NEW BOOK, “THE WORLD’S STATE-OF-THE-ART SPEED METAL BAND: THE MEGADETH STORY 1983-2002,” AVAILABLE NOW
With each passing year of the 1980’s, it seemed like the amount of hairspray, make-up, and spandex outfits modeled by heavy metal bands increased dramatically. And forget about a deep lyrical message in their tunes – it seemed to be all about partying and/or rocking. But in the metal underground, there was a movement of […]
DREAM THEATER ANNOUNCE THE “PARASOMNIA” 2025 TOUR, STARTING SEPTEMBER 5TH IN PENNSYLVANIA
On the heels of their successful 2025 40th Anniversary sold-out North American tour that wrapped at Radio City Music Hall in March, GRAMMY®-winning, progressive music titans Dream Theater are announcing another run of dates in the United States. As referenced nightly from the stage on the last run, the upcoming tour will be An Evening With Dream Theater […]
EXISTING VIDEO REPORTEDLY SHOW’S, TAIME DOWNE’S FIANCEE, JUMPING OVERBOARD ON 80’S CRUISE
The Hollywood Reporter reports: A video shows Kimberly Burch jumping overboard from the ’80s Cruise, a source tells The Hollywood Reporter. Burch went overboardfrom the Royal Caribbean ship earlier this week, though it was unclear whether she fell or jumped. Security footage from the ship appears to show the latter. The Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas […]
TESLA’S BRIAN WHEAT DISCUSSES HIS DISDAIN, AND RELUCTANT ACCEPTANCE, OF THE TERM “HAIR METAL”
In a new interview with Ethan Dometrius, Tesla bassist Brian Wheat once again took issue with the label “hair metal,” saying that the pejorative term was coined as a way to disparage acts thought to have been all flash and no substance. Regarding Tesla being unfairly lumped in with such acts as Mötley Crüe, Ratt, Skid Row and L.A. Guns, Wheat said (as transcribed by blabbermouth.net). “I think Tesla probably has more […]
NEW YORK DOLLS FRONTMAN, AND SINGER BUSTER POINDEXTER, AKA DAVID JOHANSEN, PASSES AT AGE 75
Legendary New York Dolls rocker David Johansen has died at age 75. His stepdaughter Leah Hennessey confirmed the sad news, saying the punk icon had passed away Friday at his home on Staten Island. The New York native revealed just last month that he was suffering from stage four cancer, a brain tumor and a […]
“LOUDER THAN LIFE” 2025 LINE-UP ANNOUNCED: SLAYER, BRUCE DICKINSON, SEBASTIAN BACH, DREAM THEATER, STP, DOWN, QUEENSRŸCHE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN; 160 BANDS APPEARING ACROSS SIX STAGES HAPPENING SEPTEMBER 18TH-21ST IN KENTUCKY
Louder Than Life will be disturbing the peace in 2025 with one of the biggest and LOUDEST festivals in North America all year. Over 160 bands will perform on six stages September 18th-21st at the Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, KY for the 11th edition of Louder Than Life. Louder Than […]