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Atreyu has announced their next studio album “The End Is Not The End,“ will arrive April 24th. “It’s our heaviest, most Metal record we’ve made,” offers frontman Brandon Saller (pictured above). “But it’s also the biggest musical journey we’ve taken in years.” The set contains the new single “All For You.” “It’s hard to give someone what they…
Bob and Doug McKenzie (Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas) were two characters on the “Great White North,” a featured segment on the early ’80s weekly late-night comedy SCTV. The “typical Canadians” guzzled beer, feasted on back bacon and argued. The ultimate put down line was “Take off.” The lads wanted to make an album and…
If you’re gonna be a big hair & make-up band it might be a good idea to have a licensed cosmetologist in the group. That was the previous calling of Poison’s bassist Bobby Dall (a.k.a. Robert Kuy Kendall). Look What The Cat Dragged In Vocalist Bret Michaels (a.k.a. Bret Michael Sychak) and Dall shot out…
Cream consisted of established British musicians: Guitarist Eric Clapton (Yardbirds, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers), bassist Jack Bruce (Graham Bond Organization, John Mayall) and drummer Ginger Baker (Graham Bond Organization). There was the debut album “Fresh Cream” followed by “Disraeli Gears” with the psychedelic cover (pictured), The double set “Wheels On Fire” with half recorded in the…
Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst and singer-guitarist Adam Gontier hailed from the small Canadian burg of Norwood. Drummer Neil Sanderson grew up twenty-five miles away in a town called Peterborough. Re-locating to Toronto Three Days Grace teamed with producer Gavin Brown. On the strength of “I Hate Everything About You” the group earned a…
Kurt Cobain’s first musical contribution was hauling gear for the Melvins, whose early work was key in Grunge’s development. That gig led Cobain to Krist Novoselic. Their initial effort had Cobain on drums and Novoselic playing guitar. When Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover joined, Cobain moved to guitar and Novoselic handled bass. Starting out as Ed,…
Knocked Loose has shared “Hive Mind,” featuring Rapper Denzel Curry. “This is something we’ve talked about doing for a long time,” comments Knocked Loose vocalist Bryan Garris (pictured above). “We wondered if we could pull it off and who would be down. In the very beginning, we said for it to work, it would have to be Denzel Curry. Because…
Amaranthe Chaos Theory Amaranthe: Chaos Theory “We felt like this is a really uptempo song and it’s a song that is really looking forward a lot as, at the same time, it’s looking back to maybe our first couple of albums,” noted Swedish band’s guitarist Olof Mörck. “It has a little bit of ‘Amaranthe’ (2011) and ‘The Nexus’ (2013) kind…
Buckcherry will embark leg one of a tour commencing May 2nd at the M3 Rock Festival in Columbia, MD. In addition, this leg also includes the band’s first appearances at the Welcome To Rockville (Daytona Beach, FL) and Sonic Temple (Columbus, OH) festivals. The tour is in support of Buckcherry’s eleventh album “Roar Like Thunder.” Buckcherry “Let It Roar” Tour Dates: Buckcherry Tickets May…
Normal Isn’t Impetuous 2/6 Puscifer: Normal Isn’t “‘Normal Isn’t’ reflects this time we are living in,” states Maynard James Keenan. “As storytellers and artists, our job is to observe, interpret, and report. We take in our environment and share what we see, and what we see around us does not appear normal. Not by a long shot.”…