by Bram Teitelman | Jun 12, 2012 | Cinemetal
Have you heard? There’s an adaptation of the hit Broadway musical ‘Rock of Ages’ coming out Friday that does for the ’80s Sunset Strip scene what ‘Moulin Rouge’ did for french whorehouses! Tom Cruise plays fictional rocker Stacee...
by Metal Insider | Jun 7, 2012 | Metal By Numbers
Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week. While last week saw a crap load of new metal and hard rock releases, this week brings us only two. The top honor comes from arguably Iowa’s second biggest metal...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 4, 2012 | Appetite For Eviction
We all know how Guns N’Roses frontman Axl Rose feels about his ubiquitous former guitarist Slash. Ten years ago, the guitarist was banned from attending a Guns N’ Roses show in Las Vegas. Of course that was nearly a decade ago, and Axl has probably...
by Bram Teitelman | May 30, 2012 | Metal By Numbers, Metal on Metal
Chew on this: While Slash has kept himself extremely busy after leaving Guns N’ Roses in 1996, it took him until 2010 to release his first solo album. That’s almost as much time as it took for Axl and friends to record Chinese Democracy, which came out in...
by Metal Insider | May 22, 2012 | Releases
In the highly competitive music industry, even metal bands have to fight for increasing recognition with each new release. It’s very difficult for bands to see increases in sales numbers from one album to the next, as any reader of Metal by Numbers is aware....