Archive for July 22nd, 2012

Disturbed’s David Draiman Questioning Parents Who Bring Infants to Movie Theaters

The tragic movie theater shooting in Colorado has brought up a number of issues, including the fact that there were small children at the midnight showing of the new ‘Batman’ film, ‘The Dark Knight Rises.’ The often outspoken Disturbed singer David Draiman took to his Twitter account to add his two cents to the discussion, first posting a CNN report using the children that were in the theater at the time

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson Calls Out Texting ‘Wanker’ at Indianapolis Show

The lights may be bright and the bands may be putting their full effort into rocking the audience, but here’s a tip for fans especially close to the stage – the band members can still see you. Unfortunately for one fan, he found that out the hard way when he got singled out by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson in front of the whole audience at a recent show in

Testament’s Chuck Billy Talks ‘Dark Roots of Earth’ Album + Cancer Perspective

Thrash metal icons Testament are closing in on 30 years as a band and showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, singer Chuck Billy says the group is sounding really good at the moment and he’s anxious to get their latest music out to the people. Of the new disc, ‘Dark Roots of Earth,’ the singer tells the Raffo Review, “I would say it’s got a little bit of

Gaslight Anthem Follow Life of a Record in ‘Handwritten’ Short Film

Gaslight Anthem have made the most of the video format to tell a story with their new short film for the song ‘Handwritten.’ Drummer Benny Horowitz came up with the concept of the cyclical tale of a record’s life cycle and then handed things off to director Kevin Slack to shoot the story. Horowitz tells AbsolutePunk.net, “The original concept stemmed from an idea I had about following the life of

Slipknot’s Corey Taylor Calls Paul Gray’s Contributions ‘Almost Orchestral’

Slipknot‘s members may individually be tinkering around with ideas for new music, but singer Corey Taylor tells BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe that it will be a difficult task working without the creative force that was bassist Paul Gray. Taylor explained, “There’s a huge void that has to be filled musically. He brought something so different to what we do … There was something so different about what Paul

Rob Zombie Says Entitled Attitude Can Kill a Lot of Music Careers

Rob Zombie has a pretty solid grasp on the music industry at this point, having started with White Zombie and now spending over a decade as a solo artist, so he speaks from a place of knowledge and young rockers would be wise to be taking notes. The singer tells Spin that attitude and believing your own hype has brought down many a performer over the years. He explains, “I

Deftones Guitarists Finding Middle Ground for New Record

The Deftones are closing in on a new record, and as the group ages, singer Chino Moreno says there are better and more collaborative relationships building within the band. He says in the latest issue of Revolver (via ThePrp), “It’s not like on some of our previous records where you can hear that Stephen [Carpenter] wrote all the heavy stuff and I wrote all the p—y songs. We wrote organically