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"He was the band, really. We were all a part of the band, but he was the most irreplaceable one out of all of...
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"He was the band, really. We were all a part of the band, but he was the most irreplaceable one out of all of...
Well, you really can’t deny the statement above, attributed to Ratt’s dearly departed guitarist, Robbin Crosby. Because, for a time in the early and...
So, sure. I wrote that headline and believe me, I'm still trying to process seeing footage of Iron Maiden (in wigs no less) performing...
The footage of Ozzy taped for use by Entertainment Tonight was shot in early December of 1981 (not 1982 as the video notes). Ozz...
As a forever fan of heavy metal folklore, here's a nice throwback to 1988 and the not-so-secret gig Iron Maiden played at the storied...
"Right from the beginning, it was girls, money, and drugs. From the first moment we put our guitars on."–rhythm guitarist and co-founder of Anthrax,...
Listen up all you Motörhead fans! A new 144-page graphic novel that promises to tell the story of Motörhead (with a strong focus on...
Rob Halford has always had a soft spot in his heart for Phoenix. In the early 80s, (as detailed in chapter ten of his...
Though the date is listed as 1985, this footage of the Scorpions filmed at Madison Square Garden was actually shot in 1984 while the...
Though he was joking, hearing Rob Halford say, in 1982, that the mighty Judas Priest still had a few years in them, sounds ludicrous...
When 1984 rolled around, there had been plenty of reports that Van Halen's members were not exactly on the best of terms. That same...
Today for your headbanging pleasure, I'm excited to bring you yet another post about metal bands covering the music of other bands. So far,...
"Members of Australian punk rock group AC/DC must decide if they are strippers or musicians. Until they do, the station will not associate with...
Come With Me to the Crypt of Eternity!
If you're reading this, congratulations. You survived the orange hell that was 2020 and the first 20 or so days of January 2021. That...
When Al Jourgensen of Ministry got the gig to sing a jingle for a television commercial extolling the "pizzazz" of Shasta Soda, he was...
Metal Gods covering THE Metal Gods
Metallica has been around ever since that fateful day in 1981 when Lars Ulrich ended up meeting James Hetfield after responding to Hetfield's ad...
A year before Van Halen embarked on the World Vacation Tour in 1979, their first as the headlining act, Eddie Van Halen spoke to...
Metallica rolled into Boston, Massachusetts, on January 22nd, 1984 (according to Metallica's official tour schedule and the venue's show archive), for a gig at...
In 1992 (after leaving MTV for FOX), The Ben Stiller Show, led by comedian Ben Stiller and a cast of crazies, continued to parody...
After releasing two of the greatest metal albums of all time, Ozzy took a break as he struggled with the grief of losing his...
Today, August 25th, 2020, is Rob Halford's 69th birthday (nice!) and we thought we would celebrate the Metal God's defining feature… his voice! The...
