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SEBASTIAN BACH Throws Shade At DAVID DRAIMAN For 'Siding' With JOE ROGAN Over NEIL YOUNG In COVID 'Misinformation' Fight

Sebastian Bach has thrown shade at DISTURBED singer David Draiman for praising Spotify's announcement that it would remove Neil Young's music two days after Young demanded that his catalog be taken off in response to "fake information about vaccines" being "spread" on the platform via Joe Rogan's po...

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DISTURBED's DAVID DRAIMAN 'Applauds' SPOTIFY For Removing NEIL YOUNG's Music Over COVID 'Misinformation' Fight

DISTURBED singer David Draiman has praised Spotify's announcement that it is in the process of removing Neil Young's music two days after Young demanded that his catalog be removed in response to "fake information about vaccines" on the platform. In a now-deleted post on his web site, Young said the...

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SEBASTIAN BACH And JAMEY JASTA React To NEIL YOUNG's Threat To Pull Music From SPOTIFY Over JOE ROGAN's COVID 'Disinformation'

Sebastian Bach (SKID ROW) and Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) have weighed in on Neil Young's decision to issue a letter to his management team demanding Spotify to remove his music from the streaming service over vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan's podcast. In a now-deleted post on his web site, Young sa...

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Rockers React To Passing Of MEAT LOAF

Brian May (QUEEN),Slash (GUNS N' ROSES),Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH),David Draiman (DISTURBED),Frank Bello (ANTHRAX),Dino Cazares (FEAR FACTORY),Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE) and SCORPIONS are among the rockers who have reacted to the passing of iconic rock singer Meat Loaf. He died on Thursday at t...

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OPETH's MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Pays Tribute To BUDGIE's BURKE SHELLEY

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has paid tribute to vocalist/bassist Burke Shelley of legendary Welsh rockers BUDGIE who died on Monday, January 10 at the age of 71. Earlier today, Mikael took to OPETH's social media to write: "I almost choked on my coffee this morning when I read that one of my ido...

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TED NUGENT Repeats Baseless Conspiracy Theories On First Anniversary Of U.S. Capitol Riot

Ted Nugent has once again repeated the baseless conspiracy theory that the riot at the U.S. Capitol was orchestrated by undercover FBI agents, Antifa and Black Lives Matter. On January 6, 2021, supporters of former president Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, vandalized the building and assaulte...

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TWISTED SISTER To Release 'Greatest Hits - Tear It Loose (Studio & Live)'

For the first time ever on vinyl, TWISTED SISTER and Friday Music have teamed up to create the ultimate heavy metal hits collection with TWISTED SISTER's "Greatest Hits - Tear It Loose (Studio & Live)". Compiled from the original Atlantic Records tape vaults by TWISTED SISTER's co-founder Jay Ja...

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Ecdysis

Frequently tipped for greatness, and not just because vocalist Lena Scissorhands looks more like a rock star than just about anybody else on the planet right now, INFECTED RAIN have a sound that seems to chime perfectly with mainstream metal's current predilections. Broadly speaking, the Moldovans h...

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Epigone

Some of us are still recovering from hearing the last WILDERUN album, 2019's "Veil of Imagination", for the first time. Not that the pursuit of the perfect progressive metal hybrid is any kind of sensible endeavor, but there was something extraordinarily rich and all-encompassing about the music on...

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JOHN 5 Says EDDIE VAN HALEN's Tech Tuned His Guitar 'A Little Out Of Tune Because He Would Press Down So Hard'

In a recent interview with "The Mistress Carrie Podcast", John 5 agreed with the often-repeated claim that the vast majority of a guitarist's tone comes from his or her playing technique, not their gear. "I believe that the tone really comes from your hands and just how your hands hit those strings...

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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE's JESSE LEACH: 'We Need To Engage In Dialogue And Civil Discussion To Learn Anything From Each Other'

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE frontman Jesse Leach has implored his social media followers to engage in civil discourse about sometimes divisive issues, saying we "have much to learn from one another even if we do feel a stark disagreement with another." The 43-year-old singer, who has been open about his battl...

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Agma

It may only be those who sleep with an HM-2 pedal under their pillow who noticed, but WOMBBATH delivered one of the all-time great comeback records with "Downfall Rising" in 2015. A mere six years later, the Swedish death metal veterans are delivering their fifth post-return full-length, and it is b...

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Ex-GUNS N' ROSES Drummer MATT SORUM Mourns Death Of ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU

Former GUNS N' ROSES drummer Matt Sorum is mourning the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the human rights crusader who died in South Africa at the age of 90. He had reportedly been in ill health for years. On Sunday (December 26),Sorum took to his Instagram to write: "Very Sad to hear of the passi...

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JOHN 5 Doesn't Think 'NAMM Show' Will Last More Than Another Five Years

ROB ZOMBIE guitarist John 5 and TWISTED SISTER guitarist Eddie Ojeda were guests on a recent episode of the "Hangin' & Bangin': Artists On Lockdown" online show, where they were joined by Vinny Appice (BLACK SABBATH, DIO),Carmine Appice (OZZY OSBOURNE, VANILLA FUDGE) and host Ron Onesti. During...

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HENRY ROLLINS: Why I Stopped Making Music

During a recent appearance on producer Rick Rubin's "Broken Record" podcast, punk rock icon Henry Rollins discussed his decision to stop making music 15 years ago after spending well over a decade recording and touring with ROLLINS BAND, his alt-rock powerhouse. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOU...