News Taylor Hawkins Had Hoped to Play With Foo Fighters Well Into His 70’s November 5, 2022 11:37am In a clip from a new documentary shot a few months before Taylor Hawkins’ passing, the drummer explained that he hoped to drum for Foo Fighters well into old age. […]
News This Was Chester Bennington’s Favorite Linkin Park Song November 5, 2022 11:35am Linkin Park wrote a lot of music during their active years, but the late Chester Bennington particularly gravitated towards one song the most. Read about his favorite Linkin Park song and why. […]
News Keith Richards Thought Metallica Were ‘A Joke’ November 5, 2022 10:45am Keith Richards has some pretty hot takes about metal artists, claiming John Lee Hooker is real metal, while Black Sabbath and Metallica are jokes. Ok then. […]
News 10 Riffs Metallica Stole From Other Bands November 5, 2022 10:43am When your career spans multiple decades, it’s hard to not “borrow” riffs from other bands, intentionally or not. Here are 10 riffs we think Metallica stole from other bands. […]
News When Corey Taylor Came Pretty Damn Close to Joining Anthrax November 5, 2022 10:37am At the time that Slipknot was making All Hope Is Gone, Corey Taylor was actually seriously considering joining Anthrax. Ultimately, though, his label stopped it from happening. Here’s the story. […]
News Before Guns N’ Roses, Slash Failed an Audition for Poison November 5, 2022 10:13am Before Guns N’ Roses formed and quickly took over the world, Slash actually reluctantly auditioned for Poison, making it to the last round before losing out to C.C. DeVille. Here’s the story. […]
News Watch Layne Staley Sing In a Pre-Alice In Chains Glam Metal Band November 4, 2022 7:37pm Prior to his days of being a grunge icon, the late Layne Staley was actually in an early incarnation of Alice In Chains that was a full on glam metal band. Watch the footage now. […]
News The Pit’s Favorite Riffs: Black Metal Rainbows Special Edition November 4, 2022 5:36pm For this week’s installment of The Pit’s Favorite Riffs, we are featuring a very special release that includes over 100 metal songs. […]
News Kerry King & Beastie Boys Didn’t Get Along While Making ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn’ November 4, 2022 5:34pm It’s not widely recognized that Kerry King laid down the iconic guitar parts on Beastie Boys’ ‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn.’ Despite the song’s massive success, Rick Rubin said that King and Beastie Boys were unfortunately not big fans of each other. Here’s the story. […]
News Lars Ulrich Says This Is His Least Favorite Metallica Song – ‘It sounds very awkward to me’ November 4, 2022 3:00pm Among the band’s entire catalog of songs, there is one Metallica track that drummer Lars Ulrich is not fond of in particular. […]
