Search results for 'bad brains'

News

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS: 'Living The Dream' Artwork Unveiled; 'Driving Rain' Single Available

SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS will release their new album titled "Living The Dream" on September 21 via Slash's own label Snakepit Records, in partnership with Roadrunner Records. The group unleashed "Driving Rain" — the first single off "Living The Dream" — today, to radio. Li...

News

SUICIDE SILENCE Guitarist MARK HEYLMUN Explains Absence From 'Rage Fest' Tour

SUICIDE SILENCE guitarist Mark Heylmun says that he is taking a break from the band to spend time with his family and to give his "mind and body the attention it deserves." Fans attending this summer's "Rage Fest" tour have noticed Heylmun's absence from SUICIDE SILENCE's lineup, with the guitarist...

News

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE Frontman On Adding Electronic Elements To Band's Sound: 'We Decided To Do Something Different'

During a recent appearance on Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE frontman Matt Tuck spoke about the band's decision to add more electronic elements to its distinct signature sound on the group's latest full-length release, "Gravity". "Well, this is album n...

News

Ex-THE BLACK CROWES Singer CHRIS ROBINSON Says He Feels Bad For His Brother: 'Not A Lot Of People Are Interested In What He's Doing'

Former THE BLACK CROWES singer Chris Robinson says that his brother Rich Robinson is "always putting negative stuff out there" about him because the guitarist is frustrated about the fact that "not a lot of people are interested in what he's doing" outside of his previous band. In a recent interview...

News

JACK RUSSELL Says GREAT WHITE's Firing Of TERRY ILOUS Was 'A Despicable Act'

Ex-GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell has once again blasted his former bandmates for the "despicable" way his successor, Terry Ilous, was kicked out of the group. Ilous, formerly of '80s L.A. hard rockers XYZ, joined GREAT WHITE in 2010 after replacing touring vocalist Jani Lane (WARRANT). The Ilous-l...

News

MESHUGGAH's MÅRTEN HAGSTRÖM On 'Djent': 'We're Very Sorry For Creating That Genre; We Didn't Intend To — Our Bad'

Rauta conducted an interview with MESHUGGAH guitarist Mårten Hagström at last month's Tuska open-air festival in Helsinki, Finland. You can now watch the chat below. Speaking about the fact that MESHUGGAH is widely credited with having pioneered a genre called djent, a style of modern metal characte...

News

JOURNEY's NEAL SCHON Dedicates Nightly Performance Of 'Lights' To STEVE PERRY

JOURNEY founder and only remaining original member Neal Schon is paying tribute to the band's former lead singer, Steve Perry, with a nightly dedication and moving performance of the group's 1978 hit single "Lights" during JOURNEY's current North American tour with DEF LEPPARD. Co-written by Schon a...

News

Ex-GREAT WHITE Singer JACK RUSSELL Slams Former Bandmates For 'Deceitful Way' TERRY ILOUS Was Fired

Ex-GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell has slammed his former bandmates for the "deceitful" way his successor, Terry Ilous, was kicked out of the group. Ilous, formerly of '80s L.A. hard rockers XYZ, joined GREAT WHITE in 2010 after replacing touring vocalist Jani Lane (WARRANT). The Ilous-led GREAT WHI...

News

SHINEDOWN Frontman On 'Attention Attention' Album: 'I Think There Is A Massive Amount Of Genuine Substance In This Work Of Art'

Holland's FaceCulture recently conducted an interview with SHINEDOWN frontman Brent Smith. You can watch the entire chat in two parts below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On his early musical upbringing: Brent: "The thing was for me, when I was 10 years old, I kind of fi...

News

EXHORDER Frontman: 'It Seems Like Every Time We Come Back After A Long Hiatus, The Interest In The Band Is Higher'

Mark Kadzielawa of 69 Faces Of Rock conducted an interview with frontman Kyle Thomas and guitarist Vinnie LaBella of legendary American metallers EXHORDER prior to their July 14 concert at Reggies in Chicago, Illinois. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBE...

News

SHAWN DROVER Has 'Nothing Bad To Say' About His Former Bandmates In MEGADETH

Jimmy Kay of Canada's The Metal Voice conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current ACT OF DEFIANCE drummer Shawn Drover prior to the band's July 15 concert at Petit Campus in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as the support act for ARMORED SAINT. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts...

Review

Sometimes The World Ain't Enough

I've said it before elsewhere and I'll say it again here. If the members of THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA were a group of fashionably dressed Brooklyn indie-rock hipsters in their twenties, the group would be one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. I have zero doubt that the band would be a main d...

Review

The Wolf Bites Back

It is inevitable that any British heavy metal band with even a hint of stoner rock or doom metal leanings will have the name of BLACK SABBATH invoked in press descriptions. And yes, there are many musical parallels — both in terms of style and songcraft — that can be drawn from veteran rockers ORANG...

Review

Meanwhile, Back in the Garage

Now in his seventh decade, Graham Bonnet has enjoyed a modest second coming of late. The famed ALCATRAZZ, RAINBOW, MSG and IMPELLITTERI vocalist has been cropping up everywhere in retrospectives and reissues, plus a career-resurrecting run with the Michael Schenker Fest. With his self-branded band,...

News

KVELERTAK Announces New Singer, Plays First Show Since ERLEND HJELVIK's Exit (Video)

Norwegian rockers KVELERTAK have announced the addition of singer Ivar Nikolaisen to the group's ranks. He joins the band as the replacement for longtime frontman Erlend Hjelvik, who announced his departure from KVELERTAK earlier in the week. KVELERTAK said in a statement: "We are immensely excited...