by Bram Teitelman | Jun 7, 2014 | Beefs, Festivals, News, Updates, Video
[youtube]http://youtu.be/-B7CfDeI3xs[/youtube] Later this month, Metallica is set to become the first ever metal band to headline the UK’s Glastonbury Festival. Many aren’t particularly happy about that. Scottish post-rock band Mogwai said they were...
by Metal Insider | Jun 3, 2014 | Beefs, Festivals, News
Bruce Dickinson has been stirring up the argument that Iron Maiden is better than Metallica, but who’s the judge? Back in 2011 Dickinson repeated a claim he made previously to Metal Hammer Magazine saying “I got into trouble for saying that we’re better than Metallica...
by Bram Teitelman | May 6, 2014 | Beefs, Legal Woes, News, Updates
We’re already known that Queensrÿche was referring to himself as “Geoff Tate: The Voice of Queensrÿche” following the settlement with his former bandmates. Then last week, the non-tate version of Queensrÿche mentioned that Tate would be allowed to be...
by Metal Insider | Apr 14, 2014 | Beefs
Scrolling through our newsfeed, we couldn’t help but notice that former drummer for prog-rockers The Mars Volta, Thomas Pridgen, is calling out another former drummer of the band, Dave Elitch. In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Pridgen said to his...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 17, 2014 | Beefs, News
Wanna know an indication of how popular Sworn In is getting? They’ve inspired a parody band Sworn Out. Over the weekend, Sworn In vocalist Tyler Dennen tweeted about the fake band, not taking issue with the fact that they exist, but that they’re selling...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 5, 2014 | Beefs, Touring
From the look of the Big 4 shows a few years back, any bad blood between Metallica and Megadeth was water under the bridge. That seemed to be confirmed when Newsted was selected as one of the bands to play Megadeth’s Gigantour last year. However, according to...