THE METAL GOD, ROB HALFORD, REFLECTS BACK ON JUDAS PRIEST’S SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE TRIAL
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone reports: Twenty-five years ago today, a judge ruled that heavy-metal trendsetters Judas Priest were not liable for the deaths of two young men who cited the band’s music as the reason they killed themselves. One day in December 1985, the men — Raymond Belknap, then 18, and James Vance, 20 […]
WATCH “THE UKES OF HAZZARD” COVER METALLICA’S “ONE”
Damian Fanelli of Guitar World reports: Below, check out an all-ukulele cover of Metallica’s One. It’s performed by a guy who calls his project “Ukes of Hazzard.” “This was by far the most difficult cover I’ve done,” he says on YouTube. “It’s long, it’s intricate and devilishly fast at the end. The whole process of […]
DRUMMER BILL WARD EXPLAINS HIS STATEMENTS REGARDING BLACK SABBATH’S “13”
As previously reported, original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was interviewed for the latest episode of Eddie Trunk’s podcast, Eddie Trunk Podcast and made a few statement’s about Black Sabbath’s latest album, 13. Ward told Eddie, “I didn’t think [13] was successful at all. Well, in terms of live attendance, I think it’s gonna go, […]
DRUMMER BILL WARD SAYS THAT “SHARON [OSBOURNE] DEFINITELY DISLIKES ME, AND SHE HAS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME”
Original Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward was interviewed for the latest episode of Eddie Trunk’s podcast, “Eddie Trunk Podcast“. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by Blabbermouth.net. To listen to Eddie’s podcast with Bill Ward, please click here. On why he chose to go public with his reasons for pulling out of the reunion of the […]
FORMER GUNS N’ ROSES GUITARIST SLASH SAYS THE HE AND AXL ROSE HAVE REPAIRED THEIR ESTRANGED RELATIONSHIP
Blabbermouth.net reports that former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash has confirmed that he has rekindled his friendship with the band’s lead singer Axl Rose — six years after the frontman called him “a cancer.” Speaking to Aftonbladet TV in Sweden (see the video below), where Slash was making a special appearance on Friday (August 21st) […]
MOTORHEAD FRONTMAN LEMMY KILMISTER SAYS “I DRINK VODKA AND SMOKE A PACK A DAY”
Larry Getlen of The New York Post: For the past 40 years, Lemmy has lived up to his reputation as a hard-rocking, hard-living metal god. As frontman for the British band Motorhead, he counts among his die-hard fans Dave Grohl and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan. But now, at age 69 and living with diabetes […]