Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Singing Metal Drummers
A select few hammer-handed double threats further defy the laws of nature by singing lead metal vocals in their bands while pounding the skins.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Work and Metal Labor Day Special
From paycheck to pink slip, this week's heavy metal history lesson celebrates the world of work and labor.
Iron Maiden’s Trooper Beer Has Landed
On a mission from Brooklyn HQ out to the Bazillion Points Outpost, we lucked upon a few bottles of Iron Maiden's intoxicating new venture
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Death ‘N Roll
As they matured, brutal death metal innovators like Entombed, Carcass, and the members of Furbowl rediscovered the sleazy groove of rock 'n roll.
Bloody Roots Metal Farewell to Allen Lanier of Blue Öyster Cult
This week's heavy metal history lesson says farewell to Blue Öyster Cult guitarist Allen Lanier (1946-2013), with classic BÖC cuts and covers by 3 Inches of Blood, Thrones, Candlemass, Tarot, Tesco Vee, Iced Earth, Metallica, and more.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Motörhead
This week's heavy metal history lesson charges into the depths of metal's dirtiest band and its four decades of pillaging and disturbing all decency.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots Hammers Out 30 Years of Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All
Ian Christe ("Sound of the Beast"/Bazillion Points Books) reconstructs Metallica's landmark Kill 'Em All album start-to-finish with tribute songs by Cannibal Corpse, Anthrax, Destruction, and more!
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Los Angeles Hardcore
Above: Black Flag, from WE GOT POWER!
BLOODY ROOTS OF LOS ANGELES HARDCORE
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Five Years of Bazillion Points: Hot Party in Brooklyn 7/30
During the final week of July 2008, a truck pulled up outside the Pencil Factory Building and unloaded five tons of SWEDISH DEATH METAL...
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Progressive Metal: The 1990s
With guest Jeff Wagner (Mean Deviation), Bloody Roots hits the 1990s prog metal jackpot with Dream Theater, Coroner, Amorphis, Arcturus, Cynic, Opeth, and more!
TOUCH AND GO/DETROIT ROCK CITY: Summer Road Show w/Tesco Vee + Steve Miller
Good news sweaty people of Chicago, Indy, Cleveland, Detroit, and assorted gritty Michigan towns—your summers have been spared!
Literary punk rock frontmen Steve Miller and...
Sub Pop Records Co-founder Will Publish SUB POP U.S.A. Anthology in 2014
The span of time starts during the new wave era in 1980, and carries through the early years of Sub Pop Records, and the discovery of bands like Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Mudhoney.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots: Taste of Hellbent for Cooking
Launching Year 10 of Bloody Roots and celebrating five years of Bazillion Points metal books w/Hellbent for Cooking author Annick "Morbid Chef" Giroux
Who Let the Long-Haired, Distortion-Crazed Seattle Rockers Loose on 1980s Europe?
The evidence of Mudhoney, Nirvana, and Tad romping across Italy, West Germany, Switzerland, France, England, and the rest of Western Europe is forthcoming in October via Experiencing Nirvana.
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Swedish Death Metal With Guest Daniel Ekeroth
All through July, Bloody Roots launches its tenth year of weekly metal history lessons and celebrates five years of Bazillion Points Books.
Watch Black Flag, Adolescents, Saccharine Trust Vets Reading WE GOT POWER!
Filmmaker/author David Markey has released a fantastic full-length video of the historic 2013 punk lit reading at Book Soup L.A. by contributors to WE GOT POWER!
Bay Area Thrashers Book Bash at Issues Oakland
A very cool piece of reporting from the Murder in the Front Row: Shots From the Bay Area Thrash Metal Epicenter party at Issues bookshop in Oakland
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Motor City and Michigan Metal
Raise your leather gloves for the mighty Mitten State, and know your Roots!
Sirius XM Bloody Roots of Brazilian Thrash Metal
Bloody Roots delves into the history of unrest captured by Brazil's legendary thrash metal legacy.
SPIN Gallery of Jeff Hanneman/Slayer Shots from Murder in the Front Row
SPIN.com is honoring the life of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman with a gallery of early photographs by D.R.I. bassist Harald Oimoen from his book MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW.