Posted by Bram Teitelman on January 21, 2016
The last we heard from Josh Homme, he was struggling to hold it together in an emotional interview with his Eagles of Death Metal co-founder Jesse Hughes, speaking about the Paris terror attacks. And while many were waiting to hear about the next Queens of the Stone Age album, it turns out that Homme had […]
Posted by Gabby Vice on June 18, 2015
[youtube]https://youtu.be/BD0F3HNOT8A[/youtube] Initially, when Guitar Hero announced its track listing for their franchise reboot Guitar Hero Live, people weren’t too happy. We contributed to the general disdain of disappointed metal fans everywhere (but mostly on Facebook) when we revealed that the tracks on this particular roster would include an interesting array of songs from Ed Sheeran to […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on March 10, 2015
We’d already known that Slipknot and Faith No More were playing the Heavy Montreal Festival (aka, the best reason to go to Canada other than the exchange rate). But yesterday, the Fest released the full lineup, and it’s ridiculous. Korn will be performing their debut album in full. Meshuggah is playing, as are Gojira and […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 13, 2014
A few weeks ago, website Priceonomics did some number crunching and found out what it would cost to book a number of bands. At the time, we noted that the math was a little bit off, due to the fact that it was through a third party booking agent. We also noted that some of the […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 12, 2012
As word starts to spread about the CBGB Festival, much of the interiors of the original club are literally being packed into boxes and sent to Savannah GA, where a movie is being filmed about the legendary East Village club. When CB’s closed in 2006, owner Hilly Kristal, who must have known that he was […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on June 6, 2012
While Dave Grohl is working on his own documentary, his bandmate Taylor Hawkins is making his own entrance into cinema. The Foo Fighters drummer has just signed on to play Iggy Pop in a new film about the CBGB club and its founder Hilly Kristal. Also appearing in the film, simply titled CBGB, will be […]
Posted by Metal Insider on January 23, 2012
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. Van Halen turned a few heads earlier this year when announcing that Kool and the Gang would be opening for them on their upcoming tour. While they’re a great way to usher in the party rock vibe of classic VH, […]
