METALLICA and its charitable foundation, All Within My Hands, launched the first official "day of service" for fans and friends on Wednesday (May 23). As part of the band's own efforts to participate, drummer Lars Ulrich presented the SF-Marin Food Bank with a check for $5,000 on Wednesday. In addition, the drummer sorted fruit to ...
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Ted Nugent has suggested that poor diets for children could be a contributing factor to school shootings. The outspoken conservative rocker made his comments during an appearance on Monday's edition of Newsmax's "The Joe Pags Show". "On my Facebook right now I have highlighted a documentary that concludes — and you cannot escape ...
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On May 11, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS took part in an interview and acoustic performance in the 102.9 The Buzz "Acoustic Den." Check out video footage of their appearance below. STP's self-titled seventh studio effort was released on March 16 and is the band's first with new singer Jeff Gutt. Gutt made his live debut with ...
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AVATAR's video for the song "The King Welcomes You To Avatar Country" can be seen below. The clip was directed by the Swedish band's longtime collaborator Johan Carlén. "The King Welcomes You To Avatar Country" is taken from AVATAR's latest album, "Avatar Country", which was released on January 12 via Entertainment One in North America ...
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HardDrive Radio's Lou Brutus conducted an interview with STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand during this past weekend's Rock On The Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the treatment he received earlier this year for "an alcohol and Xanax dependency," Rand said: "Everything, for me, basically came to ...
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Duke TV has uploaded video footage of the April 20 concert by AC/DC drummer Chris Slade's band THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE, which finds him performing selections across his five-decade career. The clip, which was filmed at L'Empreinte in Savigny-le-Temple, France, can be seen below. Slade said in a recent interview with Duke TV that his ...
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The classic-era lineup of the horror punk outfit MISFITS — Glenn Danzig, Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein — played its first show in New Jersey in 35 years on Saturday, May 19 at the Prudential Center in Newark. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below. MISFITS played two historic reunion ...
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Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with frontman Maurizio Iacono of Montréal, Quebec, Canada-based melodic death metallers KATAKLYSM. A few excerpts from the chat follow below. Dead Rhetoric: I know the album was originally scheduled for April. Was there a reason it got pushed back? Maurizio: "It took longer to ...
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STONE SOUR guitarist Josh Rand was recently interviewed by Sean Stewart of the Chattanooga, Tennessee radio station Rock 105. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On returning to the band after a brief stint in rehab: Josh: "I've come back from getting clean as far as ...
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THE CULT guitarist Billy Duffy was recently interviewed by Pittsburgh Music Magazine. The full conversation can be streamed below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the group's summer tour with BUSH and STONE TEMPLE PILOTS: Billy: "Generally, they try and pair bands together, and initially, I believe it was THE ...
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ALICE IN CHAINS marked the first anniversary of Chris Cornell's death on Friday (May 18) by playing cover versions of SOUNDGARDEN's "Hunted Down" and "Boot Camp" at the conclusion of the band's set at the the Rock On The Range in Columbus, Ohio. Video footage of the performance can be seen below. A couple of ...
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SOUNDGARDEN drummer Matt Cameron has paid tribute to Chris Cornell on the first anniversary of the singer's death. Cornell died one year ago today (May 18) at the age of 52. The legendary musician was in Detroit where he had performed with SOUNDGARDEN at the Fox Theatre earlier in the evening. Cameron honored his bandmate ...
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On May 15, ALICE IN CHAINS members Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall took part in an interview and three-song acoustic performance at The Sound Lounge in Chicago, Illinois. You can watch video footage of the event below. Asked why ALICE IN CHAINS used so many different studios to record its upcoming album, Cantrell ...
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All four members of HALESTORM — lead vocalist and guitarist Lzzy Hale, her brother drummer and percussionist Arejay Hale, guitarist Joe Hottinger, and bassist Josh Smith — will take part in an an intimate evening of music and conversation on May 31 at Sony Hall (235 West 46th Street) in New York City starting at ...
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POWERFLO — the band featuring BIOHAZARD's Billy Graziadei and former FEAR FACTORY bassist/guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers alongside Sen Dog from CYPRESS HILL, Rogelio Lozano from DOWNSET, and Brazilian drummer Fernando Schaefer — has released an animated video for its latest single, "The Grind". The song is taken from POWERFLO's self-titled debut album, which came out ...
