Posted by Bram Teitelman on November 1, 2017
GWAR always have something cool to do around Halloween. For a few years, it was appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Last year, they stopped by the Howard Stern wrap-up show to cover a childhood song the talk show host wrote, “Silver Nickels and Golden Dimes.” Yesterday, in support of their new album The Blood of Gods […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 21, 2017
Back in the ’80s Jon Hein coined the term “jump the shark,” referring to an episode of Happy Days in which Fonzie waterskiied over a shark. Referring to the moment where a TV show starts to decline in quality, Hein made a website of the same name devoted to describing the point where multiple TV shows […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on May 8, 2017
Did you see Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 over the weekend? You probably did, as it made a ridiculous $145 million this weekend. And given that people really enjoyed it, some will probably go back to see it again. And if you’re a Mindless Self Indulgence fan, you probably noticed Jimmy Urine with a pretty sizable […]
Posted by Zach Shaw on September 29, 2016
It’s not that often when metal creeps its way into mainstream pop culture. So when metal/hard rock acts do actually pop up in beloved sitcoms, dramatic films, cartoons or even reality series, it’s kind of awesome. So in the weekly column Remember When, Metal Insider recalls the most random instances of metal’s elite appearing in front […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on September 27, 2016
Metallica are no strangers to the Howard Stern Show, but the band returned to the SiriusXM studios yesterday for the first time in a few years to discuss their forthcoming album, Hardwired… To Self Destruct. In between their performance at the Global Citizen festival in New York’s Central Park on Saturday and their fan club-only […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on December 21, 2015
Richard Christy is the drummer of Charred Walls of the Damned and a writer/producer on the Howard Stern show. 2015 was a pretty metal year in my life with so many great new albums from new and classic metal bands, many great new horror films like Bone Tomahawk and Deathgasm, and tons of great new […]
Posted by Bram Teitelman on June 21, 2012
This year, Metal Blade Records is celebrating their 30th anniversary. We spoke to owner Brian Slagel earlier this month about the formation and rise of the label, but that’s only part of the story. With such a large and diverse roster spanning so many years, we decided to ask some current Metal Blade artists what […]
