Rock History

Bring Me The Horizon have parted ways with Jordan Fish, who was with the band since ’12. Fish performed on the band’s ’13 album, “Sempiternal,” which he helped co-write. “That’s The Spirit,” “Amo” and “Post Human: Survival Horror” followed with Fish contributing programming, backing vocals and percussion. “I’m really grateful for my 11 years with the band, and extremely…

Doro Pesch has announced the digital release of “True Metal Maniacs“ with live footage from Wacken Open Air, the Monsters Of Rock Festival in Brazil and her 40th anniversary show in Düsseldorf. “The song expresses the strong unity and shared love of music and tells of a deep bond,” Doro stated. “True Metal Maniacs” is one of the five bonus tracks…

The Rolling Stones have released the music video for “Mess It Up,” a track from their “Hackney Diamonds” album. The clip features actor Nicholas Hoult who has appeared in “X-Men” films and is lined-up to play Lex Luthor in the forthcoming “Superman: Legacy” movie, “Mess It Up” has late Stones drummer Charlie Watts. He is also heard on “Live By…

The Dillinger Escape Plan will play three reunion shows at the Brooklyn Paramount in New York City on June 21st, 22nd and 23rd to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its ’99 debut album, “Calculating Infinity,” which has been lauded as a landmark release for the band and the Metalcore genre. They will play the album with co-founder and…

“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…

“I was just moving around and somebody was like, ‘you strut around a lot’,” noted The Struts singer/guitarist Luke Spiller. “From then on, we knew we had a great name. We couldn’t believe it hadn’t been taken.” Spiller, who had been playing in bands since his teens, teamed up with guitarist Adam Slack.  In 2012,…

“The Collection Of Dusty Hill of ZZ Top“ presented by Julien’s Auctions began on Thursday, December 7th. Hill’s signature 1953 Fender Precision bass, the most played instrument by Hill in this collection sold for $393,700. It was the second highest bass sold at auction behind Paul McCartney‘s Yamaha BB-1200 bass that went for $471,900 in ’21 breaking the…

Queensryche have released “Nocturnal Light,” the eighth video taken from the band’s latest album, “Digital Noise Alliance.” The video was enhanced through the use of AI. “This is a song spawned from the truly catastrophic year of 2020,” the band stated. Beginning with a relentless global pandemic with lockdowns… we had to endure natural disasters, racial injustices,…

Having role models is important. Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey of the L.A. Metal band Butcher Babies looked to Iron Maiden, Slayer, Slipknot and Pantera for inspiration. But standing above the rest was Wendy O. Williams, the frontwoman of the Plasmatics. “Wendy O. Williams (pictured) was the first female in Heavy Metal,” explained Shepherd. “We…

On December 22nd, Megadeth will present a new nonfungible token (NFT) collection featuring the band’s mascot, Vic Rattlehead (pictured). “Megadeth has always been about pushing boundaries, breaking rules and evolving with the times. That’s why we created Megadeth Digital, ‘explained frontman Dave Mustaine (pictured above). “This is not just another collection. It’s a celebration of our journey…