“Words are the most powerful things we possess. They shape our very lives and determine who and what we are… I renounce, denounce and pronounce that I will never play that song [“Animal”] live again.” -Blackie Lawless (from Blackie Lawless Renounces His Past Sins by Brian Reesman) Read More
Welcome to a Wednesday Metal Rats. Just one day after Alice Cooper weighed in on the GUNS N’ ROSES reunion wondering why founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin wasn’t a part of it, there is a rumor he will participate in a limited role. Cooper said yesterday, “I don’t know about drums, but certainly Izzy…
A new studio album from Dokken titled “Broken Bones”, will be released in North America on September 25, 2012 (Frontiers Records). The first single and video is called “Empire” and features a post-apocalyptic take on the band’s signature sound of catchy melodies, hot riffs and monster production.
The Unholy Alliance Tour featuring Slayer managed to get all fans in a frenzy with pits on the floor during a 5-hour kick ass event. Special thanks to Adrenaline PR and Heidi Fitzgerald for making this happen for METAL SHOP. Here are some pictures of the show. enjoy -Ralph. [print_gllr id=1785]
With front man Dave Mustaine, you knew it would be a kick ass show. The crowd of 20,000 fans raised their fists as Megadeth blasted through a set that included ‘Wakeup Dead,’ ‘Sweating Bullets,’ ‘Symphony of Destruction’ and ‘Peace Sells.’ Megadeth will be on the road all summer and I Highly recommend it…
It’s not as many as you might think. More proof the fix was in when the record labels and traditional radio ruled the music business. For example, the week of May 21, 1988, Def Leppard’s smash hit ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’ peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The #1…
New Zealand Herald: “It’s a really weird thing,” says the singer, who turns 64 next week, “because what we did, we just did. We didn’t go, ‘Oh, we’re going to write this way, and we’re going to record that way, and it’s going to come out like this’. And 45 years up the road…