GWAR’s Oderus Urungus is a Monty Python fan

Our sister website, comedy site The Laugh Button, has a weekly feature called “My Favorite Sketch.” Usually, they call on a staff member to pick out a sketch from the likes of Saturday Night Live, Mr. Show, MAD TV and the like. This time, however, the...

Device cancel all immediate touring plans

Device have cancelled tour dates scheduled through the beginning of October so frontman David Draiman can be closer to his wife Lena and soon-to-be-born baby. The decision resulted from complications with the pregnancy, but Draiman has since Tweeted that the two are...

Clutch got Aisha Tyler to direct a video

We wouldn’t have pegged actress Aisha Tyler as a Clutch fan. The Whose Line is this Anyway and The Talk host apparently liked the band enough to shoot, direct and edit their latest video, however. “Crucial Velocity” is a pretty straightforward...

Metal By Numbers 8/28: Blessthesales

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. This week’s list of debuts is notably different from last week in that we actually have albums to list. That’s not to say there was nothing worth looking...

It might be four times as expensive to play Canada

It’s already hard enough for bands and musicians to cross the border into Canada to play (just ask Warbeast), but a new law that went into effect on July 31st might make it harder for venues to book non-Canadian acts – four times harder, in fact. We should...