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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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