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Bring Me The Horizon played their first show since the departure of longtime keyboardist Jordan Fish on 1/9 in Cardiff, Wales. But the concert had to be halted twice to assist potentially injured concertgoers. At the end of the song “Kool-Aid” frontman Oli Sykes descended from a raised stage to tend to a concertgoer. Also, “Diamonds Aren’t…
Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan has earned his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. “It’s [jiu-jitsu] the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life; it’s the hardest,” noted Keenan. “I’m getting snowflakey weepy. It’s not something that you are handed. You have to do the work to get it.” Reports state that Keenan has been training in jiu-jitsu since…
“Roads To Madness: The Touring History Of Queensrÿche (1981-1997)“ will be published in March. The book covers all the concert dates that feature band’s original lineup. Pre-order at nwmetalworxmusic.com. The progressive heavy metal band formed in the early ’80’s and have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the U.S. A limited…
The year’s news begins and ends with Jay Weinberg. 4/1 Drummer Jay Weinberg debuts a new mask. Weinberg worked with Japanese artist Solid Blackline to create a new mask specially for Knotfest Japan shows. 6/7 Just prior to the start of a European tour, Slipknot co-founder and percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) states that he will…
Metallica’s “72 Seasons” was released amid a very busy year. NCAA bans Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” during the first round NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament in March. The Virginia Tech Hokies use the song as entrance music. The ban was to keep the Virginia Tech’s Cassell Coliseum venue ‘neutral’. No matter. Virginia Tech fans respond by loudly chanting “Enter…
The Final Countdown – Europe The title track from the band’s third album was based on a keyboard riff written by lead vocalist John Tempest. The song peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 in ’86. Funky New Year – The Eagles The B-side of “Please Come Home For Christmas,” the song was composed by…
Next year, Slipknot will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut by playing “Slipknot” in its entirety. “You’re talking about the anniversary of one of the greatest Metal albums,” stated percussionist M. Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown) in a recent Kerrang! interview “You think for one moment that this album isn’t going to be played in…
“We consider ourselves more an atmospheric melodic symphonic Metal/Rock band,” stated Within Temptation frontwoman Sharon den Adel. “In my opinion, we are not a gothic band but we have gothic elements.” Within Temptation formed in South Holland, Netherlands. A year later, in 1997, they released their debut album “Enter,” which established the band in the…
Megadeth has teamed with The Realest for an exclusive memorabilia auction, including stage-played and signed items, kicking off on November 27th. “There’s a whole world out there of really valuable, important stuff that if somebody is a fan of an artist or an athlete, or anybody… they wanna get something authentic that belongs to that person,”…
Following the sale of an Eric Clapton guitar for $1.27 million, a Kurt Cobain guitar goes for $1,587,500 during Julien’s Auctions “Played, Worn And Torn: Rock N’ Roll Iconic Guitars And Memorabilia” event (on 11/17). The “Skystang I” guitar was played by the late Nirvana frontman during his final public performance on band’s ’93 – ’94…