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Following their successful inaugural tour across Australia and New Zealand in 2017, the pedigree of hallowed '60s trio CREAM — Ginger Baker's son Kofi Baker, Jack Bruce's son Malcolm Bruce and Eric Clapton's nephew (by marriage) Will Johns — have come together for the first time in North America to pay homage to the band's ...
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This past weekend's edition of legendary BLACK SABBATH drummer Bill Ward's radio show "Rock 50" was the second of a three-month celebration of his 70th birthday. You can now watch highlights of the program below. Ward, who officially turned 70 on May 5, was on board for the SABBATH reunion when it was first announced ...
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The "Audience Music" episode featuring STONE TEMPLE PILOTS will premiere on Friday, May 18 at 9 p.m. PT/ET on the Audience network (DirecTV Ch. 239 or U-verse TV Ch. 1114 and via live streaming on the DirecTV and U-verse apps and DirecTV Now). A preview clip of the episode, featuring STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' performance of ...
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Lzzy Hale says that HALESTORM's upcoming album most closely captures the energy of the band's live shows. HALESTORM is putting the finishing touches on its fourth full-length disc for a tentative mid-2018 release. The effort was laid down at Dark Horse Recording studios just outside Nashville with Nick Raskulinecz, an acclaimed producer who has previously ...
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Oregon trio YOB will release its eighth album, "Our Raw Heart", on June 8 via Relapse Records. The disc was co-produced by the band and Billy Barnett at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, Oregon, with mastering handled by Heba Kadry (THE MARS VOLTA, DIAMANDA GALAS, SLOWDIVE). The album's title track, "Our Raw Heart", can be ...
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GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Dizzy Reed was recently interviewed by Germany's Metal-Heads.de. You can now watch the chat below. Asked about the inspiration for the title track of his debut solo album, "Rock 'N Roll Ain't Easy", Dizzy said: "I spend a lot of time reminding myself that life could be a lot ...
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A year after the legendary debut weekend from which more than 30,000 true rock believers have barely recovered… Cal Jam 18 is back for another weekend of joyful rock and roll abandon featuring more than 20 bands on four stages this October 5-6, 2018. Promoted by Live Nation, the festival returns to Glen Helen Regional ...
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IMONOLITH, the new Canadian metal band featuring members of THREAT SIGNAL, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, has released its first track, titled "The Reign". Says the group: "This is a demo of one of our heavier songs. "We aren't going to release any album-quality material until our first album is in the can ...
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METALLICA will embark on a European stadium tour in May 2019. The trek, which will run through August 2019, is expected to be officially announced in September. METALLICA just completed a 24-date European tour and is next scheduled to hit the road at the end of the summer for the 2018-2019 North American leg of ...
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SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR vocalist Corey Taylor told The Pulse Of Radio that he and his new girlfriend recently vacationed in Bora Bora, and he admitted it was the best break he'd had in years. "It felt good to be able to just kind of unwind," he said. "I'd never really been able to do ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian spoke to U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine about "Lives", the recently released single and video from his long-dormant side project, SCARS ON BROADWAY. The track marks the first new music from SCARS since the song "Fucking" came out in 2010. The band itself, now rebranded DARON MALAKIAN AND ...
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Knoxville, Tennessee rockers 10 YEARS have released the official music video for "Burnout", taken from the band's latest album, "(How To Live) As Ghosts". The clip was directed by Robert John Kley and filmed in a warehouse at Structure Exhibits in Las Vegas, Nevada. "'Burnout' is a song about having everything you've ever wanted in ...
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On May 18, Public Television's critically acclaimed conversation series "Speakeasy" will return to New York City's Iridium to film an all-new episode featuring DEF LEPPARD frontman Joe Elliott and Rolling Stone editor David Fricke. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. and the show will begin promptly at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available on May 11 ...
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Corey Taylor has gone public with his relationship with Alicia Dove, a professional dancer and a member of the all-girl dance group CHERRY BOMBS. Last December, the SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR frontman revealed that he had been separated from his wife for almost a year and that he had just recently started a new relationship. ...
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Legendary vocalist-bassist Glenn Hughes has spoken out about his decision to put CALIFORNIA BREED to rest only several months after the release of the group's debut album. CALIFORNIA BREED, the band originally built around the foundation of Hughes, drummer extraordinaire Jason Bonham and newcomer guitarist-singer-songwriter Andrew Watt, split up in January 2015 because Hughes said ...
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