KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons has once again admitted that he was “completely wrong” about marijuana’s benefits in the past. The KISS bassist/vocalist, who has always promoted clean living and scoffed at peers who snort drugs and get high, made headlines in March 2018 when he landed an odd new gig as “chief evangelist officer” at Canadian cannabis and fertilizer company Invictus. […]
Foo Fighters played a private corporate show in Las Vegas at the Hard Rock on Wednesday night, The performance was part of the CES 2019 trade show. The same show where Dave fell off the stage after chuggin a beer. Dave Seen a fan partying in the audience and invited him on the stage. His […]
Les Claypool is the mastermind behind Primus, Colonel Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and the South Park theme tune. In short, his musical history is a bit weird. The madcap Primus frontman caught up with Kerrang! recently to talk about his legacy as not just a legendary bassist, but for […]
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach says that he needs time “to get help” after recently informing fans that he and his wife of over 16 years, Melissa, have decided to go separate ways. Leach, who has been open about his battles with anxiety and depression, took to Instagram Friday night (January 11) to let his followers know that he would be […]
Assemble the menagerie, unearth your Zamunda currency, and practice your hand-to-hand combat techniques, because Eddie Murphy is back, y’all, and he’s set to star in COMING TO AMERICA 2, the long-gestating sequel to John Landis‘ 1988 original romantic comedy. News of the project comes courtesy of Deadline, who reports that HUSTLE & FLOW helmer Craig Brewer will direct Murphy as he […]
LAST IN LINE singer Andrew Freeman says that there are “a couple” of “dicks” in the DIO DISCIPLES camp who have prevented him from playing certain shows because of his involvement with Vivian Campbell. The DEF LEPPARD guitarist, along with drummer Vinny Appice and bassist Jimmy Bain, was part of DIO‘s first incarnation, which reunited in 2012 alongside Freeman to form LAST IN LINE. Asked in a new interview with […]
At a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah back in 2010, Nickelback took a crack at Garth Brooks‘ “Friends In Low Places,” “It’s starting to feel like a Honky Tonk in here!” exclaimed lead vocalist, Chad Kroeger. “The [song] that always gets played in dive bars and Honky Tonks and shit like that, is this song.”
Tool put on an epic arena-filling stage show, but they’ve never been ones for pyro. Their vibe is more psychedelic, with hallucinogenic projections and trippy lasers. In 2011, when Maynard, Adam, Justin and Danny played Australia’s Big Day Out festival, they were somewhat unwilling introduced to the wonders of fire and lots of it by those […]
Foo Fighters were playing their first show of 2019 on Wednesday (9 January) at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, when their frontman decided to take a walk around stage. After attempting to chug his favourite beer, Bud Light, down in one, the rocker then went back up to the main stage before […]
Slayer’s Gary Holt just slammed Imagine Dragons with this Socisl Media post Just watched the college football half time show to see just how bad it really was. PLEASE no more calling this shittiest band on earth “ rock”, they are simply the crappiest excuse for a band I’ve ever heard. Uggggh. Just awful . […]
Metallica played a twangy country arrangement of “The Four Horsemen” on acoustic instruments at a special gig for charity late last year. In the just-released clip of the performance, James Hetfield amped up the grit in his voice as he sang, “Choose your fate and die,” while Kirk Hammett used a slide, Robert Trujillo played some […]
Three-Day Woodstock Festival From Original Organizer Coming This Summer “Woodstock ’99 was just a musical experience with no social significance,” Michael Lang says of Woodstock 50. “With this one, we’re going back to our roots and our original intent After months of rumors, Woodstock co-creator Michael Lang has confirmed to Rolling Stonethat a three-day festival honoring the […]
