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John Cooper, the frontman and bassist for the Grammy-nominated Christian rock band SKILLET, says that he is “happy” to see New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “get bitten by his own complete love of injustice.” Cuomo, who is facing intense scrutiny after three different women came forward with sexual-harassment allegations, called for then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to submit to a lie-detector test amid allegations of sexual assault in 2018. During Kavanaugh‘s Senate confirmation hearings in 2018, Cuomo issued an official statement that called the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford — who accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly attacking her when they were high-school students in 1982 — “very compelling.” “Here is one basic fact that badly hurts Judg...

KISS frontman Paul Stanley has told AXS TV‘s “At Home And Social” that he was “so excited and so thankful” to receive his second COVID-19 vaccine last month. “We have so much to be excited about with these vaccines, but people have to realize that the vaccine means nothing until you put it in your arm,” he said (see video below). “So people who are just waiting around for herd immunity, you’ve got a long way to wait. And you want me to take the shot, but you want the benefit. Go get your shot. “I’d like [to see] everybody just get back to a normal life,” the 69-year-old continued. “A half a million people have died; it’s been devastating for so many people. For us who are inconvenienced, it’s minor co...

Shortly after leaving BLACK SABBATH in late 1982, Ronnie James Dio formed his own solo project with former SABBATH drummer Vinny Appice, bassist Jimmy Bain and young guitarist Vivian Campbell, and recorded the debut DIO album, the now-classic “Holy Diver”. Asked in a new interview with Metal Express Radio if he and his bandmates felt any pressure making their first LP after he and Ronnie exited SABBATH, Appice said (see video below): “No. As a matter of fact, it was all fun. We were nuts. We did all this work at Sound City [studios], and they let us destroy the building. They had games — like pinball games — and we used to open ’em up and put things in there so you never lose the ball, and wrecked the soda machines and the candy machines. They let us do everything w...

Pop star Kesha has shared a video of her wearing a VOIVOD t-shirt. The singer, who celebrated her 34th birthday on Monday (March 1), took to her Facebook page the following day to post a six-second clip of her sporting a shirt from the legendary Canadian metal innovators. She wrote in an accompanying message: “Animals I love u thank u so much for all the birthday messages!! I miss u”. Back in 2011, Kesha said that she did not see herself as an average pop star because she loves the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle too much. She said: “I’m not a submissive, perfect pop princess, that’s for damned sure. I do think I have a rebellious, metal-loving rock chick inside of me. “I’ve always loved rock ‘n’ roll. It’s about subversion. I...