Archive for January, 2012

Jan 18
Sal Italiano

Anvil Tap Iron Maiden Tribute Band Guy For New Bassist

Posted by Chris Harris on January 18, 2012 in Huh?, News

This week, Anvil lost longtime bassist Glenn Gyorffy (known to fans as Glenn Five or G5). They have since moved on, making quick work of finding his replacement. Anvil have recruited Sal Italiano — bassist for a Long Island, New York-based Iron Maiden tribute band called Live After Death, and an original member of prog Read More

Jan 2
She's sikth

Iron Maiden Axeman Teams With Ex-Sikth Leader In New Project

Posted by Chris Harris on January 2, 2012 in New Records, News

I don’t know about you, but I thought Sikth were a fucking awesome band. Tight, experimental, explosive, and groovy, all wrapped into a spastic mess of a package. They ruled. So imagine the throbbing of the boner in my shorts when I learned that Sikth’s frontman Mikee Goodman has teamed up with Iron Maiden guitarist Read More

Dec 21
Axl Rose

Axl Rose Talks Rock Hall Plans In New Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on December 21, 2011 in News

Basically, the plan is there is no plan. When asked by the Los Angeles Times about Guns N’ Roses’ impending induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rose spoke from the heart. “I’ve got mixed emotions about what the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame actually really is, but at the same time, Read More

Dec 8
She has guns

Guns N’ Roses Members Past And Present Comment On Impending Rock Hall Induction

Posted by Chris Harris on December 8, 2011 in News

It was revealed yesterday that Guns N’ Roses will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, even though The Moody Blues, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Rush, Pantera, and Judas Priest deserve to be in there more. The band’s current lineup issued a collective statement on the induction. “So close yet still Read More

Dec 8
Rock out with your diaper out

Motley Crue Songs Turned Into Lullabies

Posted by Chris Harris on December 8, 2011 in News

Yup. That sound you’re hearing is Motley Crue making more money. There is this company called Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star, and they basically take awesome music, and reduce it to lullabies — the thinking being, if you’ve gotta listen to baby music, might as well be baby music you’re familiar with. Twinkle Twinkle Little Read More

Nov 2
Wendy and Dio

Ronnie James Dio’s Widow To Release Hear N’ Aid Track

Posted by Chris Harris on November 2, 2011 in News, Video

Oh, Wendy Dio…will your thirst for wealth ever be sated? During the 1980s, I was a kid. I played Nintendo, rode my bike, tried to french chicks, and had a wicked tree fort. I was also into Motley Crue, Poison, Black Sabbath, and Judas Priest. I missed Hear N’ Aid, though. I don’t remember this Read More

Oct 26
Ridiculous

Iron Maiden Songs Turned Into Lullabies

Posted by Chris Harris on October 26, 2011 in Huh?, News

That’s just what we need. I’m serious. It’s time to get kids started on the classics early. I have a nephew on the way, and I feel like he’ll need to familiarize himself with “Run To The Hills” before he enters pre-school. As The Gauntlet so eloquently put it, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Rock Star has Read More

Aug 26
I'd rise to remain on that

Iron Maiden Frontman’s Son’s Band Signs With Century Media

Posted by Chris Harris on August 26, 2011 in New Records, News

Man, I feel bad for Austin Dickinson. I mean, it’s super rad that his dad’s the lead singer of Iron Maiden, but he’s also the singer in a band that has just signed with Century Media; people will always compare his band to his dad’s and, dad’s band is always going to win out. I’d Read More

Aug 22
The Iron Maiden hockey mask

Goalie Unveils New Iron Maiden Mask

Posted by Chris Harris on August 22, 2011 in News

Chris Mason must be a huge Iron Maiden fan. The goalie for the Winnipeg Jets NHL team, based in Winnipeg, Canada, recently unveiled his new mask. The protective headgear features Eddie, as a tribute to British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden. That’s the mask right there. The mask was designed by Steve Nash of Eyecandyair, Read More

Aug 18
Brittni reads the Bible

“The Metal Bible” Gets English Translation

Posted by Chris Harris on August 18, 2011 in News

“The Metal Bible,” a book that doubles as a Bible that was first made available in 2005, but only in Swedish and Dutch, is now available in English. The book is also available in German, as anyone who went to the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany nows. More than 12,000 copies of the German Read More