by Metal Insider | Mar 7, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
If you’ve seen Quiet Riot’s 2014 documentary, Well Now You’re Here, There’s No Way Back, one of the main subplots of the film involves the search for a vocalist to replace original vocalist Kevin DuBrow. If they ever do a re-release of the film...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 28, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
Six Feet Under has named a new rhythm guitarist, and he’s a familiar name to many – especially Chris Barnes. Jack Owen, who’d played in Barnes’ former band Cannibal Corpse from the band’s formation in 1988 until 2004, is rejoining Barnes...
by Bram Teitelman | Jan 16, 2017 | Metal Musical Chairs, Updates
One of the biggest musical shakeups of the last five years or so in metal was when Joey Jordison left Slipknot. There aren’t really that many drummers at the forefront of their band (Mike Portnoy, Tommy Lee, maybe Brann Dailor), and his skill made him likely the...
by Metal Insider | Dec 31, 2016 | Metal Musical Chairs, News
If this year was a roller coaster for Of Mice & Men, they’re ending 2016 on a big drop. Vocalist Austin Carlile released a statement on his social media that he will be leaving the band due to his health. Carlile has Marfan Syndrome, a genetic connective tissue...
by Bram Teitelman | Dec 29, 2016 | Metal Musical Chairs
One of 2016’s most acclaimed albums was Vektor’s Terminal Redux, the third album from the Philadelphia band. And while singer/guitarist David DiSanto formed the band back in 2002, the majority of their growth has come since 2009, when their first...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 17, 2016 | Metal Musical Chairs
Stone Temple Pilots are probably best-known for their vocalist moreso than the DeLeo brothers who have been in the band since they started. Scott Weiland was a fantastic singer that helped elevate the band beyond their other peers in the second wave of grunge. Of...