by Bram Teitelman | Jun 6, 2012 | New(ish) Music
Anthrax are no stranger to cover songs. In fact, their cover of Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” is probably their lasting contribution to pop culture outside of metal fans. And even though last year’s Worship Music included it’s own...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 13, 2012 | Lists
Billboard Magazine has published a list of the top music moneymakers for 2012, and Mötley Crüe, Rush, Foo Fighters and Linkin Park made their list. The list took a look at US income only, and covered what their net earnings were, not gross income. Not surprisingly,...
by Zach Shaw | Jul 7, 2011 | Money Talks
According to Nielsen SoundScan’s 2011 mid-year report, total album sales (which includes CDs, digital albums, LPs and other media) have increased in the first six months of 2011 over the same period last year. How big of an increase are we talking here? Well…only by...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 8, 2011 | News That Will Probably Annoy Joe Perry
“It’s going to expand our audience, for sure. People who would never think about seeing Aerosmith might change their minds after seeing him on TV,” Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford told the Boston Herald about band mate Steven Tyler’s appearance as an American...
by Zach Shaw | Sep 16, 2010 | Headbangers Brawl
Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column where Metal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. This week, it was revealed that Quiet Riot is reuniting with...