Jen Guyre is somewhere in the U.K. right now, but she’s undoubtedly psyched for the new Doomriders. Who is Jen Guyre? She’s a mad cool chick I worked at MTV with and she loves Doomriders. Loves. So much so that whenever I listen to Doomriders or see the band’s name in print, I think about Read More
I keep saying it, but it’s true: The world is fucking falling apart. Look at Boston today. People just standing around, watching runners finish, and BOOM!, a garbage can detonates and takes your fucking legs off. I am staying inside, people. No more large gatherings for me. My thoughts go out to everyone up there Read More
We’re glad to have Zeena Koda back on the site. The Sirius XM Liquid Metal DJ doesn’t pull any punches in her periodic advice column for the site, and if you know her in real life, that wouldn’t surprise you. She returns with her answers to your tough (and not-so-tough) questions. At the end of Read More
It’s true. Anthrax had been in the studio in recent months tracking a selection of cover tunes. These will now surface on March 18 in the form of an EP called Anthem Scott Ian recently said in an interview that the effort would include covers of AC/DC’s “T.N.T.,” Boston’s “Smokin’,” Cheap Trick’s “Big Eyes,” Journey’s Read More
In a new interview, Anthrax’s Scott Ian says making the band’s upcoming covers collection was great fun. “It was a lot of fun, especially because a lot of those [songs] aren’t, I guess, normal for us or like so much of our repertoire — although they are because they’re songs we all knew,” says Ian. Read More
Black Market Activities has officially announced its newest signing: Phantom Glue. The label — run by the Red Chord’s Guy Kozowyk — will release the band’s new album, A War of Light Cones, in early 2013. Influenced by The Jesus Lizard, Neurosis, and Trouble, Phantom Glue hails from Boston and rocks like a magic kiss. Read More
Yes, yes. This, according to the billy goat bearded guitarist Scott Ian. Ian says Anthrax’s covers EP they’ve been working on will be out in March. Saving the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayans. It’s been reported that covers effort will be packaged with a re-release of the group’s latest album, Worship Read More
Anthrax revealed this week that they were back in the studio. What for? They’re recording more cover tunes. Why? What’s with all the questions, Woodward? The band’s been tracking covers of their favorite rock classics for inclusion on the upcoming re-release of their latest album Worship Music. So far, the guys have recorded covers of Read More
If you like filthy fucking death metal, well then, you may just love Scaphism, the latest Readers’ Band we’re profiling on the Assassin. We were contacted by Alex, who plays drums for the Boston-based band. “We are a four piece groovy death/thrash outfit, and just released our debut full length this past April titled Festering Read More
The best thing about this column I began a few months back has been finding out a ton of my readers are in actual bands that don’t actually suck. But I do need some more bands to write about. If you want to suggest your band for a future installment of the column, you can Read More