News John Hinckley, the Jodie Foster-Obsessed Shooter Who Tried to Kill Ronald Reagan, Is Starting a Band January 20, 2022 11:12am When most people hear the name John Hinckley, they immediately think of a mentally-ill would-be assassin. Hinckley — full name John Hinckley Jr. — is famous for trying to shoot and kill President Ronald Reagan […]
News Don’t Worry, Internet, Fred Durst Is Not Dead January 11, 2022 1:00pm Yesterday, it was revealed that Robert Durst, the real estate developer who outed himself as a murdered on HBO’s The Jinx, had died at the age of 78 due to cardiac arrest. But when fans […]
News Testament’s Alex Skolnick Adopts Rapper Persona ‘Skoly-D’ for Anti-MAGA Rap Song “B.I.G. L.I.E.” January 6, 2022 11:12am We’re obviously huge fans of thrash titans Testament, and we love how outspoken guitarist Alex Skolnick has been against the January 6th Capitol riots and the conservative rhetoric that caused them. But now, Alex has […]
News Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows Says Their New Album Is “Very Influenced by Kanye West” January 5, 2022 1:02pm Back in July, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M. Shadows offered an update on the state of their new album, saying it would be out before the band embarked on a 2022 summer tour. Now, Shadows has […]
News Sammy Hagar Says Pantera’s Management Once Asked Him to Replace Phil Anselmo December 21, 2021 9:50pm Though absolutely legendary as a whole entity, Pantera were very much a sum of their parts. The band’s powerful presence wouldn’t be the same without their disparate influences — the virtuosic insanity of Dimebag Darrell, […]
News Holy Crap: Bruce Springsteen Sells Entire Catalog to Sony for $500 Million December 16, 2021 8:34am We’ll be the first to admit that Bruce Springsteen isn’t exactly an artist that The Pit would write about on most days. Though his soulful ballads about feeling lonely in New Jersey have inspired countless […]
News Powerman 5000’s Spider One On Being Rob Zombie’s Little Brother: “We Grew Up In a Household As Normal As You Could Possibly Have” December 12, 2021 1:16am It’s no secret Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One is the younger brother of shock rocker Rob Zombie. Now, in a new interview, Spider discusses growing up as Rob’s little brother — and how surprisingly normal […]
Wait...What? Belgian Death Metallers Omicron Are Finally Getting Some Attention December 8, 2021 11:46am We all knew it was only a matter of time before some bands named themselves something like ‘COVID’ or ‘coronavirus.’ Metal bands have loved picking threatening substances or diseases in order to make themselves sound […]
News W.A.S.P.’s Blackie Lawless Claims He Was the Original Choice to Play the T-1000 in ‘Terminator 2’ December 7, 2021 11:01am Of the many spandex-clad bands who proliferated the hair metal scene of the 1980s, W.A.S.P. were one of the more metal, and much of that came from frontman Blackie Lawless. From singing satanic sex ballads […]
News Prince William Uses AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” to Get Pumped Up In The Mornings December 6, 2021 8:35am F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “Let me tell you about the rich. They are different from you and me.” To which Ernest Hemingway replied, “Yes, they have more money.” While we imagine people of incredible […]
