]
It’s no secret that Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett is a hardcore horror movie buff—from his monster-mashup guitars to his countless other collectables, it’s hard to touch Kirk when it comes to being a suspense aficionado. And since Metallica won’t be finishing up their next LP any time soon, Hammett has been going all in on his […]
The Doors will finally release the previously unheard “Paris Blues” — described as the band’s “last known unissued studio recording” — as part of a new blues-themed compilation of the same name. Paris Blues is out Nov. 25 as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. The limited-edition set (10,000 numbered copies) will be […]
Charlie Watts earned international fame as the drummer for The Rolling Stones from 1963 until his passing in 2021. Watts would pass away at a London hospital on August 24th, 2021, at the age of 80. While The cause of death was not disclosed. Watts had suffered from health problems in recent years, including a […]
2022 has seen a handful of truly excellent death metal releases, but today we’re focusing on debut albums. Check out our picks for the 16 death metal debut albums you need to hear today and get destroyed! I’d also like to note that we’ve got promos of all the albums on this list not currently […]
The best summer 2022 reissues included an appetizing mix of career box sets, unreleased recordings, lost albums and forgotten demos tucked away on shelves. Surveying the archival releases found in the below Reissue Roundup, it’s safe to say some of them were expected: more remastered Kinks albums celebrating silver anniversaries, another volume of jazz great Miles Davis‘ Bootleg […]