News Why Kurt Cobain Got Fired by the Melvins November 26, 2022 9:38am Even after he got big, Kurt always had massive love for the Melvins’ sludgy sound. Buzz Osborne loved him, too, but drugs got in the way too much and Buzz had to remove Kurt from production duties for Houdini. Here’s the story. […]
News Van Halen Helped Discover Alice in Chains November 26, 2022 9:35am Despite being from two different worlds, Sammy Hagar insisted that a then relatively unknown Alice in Chains open for a massive Van Halen tour. In hindsight, he may have been trying to hold onto his cred. Here’s the story. […]
News Dee Snider Didn’t Think Metallica Would Ever Make it Big November 26, 2022 9:33am Dee Snider played with Metallica before they were first signed, and didn’t think the band would go anywhere. Whoopsies. […]
News Axl Rose Says Stop Flying Those Damn Drones at Him While He’s Trying to Rock November 25, 2022 1:13pm Axl Rose took to Twitter to vent about how concert bootleggers are now flying drones up to the stage during Guns N’ Roses shows to get the perfect shot. […]
News Chad of Nickelback’s Brother Proclaims Him ‘Best Songwriter Of Our Time’ November 25, 2022 1:00pm Nickelback has remained one of the more divisive rock bands of this century. But Chad Kroeger’s biggest fan might be his brother. […]
News Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan Didn’t Like the Black Sabbath Album He Sang On: ‘I threw it out of the window of my car’ November 25, 2022 12:31pm Deep Purple and Black Sabbath sound on paper like the perfect peanut butter and chocolate music combo. Once he heard the Sabbath record he handled vocals on though, Ian Gillan was horrified. […]
News Nickelback Used Pieces of Dimebag’s Unreleased Pantera Solos on their Biggest-Selling Album November 25, 2022 12:06pm What in the hell? Nickelback says they used parts of Dime’s unused Cowboys from Hell & Far Beyond Driven solos on their massive album, All the Right Reasons […]
News BABYMETAL Will Have ‘Silent Mosh Pits’ at Shows for Parents, Kids & Those ‘not confident in their physical strength’ November 25, 2022 11:17am BABYMETAL always look out for safety when they perform, but this one’s a bit of a headscratcher. […]
News Ghost Got Done Dirty at AMA’s: Wrong Band Photo, Wrong Name & More November 25, 2022 9:59am It’s taken a long time for award shows to even warm up to metal. Now when they actually acknowledge it, they still find ways to screw it up. […]
News Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Shares Why His Mark Wahlberg Movie Fell Apart November 24, 2022 9:41am In a new interview, Coheed and Cambria maestro Claudio Sanchez sheds light on what happened to the feature-film adaptation of his graphic novel series that he was at one time working on with Leverage Pictures and some no-named scrub actor called Mark Wahlberg. […]