Michael Christopher of DelcoTimes.com recently conducted an interview with POISON drummer Rikki Rockett. A few excerpts from the chat follow. On being arrested on strong-arm rape charges at LAX (he was later exonerated): "I'm completely off the hook because they admitted they had the wrong guy. "Rape was the furthest thing from my ...
Los Angeles metal band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH will take part in a free acoustic performance on Tuesday, August 12 at the Best Buy South Lake in Morrow, Georgia beginning at 1:00 p.m. The first 100 fans to show up will get a FREE TICKET to the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival at the Lakewood Amphitheatre ...
Michigan-based hard rock quartet TAPROOT has posted performance footage shot at a recent gig in Las Vegas, Nevada. Watch the clip below. "Wherever I Stand", the first single from TAPROOT's new new album "Our Long Road Home", has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The follow-up to 2005's "Blue-Sky Research", "Our Long ...
Revolver magazine has posted video footage of a backstage jam session on the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival featuring members of SLIPKNOT (including vocalist Corey Taylor on drums), AIRBOURNE, and SUICIDE SILENCE, shot at the July 23 St. Louis stop of the tour. Check out the footage below. Joining SLIPKNOT and DISTURBED on the Rockstar Energy ...
Swedish old-school metallers BULLET will release their sophomore album, "Bite the Bullet", on September 5 via Black Lodge Records. The follow-up to 2006's "Heading for the Top" was mixed and co-produced by Nicke Andersson (THE HELLACOPTERS, SOLUTION, DEATH BREATH). "Bite the Bullet" track listing: 01. Pay The Price 02. Roadking 03. Bite The Bullet 04. ...
New York gods of sludge NEGATIVE REACTION have announced the addition of drummer Logan Michaels (formerly of SHADOWCAST) to the group's ranks. NEGATIVE REACTION will hit the road in the fall with MAEGASHIRA in support of the band's new album, "Tales From The Insomniac", which was recently released via Spare Change Records. According to a ...
The "Dex at Night" show on 93.3 The Planet (WTPT) in Greenville, South Carolina recently conducted an interview with drummer Barry Kerch of the Jacksonville, Florida-based hard rock/post-grunge band SHINEDOWN. Watch the five-minute chat below. SHINEDOWN will headline a stretch of late summer dates beginning on August 25 in Sparks, Nevada, as the band supports ...
San Diego extreme metallers CATTLE DECAPITATION have issued the following update: "We enter Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland, CA tomorrow to start working on our fourth Metal Blade full-length! We'll be doing the drums with the mighty Zach Ohren (ALL SHALL PERISH, DECREPIT BIRTH) and then over to Sharkbite studios to record the rest and ...
Kevin Smetana of SCnow.com reports that a bus with crew members from the popular hard-rock band DISTURBED ran off the side of Interstate 95 in Florence County, South Carolina on Thursday morning (July 31) after blowing a tire, S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Sonny Collins said. (See photo of the bus at
HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with drummer Daniel Svensson of the Swedish metal band IN FLAMES during the Canadian leg of the recently completed Gigantour (headlined by MEGADETH). Watch the seven-minute chat below. IN FLAMES will embark on a European headlining tour in October. Support on the trek will come from SONIC SYNDICATE and ...
