Megadeth

Megadeth

It’s rare a musician gets bounced from a major group like Metallica for drug abuse and being difficult (the former usually causes the latter) and starts a successful group. Launched in ’83, following guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine’s stint with Metallica, Megadeth’s debut “Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good” dropped less than two years later….

Nicks Says No Christine, No Reason

Nicks Says No Christine, No Reason

Stevie Nicks says she sees “no reason” to continue Fleetwood Mac without keyboardist and co-vocalist Christine McVie, who passed away last year. The band last performed together four years ago (’19). “When Christine (pictured) died, I felt like you can’t replace her,” Nicks told Vulture. “She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my…

Best Of New Album Releases

Best Of New Album Releases

Heart‘s Ann Wilson and her band Tripsitter have released “Another Door.”   Tripsitter: Ryan Wariner (guitars), Tom Bukovac (guitars), Paul Moak (guitars & keyboards), Tony Lucido (bass) and Sean T Lane (drums). The set features the ballad single “This Is Now.” Black Stone Cherry has released is eighth studio album “Screamin’ At The Sky,” featuring the title track.  “We envisioned standing around a bonfire and just letting…

Rolling Stones Guitarist No Fan Of Rap

Rolling Stones Guitarist No Fan Of Rap

Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards recently offered his unfavorable opinion of Rap. “I don’t really like to hear people yelling at me and telling me it’s music… I can get enough of that without leaving my house.” Richards and his bandmates will release “Hackney Diamonds,” the Rolling Stones first album of original material since ‘05 (“A Bigger…

Black Sabbath Ballet Premieres

Black Sabbath Ballet Premieres

“Black Sabbath – The Ballet” premiered at Hippodrome theatre in London (on 9/23). The ballet included eight specially reorchestrated Black Sabbath songs, including “Paranoid,” and “Iron Man,” plus other songs from the band’s early 1970s catalog.   Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi came up on stage at the end of the performance to play “Paranoid.”   Bassist Geezer Butler and Sharon Osbourne,…

Corey Taylor Tops Mainstream Rock Chart

Corey Taylor Tops Mainstream Rock Chart

Corey Taylor has scored his second solo #1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, with “Beyond.” The track is from Taylor’s sophomore solo studio album, “CMF2″ which was produced by Jay Ruston. He also worked on ’20’s “CMFT.” “We’re not afraid to tell each other if it’s a good idea, or also a bad one; we have that…

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“Confessions Of The Fallen” Has Arrived

“Confessions Of The Fallen,” Staind’s eighth studio album, has dropped. The album contains “Lowest In Me,” the band’s fifth single to reach #1 on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, following “Not Again,” “So Far Away,” “Right Here” and “It’s Been Awhile.” Additional singles: the power ballad “Here And Now,” “In This Condition” and “Cycle Of…

Marilyn Manson Fined & Sentenced

Marilyn Manson Fined & Sentenced

Marilyn Manson was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and fined Monday after pleading no contest to blowing his nose on a videographer during his ‘19 concert in New Hampshire. Manson was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple assault stemming from the encounter with the videographer during a concert in Gilford, NH. Prosecutors agreed…