SYSTEM OF A DOWN frontman Serj Tankian has blasted President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. Trump has been criticized by members of the media for using his daily White House press briefings to spread misinformation during a pandemic, with some channels going so far as to make an editorial decision ...
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Punk rock icon Henry Rollins says that the USA will get through the novel coronavirus pandemic "in spite of the catastrophic shortcomings of the current administration." Millions of Americans are facing stay-at-home orders as the coronavirus continues to tear its way through the U.S. More than 760,000 coronavirus cases have been reported worldwide and more ...
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Singer Elena "Lena Scissorhands" Cataraga of the Moldovan extreme metal outfit INFECTED RAIN has urged the band's fans to do their part in keeping everybody healthy while they are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Sunday, Cataraga took to her Facebook page to share a four-minute video in which she implored everyone needs ...
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JUDAS PRIEST singer Rob Halford has once again urged the band's fans to do their part in keeping everybody healthy while they are at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday (March 28), Halford took to his Instagram to share a photo of him wearing a face mask and gloves while holding what appears ...
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TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy, who was one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, says that he is concerned some people are not taking the spread of the virus more seriously. "It hits so close, because being the ones on the road, watching people talk ...
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STYX will stream a 2017 Quebec concert tomorrow (Saturday, March 28), with an introduction from singer/guitarist Tommy Shaw, exclusively on the band's YouTube page starting at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. STYX is also asking for donations to the band's Rock To The Rescue organization. Two weeks ago, STYX postponed around a dozen shows that ...
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According to TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy (pictured), DEATH ANGEL drummer Will Carroll is on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at a Northern California hospital. Like Billy, the drummer has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Billy and the rest of TESTAMENT recently spent more than a month on ...
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STITCHED UP HEART singer Alecia "Mixi" Demner says that she will use the coronavirus downtime to work on the band's next album. A number of artists have seen their concert dates drop off as they're either canceled or postponed in the wake of the global spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer Serj Tankian has blasted President Donald Trump for claiming his administration has "done one hell of a job" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday (March 25), President Trump railed against "fake news," telling a reporter "you wouldn't even have a country left" if it weren't for his White House Coronavirus ...
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TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy, who was one of the first metal musicians to test positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, spoke to Canada's The Metal Voice about how the virus has temporarily put his life on hold. The 57-year-old Billy had been feeling unwell since returning home ...
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Norwegian metal avant-gardists ENSLAVED will perform at the Verftet Online Music Festival in Bergen, Norway on April 1. The online event will be streamed via BT.no and YouTube. The band states: "When the old Bergen ring-fox Mikal Telle asked us to join his and local venue USF's fantastic initiative that is this festival, we pretty ...
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Former QUEENSRŸCHE singer Geoff Tate, who was forced to postone a number of his tour dates in March and April due to the coronavirus pandemic that is spreading across the globe, took part in a Facebook Live session on Monday (March 23) to answer fan questions and check in with his social media followers. Speaking ...
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QUEEN guitarist Brian May says it was "the right thing" for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ban people from leaving their homes apart from for a few "very limited" reasons during the coronavirus pandemic. In an address from Downing Street, Johnson said he will order police to enforce a strict coronavirus lockdown, with a ...
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EXODUS singer Steve "Zetro" Souza has offered an update on his bandmates and the members of TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL, some of whom have become sick since returning from a recent European tour, with some testing positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. EXODUS, TESTAMENT and DEATH ANGEL spent more than a ...
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JOURNEY guitarist Neal Schon has slammed U.S. politicians for being unable to reach a bipartisan deal on a stimulus package to address the economic devastation of the coronavirus outbreak. Schon took to his Twitter Sunday night to write: "I don't know about you all but I'm really sick of Both sides / republicans and democratic's ...
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TESTAMENT singer Chuck Billy has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The band said he received his test results on Saturday (March 21). According to TESTAMENT, Billy had "been feeling unwell" since returning home to the San Francisco Bay Area last week following the completion of "The Bay Strikes Back ...
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KISS frontman Paul Stanley has taken issue with people who compare the novel coronavirus epidemic to the seasonal flu, a comparison that public health experts and doctors have said for weeks minimizes the danger posed by the coronavirus spreading across the globe. Earlier today (Saturday, March 21), Stanley took to his Twitter to write: "NO ...
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BON JOVI keyboardist David Bryan says that he has tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. David said he received his test results today. According to Bryan, he has "been sick for a week" but says that he is "feeling better each day," according a statement posted to Instagram. David, who ...
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SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian has dismissed the growing panic surrounding the coronavirus, calling it "the stupidest thing." During an appearance on the latest episode of "The Jasta Show" podcast, which was uploaded on March 15 but apparently recorded at least a week earlier, Odadjian expressed skepticism about the ...
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Sebastian Bach has defended a NBC News correspondent who was excoriated by President Donald Trump as a "terrible reporter" after he asked the president to calm Americans who were scared because of the coronavirus pandemic. At a news briefing on Friday, NBC News' Peter Alexander, a White House correspondent and a weekend anchor of "Today", ...
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Former CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph has called out bands who are asking their fans to buy their merchandise amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has shut down all live music and touring for the foreseeable future, thereby drying up the primary source of income for the vast majority of working musicians. "The average American has $400 ...
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During an appearance earlier today (Monday, March 16) on SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation" radio show, former TESLA guitarist Tommy Skeoch spoke about his departure from the band nearly a decade a half ago. Asked if he exited the group of his own accord or if he was asked to leave, Tommy said: "I was fired. I ...
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In an unfortunate turn of events, Italian orchestral-death metal giants FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE have been forced to postpone their North American tour due to travel restrictions implemented in response to the spread of new coronavirus (COVID-19). What was to be one of metal's most anticipated spring tours, where the band was to be accompanied at shows ...
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An appeals court has upheld a jury verdict finding that LED ZEPPELIN's classic song "Stairway To Heaven" was not a rip-off of SPIRIT's "Taurus". Michael Skidmore, the trustee of "Taurus" songwriter Randy "California" Wolfe's estate, had brought the claims more than four decades after "Stairway To Heaven" appeared on LED ZEPPELIN's untitled album, better known ...
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VENDED, the band fronted by Griffin Taylor, the son of SLIPKNOT and STONE SOUR singer Corey Taylor, played its first headlining show on March 8 at the iconic local club Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines, Iowa. Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be seen below. Griffin, who looks a lot like his father, previously ...
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Former MÖTLEY CRÜE singer John Corabi has falsely suggested that because his year-old Clorox product lists "Human Coronavirus" on the container, the new coronavirus driving the outbreak in China was already known. Last night (Saturday, March 7), Corabi took to his Twitter to share a photo of a container of Clorox disinfecting wipes, with the ...
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Berklee College Of Music and DREAM THEATER have announced the creation of the Dream Theater Scholarship Fund. In celebration of the band's 35th anniversary, DREAM THEATER and Berklee are creating a fund that will provide scholarship money to student musicians in need on an ongoing basis through the future. Recently, alumni John Petrucci '86 (guitarist) ...
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Kyle McGinn of Dead Rhetoric recently conducted an interview with vocalist Robin McAuley (MCAULEY SCHENKER GROUP) about BLACK SWAN, the new project that also features guitarist Reb Beach (WINGER, WHITESNAKE), bassist Jeff Pilson (FOREIGNER, THE END MACHINE, ex-DOKKEN) and drummer Matt Starr (ACE FREHLEY, MR. BIG). A few excerpts from the ...
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British rockers ENTER SHIKARI will release their sixth album, "Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible", on April 17. The official music video for the disc's first single, "The Dreamer's Hotel", can be seen below. The clip was shot in Paris in February and directed by visual artist Polygon (TAME IMPALA, BRING ME THE HORIZON), ...
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British rockers ASKING ALEXANDRIA will release their new album, "Like A House On Fire", on May 15 via Sumerian Records. The band's sixth full-length studio LP was once again recorded by producer Matt Good (HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, FROM FIRST TO LAST), who also helmed 2017's self-titled effort. "Like A House On Fire" was recorded throughout 2019 ...
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