Heavy Metal News
It’s debatable of where the music hot spot was over the weekend, but one of the highlights was Foo Fighters‘ set at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival. ? Foo Fighters marked the occasion by pulling out a rarely played song for the show. Dave Grohl told the audience that it was a special show and the band had been working on the song ‘Aurora’ to play live specifically for the event.
In what is being described as “vintage Metallica” in reviews, the metal giants returned to San Francisco, Calif. on Saturday night (Aug. 11) to close out night two of the musically and culturally diverse Outside Lands Festival at the picturesque Golden Gate Park. Even before the festival got underway, the members of Metallica were raving about the gig. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Entertainment Weekly’s MusicMix, “The whole vibe there is
The surviving Beastie Boys and the estate of late member Adam Yauch have filed a lawsuit against Monster Energy for the unauthorized use of their music in a new promotional campaign — and as the recently filed will of Yauch makes clear, the group will never agree to license its songs for ads. The Monster Energy suit springs from the energy drink maker’s use of a handful of Beastie Boys songs
When former Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan isn’t rocking out on stage with one of his bands Velvet Revolver or Loaded, he pens a regular column for ‘Seattle Weekly’ that covers everything from sports to politics and of course music. In his latest column, the legendary bassist digs a little deeper into the music scene, interviewing Jack White who recently released his solo debut ‘Blunderbuss.’ McKagan starts off his
Red Hot Chili Peppers fans, the time is almost upon us. Earlier this year the group revealed that they had a wealth of songs that they would be releasing on top of the music that fans were already getting from the ‘I’m With You’ album. The tracks were recorded during the sessions for their latest record, and the first of nine pairs of 7-inch singles will be release this Friday
AFI‘s Davey Havok and Jade Puget are out to show that just because Blaqk Audio is primarily electronic doesn’t mean it can’t be gritty. So while finding a way to preview their new songs for a mass audience, the duo shot a trailer using cityscapes to provide the visuals for the music on their new album ‘Bright Black Heaven.’ The band just debuted a two-and-a-half minute trailer featuring snippets of
Slash has seen and been through a lot in the music industry, and one thing that he’s learned over the years is to follow his own path. The guitarist knows the highs experienced early in his career and he says that he’s decided not to let expectations from the past get the better of him. The guitar slinger told the Boston Phoenix, “I’m not really dictated by other people’s expectations.