Heavy Metal News
Green Day were scheduled to play a show in Bologna, Italy tonight (September 2) but were forced to cancel after frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was hospitalized. Although Armstrong’s cause of illness was not disclosed, drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt posted the video below delivering a personal message to fans. The forty second clip kicks off with Mike Dirnt talking to the camera with a message to the fans
The Darkness recently returned with their new disc ‘Hot Cakes’ on Aug. 21, ending a six year drought of new music from the Brit rockers. In a new interview, guitarist Dan Hawkins talks about playing in a band with his brother Justin and owning a custom Les Paul that was made for the legendary Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin fame. Dan Hawkins is definitely the more demure of the two
A few weeks ago it was reported that Sebastian Bach has been considering writing an autobiography chronicling his colorful life, but Bach feels that the press took what he said and ran with it, and not necessarily in the right direction. The rocker took to his Facebook page to issue an off-the cuff-statement to clarify what he said and get some things off his chest. Read what he had to
There’s an old saying that if it’s too loud, you’re too old. We’re not so sure this adage applies to the New Hampshire town in this particular case, where a woman was arrested after blaring AC/DC‘s anthem ‘Highway to Hell’ at 1AM. Joyce Coffey, 53, was arrested four times in a week for offenses like blaring music at all hours of the day and hitting her nephew with a frying
Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls and children of all ages showed up to see Fozzy in action as they headlined New York City’s Gramercy Theater on Thursday (Aug. 30). While many of us have seen Chris Jericho, the Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla, sweat it out in the wrestling ring, Fozzy fans also got the chance to see Y2J get the blood pumping onstage with his high octane band
Evanescence will wrap up their headlining run on the 2012 Carnival of Madness tour tonight (Sept. 2) in Buffalo, N.Y. In an interview conducted at the Atlantic City, N.J. stop earlier in the run, Amy Lee and the band talk about the influence of relationships on their writing, working together as a cohesive unit, stage clothes and even pigtails. When asked about writing largely about relationships through her lyrics, Lee
Insane Clown Posse recently unleashed their new album ‘The Mighty Death Pop!’ and to celebrate the successful release of the disc, the band has launched a scavenger hunt for their fans. The winner will receive a skinned Xbox 360 and a signed The Mighty Death Pop! box set! The ICP duo of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope have infiltrated Loudwire, along with seven other music websites, and have hidden their infamous