Posted by Metal Insider on July 9, 2012
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGnigTJOsS8[/youtube]Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. If there’s one thing any musician, famous or not, should live by, it’s to have a backup plan. Whether industry tastes change, the lineup changes, you get dropped, or your band just sucks, it can’t hurt to have […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 25, 2011
Ok, so you’re probably sick and tired of hearing Lady Gaga’s name mentioned all the time. And you’re probably even more fed up that we at Metal Insider keep talking about how she’s actually a metalhead. But in case seeing Gaga posing for pictures with Bruce Dickinson and Nicko McBrain back stage at Iron Maiden’s […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on May 5, 2011
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFL-scaPCI&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] Well, actually we do care since it features such a cool lineup. But WHOCARES is the title that Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi and Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan’s new charity group is going under. The two have reunited to record two songs to benefit those still affected by the Leninakan earthquake that struck […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on April 18, 2011
We’ve already documented that Lady Gaga has links to the metal community. Whether it’s tearing into a burger at Kuma’s Corner while quoting Saxon, hanging with Mr. Cooper, or chilling with KISS, she’s definitely putting her money where her mouth is when it comes to supporting ’80s metal. So it was no surprise to find […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on November 11, 2010
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c7bvzM3EL0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] This past Saturday (November 7), Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain took part in a jam session with Clarence Clemons (saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) at the 10th anniversary of Harley-Davidson of Palm Beach in West Palm Beach, Florida. And we thought the Black Tusk remix created by The Wu Tang Clan’s RZA […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on October 15, 2010
Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and H.I.M. guitarist Mikko “Linde” Lindström have recorded appearances on a new track written and recorded by Tony Iommi, Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), keyboardist Jon Lord (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) and Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden).
Posted by Zach Shaw on October 8, 2010
Tony Iommi has recorded a new song with singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), keyboardist Jon Lord (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) and Iron Maiden drummer Nicko McBrain to help raise funds for the rebuilding of Armenian music schools.
