Posted by Mark Zapata on July 27, 2021
RokIsland Fest 2022 is coming! This festival in paradise will kick off on January 14-17, 2022 in Key West, Florida. Legendary radio host and tv personality Eddie Trunk will host the event which will feature heavy metals greatest bands from the hair metal era. The first of its kind will see iconic acts like […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on September 16, 2020
Poison frontman Bret Michaels has been named as the official 2020 Ambassador for the 10th annual World College Radio Day, which is happening worldwide on Friday, October 2, 2020. Bret commented on the event and expressed the importance of college radio and communication during this day and age: “In this difficult time, there has never been […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on March 10, 2020
A quick Google search, and you will see a red SOS alert will appear on COVID-19, known as the coronavirus. Serious measures have been made in hopes of containing this virus, including putting all of Italy on lockdown. While stocks have plummeted and concerns have been raised on public transit, events are getting cancelled as […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on August 7, 2017
For those who watch more than HBO’s Game of Thrones on Sundays, last night (6) was the premiere of Syfy’s Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. On this particular episode, Poison frontman Bret Michaels had a cameo role and we got to watch him survive from being hit by a double-decker bus, thanks to his leather jacket. […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on June 30, 2017
Guess you can say that this is something to believe in, Poison frontman Bret Michaels will appear in Sharknado 5: Global Swarming on the Syfy channel. The icon will debut his custom-made Sharkslayer guitar which is said to be featured during one of the most action-packed scenes of the entire franchise. The Sharkslayer is a […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on May 5, 2017
This week flew here we are celebrating Cinco de Mayo on a Friday with the new Alestorm video, “Mexico.” We are tempted to share this with their soon-to-be touring buddies GWAR at this year’s Warped Tour but, they might get confused again thinking we are sharing the new Halestorm video. At least we are leaving Linkin […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 11, 2014
Fans of Poison frontman Bret Michaels might have noticed that he had to postpone a few shows in the past week. While no reason had been given at the time, it turns out that he was in the hospital, and not just one hospital, but six over the past few weeks. In a lengthy post […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 11, 2013
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. If we were to sum up the sales week in a word, that word would most likely be “suck.” The #1 album in the country (some guy J. Cole) didn’t even manage to sell […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on July 3, 2013
This past week was a huge one for metal. As you saw last Monday, there were an assload of new releases, but that didn’t stop metal fans from supporting their favorite bands. In fact, if you count Skillet, three of the top ten albums in America are metal, with August Burns Red getting their first […]
Posted by Chris Colgan on February 26, 2013
After a jam-packed list of new releases last week, we get a bit of a breather with a short list today. However, as I promised, this week’s list has some bands on it that could turn into serious heavy hitters with solid album sales. So if you want to see one of these bands go […]
