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Gwar singer Oderus Urungus was one of the first artists to not only support Lamb of God‘s Randy Blythe after he was arrested in the Czech Republic, he was also among the first to single out the lack of mainstream media coverage for the musician. Now the vocalist, aka Dave Brockie, is taking things a step further by hosting a Randy Blythe legal defense fundraiser Aug. 31 at the Canal
Judas Priest’s 1982 album ‘Screaming for Vengeance’ will see a special 30th anniversary edition released on Sept. 4. The band’s eighth album has been their biggest commercial success and was their first record to go double-platinum. It included the hit singles ‘You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” and “Electric Eye.’ The 2012 version of ‘Screaming for Vengeance’ has been remastered, and includes several bonus tracks. ‘Devil’s Child’ and the ‘Turbo’ outtake
After recent word that a new album of previously unreleased Mad Season material is in the works, the band’s drummer Barrett Martin has revealed that singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) will be contributing vocals to the effort. The band’s original vocalist, Layne Staley (Alice in Chains), died in 2002. Mad Season was a supergroup formed in 1994 by Staley, guitarist Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), bassist John
Enjoy your faces while you still have them, because Between the Buried and Me‘s first single from their upcoming full-length, ‘The Parallax II: Future Sequence,’ is going to melt it off Indiana Jones-style. The new BTBAM track ‘Telos’ picks up exactly where the band left off from their 2011 EP, ‘The Parallax: Hypersleep Chronicles,’ with their unique blend of spacey progressive rock, death metal and highly technical experimentation. Between the
Our hearts go out to Deftones bassist Chi Cheng and his family, as yet another bout of pneumonia is keeping the musician in the hospital. Back in June, Cheng, who has been in a three-plus-year coma, was supposed to be sent home after battling pneumonia but now remains hospitalized with another bout with the illness. Chi Cheng fell into a coma after a 2008 auto accident. He has been under
Disturbed vocalist David Draiman has added a little more clarification on his weekend Twitter commentary about parents bringing infants to late night movie theater screenings. In his initial posting, Draiman suggested that those parents who think it’s okay to take their infants out on the town with them should give up their children for adoption to parents who know what it means to be responsible and sacrifice on behalf of
Guns N’ Roses know a thing or two about making a wedding scene, as evidenced years ago in the ‘November Rain’ video. But in real life, the group made a surprise detour in Saint-Tropez, France Saturday night playing a private wedding concert for a wealthy pal. Further making it a special night was the fact that reclusive guitarist Izzy Stradlin turned up to join his former GN’R bandmate Axl Rose