Wheels of Pure Fukkin’ Steel
Wheelchair-bound death metal survivor Jeff Becerra of Possessed, onstage in Europe 2007.
Thanks: Metal-Experience.com
Prong: The Demon Thrashers of Stanton Street
Before the drum machines, remixes, and guest appearances, Prong was a very lonely metalcore trio from the Lower East Side of New York. Forget...
Van Halen: What to Expect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qU7dzXNYzs
There they are circa September 2007 -- the guy on bass is named Wolfgang Van Halen.
Like any self-respecting metalhead, I have lots of hobbies...
Soothsayer: Canadian Terrorist Training
Foiled again! But that's perfectly okay -- I'm happy whenever a band or label wakes up and takes care of their own demo tape...
What’s Wrong With This Chick?
Oh, she was left to freeze to death on a sacrificial slab about 500 years ago atop Llullaillaco, a 22,000-foot mountain between what is...
Whiplash: Kings With the Axes
Looks like someone in Holland got wise and re-released Whiplash's 1984 Thunderstruk demo a few years back, and they're even keeping the CD available....
Out to Lunch
Greetings from the dungeons of Chateau de Chillon -- wish you were here? The demo cassette spools have stopped spinning for a couple weeks...
Everybody Needs Some
Today is the release date for Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, my new book. The early reviews look good, and the book...
Hater at Work
I'll try to keep this short. Use "Search Inside" on Amazon on the link below if you really want to get into it.
A weird...
Bullets Over Times Square
This is Megadeth's new boxset Warchest beaming down over Times Square NYC with 10-foot high bullets. I wrote the essay that wraps all 4...
Soviet "Metal" Band Pisses Everybody Off
Russian readers will see Sergei "Spider" Troltsky in his Hitler outfit and instantly recognize the most ludicrous hard rock act ever: Korrozia Metalla! As...
Van Halen Tour Press Conference Report
Kevin Estrada, the main photo contributor for Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga, just called on his way out of the Van Halen...
Van Halen Saga: Chapter One
My book Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga shipped from the factory this morning, so in a few days all my questions will...
Fell in Love (With a Stormtrooper)
Not sure how this all started, but here it is. LINK.
Casbah: “Cheated by Pose, All Left Are Bones!”
If the name Casbah doesn't summon images of zealous Japanese thrashers dressed in camo fatigues, you aren't alone -- the band has become one...
Paul Stanley’s Lousy Paintings
Paul Stanley of Kiss is going through his "blue-fauvist-whee-this-is-fun" period as an artist. It's fun to watch a creative spirit grow and learn --...
Marooned With Maiden
I wrote an essay on Iron Maiden's Killers for the new book Marooned: The Next Generation of Desert Island Discs. It was easy to...
Atomic Opera: Lost in Florida
I reached for a '90s death metal demo, and instead grabbed this winning example from 1985 of what can only be called the NWOFHM:...
Jailed Filipino Michael Jackson Zombies
The ante for most metal video ever has just been upped. Here are 1499 inmates from the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center terrorizing...
Metal Dude Wearing Non-Metal Tee #1
This series is basically meant to blow your idea of "hipster metal" dress codes out of the water. I need to protect my right...
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Casbah: “Cheated by Pose, All Left Are Bones!”
If the name Casbah doesn't summon images of zealous Japanese thrashers dressed in camo fatigues, you aren't alone -- the band has become one...
