News Critics Tore This Metal Album to Shreds and Accidentally Helped it Sell a Million Copies November 18, 2023 12:19pm Critics be damned. An onslaught of negative reviews from the press might actually have been the gift that this now classic metal album needed to find a mainstream audience. […]
News The Metal Guitarist Who Was So Wasted, He played The Wrong Song at The MTV Music Awards November 18, 2023 11:10am Generally not the best idea to get wasted beyond recognition and then go play to millions at a televised awards show. Or maybe it is, who knows. Here’s the story of the metal band that had a disastrous MTV Awards set in the early 90s. […]
News Youch. Rage Against the Machine ‘Apologized’ For Inspiring This Huge Metal Band November 18, 2023 10:33am Rage Against the Machine are widely responsible for birthing a genre that they actively now condemn. Here’s the full story. […]
News Lemmy’s Cringe-Inducing Encounter With Three Ex-Girlfriends On Live TV November 18, 2023 10:10am Lemmy might have been the King of Cool, but getting ambushed by three exes on live television isn’t anyone’s idea of a good time. […]
News One of The Best Metal Albums of The Early 2000s Still Doesn’t Get The Respect it Deserves November 18, 2023 10:09am Darkest Hour’s ‘Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation’ is a criminally underrated gem that is far too often omitted from the early 2000s metal dialogue, despite being one of the best albums from that time period. […]
News The Ten Best Alice In Chains Songs November 18, 2023 10:09am Blending incomparable pain with irresistible vocal harmonies and heavy riffs, these 10 songs show why Alice In Chains are masters of misery. […]
News The Popular 1998 Metal Album That Did Not Age Well at All November 18, 2023 10:05am Any band that sticks around for long enough are bound to put out an occasional bad record. Slayer were supposed to be different. […]
News The Metal Musician Who Got A Million Dollar Sign-On Bonus For Joining a Popular Band November 18, 2023 10:04am Sign-on bonuses might be common in the corporate world, but they are almost unheard of for musicians. This bassist was worth every penny. […]
News How Touring In a Chevrolet Camaro Almost Killed These Thrash Icons November 18, 2023 10:02am We all start somewhere. When this legendary band took off on their first tour, they piled into their singer’s Camaro and hoped for the best. […]
News How Dave Grohl Got Revenge On The Most Important Emo Band Ever November 18, 2023 9:43am Interpersonal drama is hard for any band to stomach, but it’s a lot worse when these issues extend past the sphere of the group itself. […]