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Bassist Paul D’ Amour and guitarist Adam Jones came to Hollywood, the land of eternal promise, to get jobs in the movie biz. But they ended up forming Tool in the early 90’s with the addition of Danny Carney on drums and vocalist Maynard James Keenan. First out of the box was the EP “Opiate”…
The Offspring originally signed with Epitaph Records. “Ignition” rolled out in ’92 and went gold – shipping 500,000 units. Their next recording “Ixnay On The Hombre”” sold over a million copies but “Americana” chalked up three million in sales. “Conspiracy Of One,” the band’s sixth full-length effort arrived in ’00. The album was the last…
“In The Barn Of The Goat Giving Birth To Satan’s Spawn In A Dying World Of Doom,” is the second song released from Volbeat’s ninth album, “God Of Angels Trust.” “I had so much fun writing these lyrics. It’s about the outcasts and fallen angels of God — all the angels that were cast out…
“Bonescraper” is Machine Head’s third single from their upcoming eleventh studio album, “Unatoned,” due April 25th. “This one is for those of us with darkness in our heart, a song about love lost, and a song for those who fail at love… but keep on trying… hence, we scrape our bones to numb the pain,” shared…
“Caramel,” the second track released from Sleep Token’s upcoming fourth album “Even In Arcadia,” has dropped. It follows “Emergence,” which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Hard Rock chart, and held the top spot on iTunes. The track garnered 9.9 million official U.S. streams in its first full streaming week and entered the Billboard Hot 100…
3/31 Concert Executive Order Signed President Donald Trump, with Kid Rock in attendance, signs an executive order that takes aim at ticket scalpers using “bots and other means to acquire large quantities of face-value tickets” and reselling them at “an enormous markup on the secondary market.” 4/1 Can Neil Young Return? Canadian-born Neil Young, a Trump critic, is…
‘From Me To U,” a collaboration between Babymetal and Poppy, has arrived. “I have been a fan of Babymetal for years and I am so happy for this song to finally be here,” enthused Poppy. “They have inspired me so much.” “Negative Spaces,” Poppy’s sixth studio album, dropped last year. The track will be on Babymetal’s fifth…
“We’re psyched to share that ‘Master Of Puppets’ has just made its way into Spotify’s Billions Club,” Metallica announced (on 4/4). The title track from Metallica’s third album, released in ’86. joins the band’s “Nothing Else Matters” and “Enter Sandman” in the Billions Club, a playlist launched in ’20 with songs that surpassed one billion streams on the…
Guitarists Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) and Richie Kotzen (The Winery Dogs) have rolled out “Black Light/White Noise,” featuring the lead single “White Noise.” “The song is about the rise of social media, how people get addicted to it, the power of it and how we get bombarded with it 24/7,” explained Smith. According to Kotzen the song originated…
L.A. Guns’ album, “Leopard Skin,” has arrived. It is the band’s first effort since their return to Cleopatra Records, the L.A. based indie label. Cleopatra released “Hollywood Forever” in ’12. The lead track from “Leopard Skin” was “Taste It.” In support of their fifteenth album, L.A. Guns plan to tour extensively this year beginning with a tour that launches…