by Metal Insider | Jul 1, 2014 | Columns, Top 5
And just like that, 2014 is half over. Hard to believe it’s gone this fast, right? At any rate, instead of listing our top ten records of the year so far, we thought we’d look back – 30 years back – to celebrate some of the best albums of 1984....
by Bram Teitelman | Apr 24, 2014 | News, Splits, Updates
For the third time in the band’s career, singer Stephen Pearcy has left Ratt. The band’s last album, 2010’s Infestation, was well-received, and it was thought that the band was working on a new album. While they may be doing so, it will be with a...
by Zach Shaw | Aug 27, 2013 | Label Moves
Last year, Kill Devil Hill (featuring ex-Pantera bassist Rex Brown and ex-Black Sabbath drummer Vinny Appice in its ranks) released its self-titled debut via SPV/Steamhammer Records. And while we knew the supergroup was working on its follow up album, we didn’t...
by Tiffany Bentley | Aug 20, 2013 | The Show Must Go On
Veteran hair metal bands Ratt and Dokken escaped a Buddy Holly moment after a private plane chartered for their tour was forced to make an emergency landing in Illinois, according to the Associated Press. The bands were en route for a show in the Chicago suburb of...
by Metal Insider | Mar 19, 2013 | Top 5
Metal Insider’s Top 5 is a column where we count down the top five of…well basically anything. 31 years ago today, one of metal’s most gifted and promising guitarists was killed in a plane crash. Randy Rhoads was only 25 years old when he passed, but having...