DEF LEPPARD vocalist Joe Elliott, SLIPKNOT frontman Corey Taylor, GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist Slash and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH singer Ivan Moody are among the musicians who are featured on the new version of the SIXX:A.M. song “Maybe It’s Time”, to be released on Friday (August 21) as part of the Artists For Recovery project “Maybe It’s Time” brings together ...
Longtime BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE drummer Michael “Moose” Thomas says that the band’s music became “too safe” in the years before his departure. In December 2017, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE announced that it was officially parting ways with Thomas and replacing him with Jason Bowld (PITCHSHIFTER, AXEWOUND). Bowld had toured with the group since November 2015, filling in f...
In a new interview with FM99 WNOR, HELLYEAH guitarist Tom Maxwell said that it was extremely difficult for him and his bandmates to complete the group’s latest album, “Welcome Home”, following the passing of their drummer, Vinnie Paul Abbott. “It was tough,” he said (see video below). “We literally had to suck it up and get in there and just play for him and pla...
DREAM THEATER guitarist John Petrucci will release his second solo album, “Terminal Velocity”, on August 28 via Sound Mind Music/The Orchard. The follow-up to 2005’s “Suspended Animation” features guest musicians Mike Portnoy (SONS OF APOLLO, ex-DREAM THEATER) on drums and Dave LaRue (DIXIE DREGS) on bass. The effort marks the first time Petrucci and Portnoy recorded ...
After dropping her new song, “My Future,” last month, Billie Eilish debuted the track on the third night (Aug. 19) of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Before starting her performance, she not only shared her thoughts about the importance of voting but also what’s at stake. She said: “You don’t need me to tell you that things are a mess. Donald Trump is destroying our country and everything...
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty Cuba Gooding Jr. is facing over six counts of sexual abuse and has pleaded not guilty to the charges but now faces yet another allegation. A woman says that the actor raped her at a Soho hotel in 2013 after a night out in the city. Local outlet 1010 Wins reports that the woman, only identified as Jane Doe, filed a lawsuit against Gooding which detailed the events tha...
Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 21 Madden NFL 21’s August 28 launch date quickly approaching its time to meet the NFL’s new generation of superstar’s new Spokesplayer. Social media superstar, actor, avid NFL, and Madden fan, King Keraun born Keraun Harris has a new title to add to his growing list of accomplishments, being revealed as the first-ever Spokesplayer for Madden NFL 21. In the new hilari...
Source: Eli Joshua Ade / HBO HBO is once again winning with another unapologetically Black, sci-fi-filled drama—Lovecraft Country—and we love to see it. The top-notch storytelling smartly intertwines fantasy amidst the all too real segregation of America in the 50’s, and has already lead to some amazingly dope visuals and moments after just one episode. The series is based on the eponymous novel b...
For a minute back there Griselda had the streets on fire with their hardcore and gritty sound that’s been missed since the G-Unit days, and though each member has gone on to do the solo thing, they still got enough bars to lock ish down. Linking up with Dufflebag Hottie (not a female rapper), Benny finds himself rolling dice for big paper while waiting on some hot wings to get served up as rapping...
Scotland is one of the few countries that’s created an extensive fund to support its performing arts venues, but that hasn’t stopped it from tightening restrictions on music elsewhere. Last week, Scottish government officials proposed a ban on music in bars and other hospitality venues to help prevent “leaning in to talk,” reports BBC. This order arrived alongside other updated guidelines for bars...
After Republican fundraiser Louis DeJoy took over as Postmaster General on June 16th, 2020, he enacted a series of cost-cutting measures that could potentially interfere with the election. The issue of whether we should fund mail services has become politicized, and it’s no surprise that Ben Gibbard has come down on the side of “pro-mail.” The frontman for Death Cab for Cutie once wrote music unde...